cold war test review

Cold War Test Review

…as opposed to a hot war

Question 1

• The goal of the Berlin Blockade was to…

Question 2

• What was the tension between Truman and MacArthur during the Korean War?

Question 3

• Americans saved 150 billion dollars during the war because of what 3 reasons?

Question 4

• Why did President Truman tell General MacArthur not to go near the northern border of North Korea when UN forces counterattacked?

Question 5

• What were the 2 major causes of the Cold War?

Question 6

• What was the common practice taught to school children on how to protect from an atomic explosion?

Question 7

• Name 2 Nazi officers who were tried at the Nuremburg Trials

Question 8

• The Rosenberg’s were found guilty of ______________ and put to death

Question 9

• During the Yalta Conference FDR and Stalin agreed to what?

Question 10

• Why was the Federal Highway Act passed?

Question 11

• What did George Kennan believe about communism?

Question 12

• UN forces landed behind enemy lines at ____________ in order to push the North Koreans out of South Korea

Question 13

• Why was the Truman Doctrine created?

Question 14

• The McCarthy era of the Cold War is now thought of as America’s ______________.

Question 15

• What 4 countries split Berlin and Germany?

Question 16

• The family type that characterized the 1950’s was the ________________ family.

Question 17

• Eisenhower decided to fight communism through covert operations run by the ______________.

Question 18

• What 3 things happened during the watershed year of 1949?

Question 19

• What was one of the major effects of Rock and Roll in American society?

Question 20

• How does the Korean War and NSC-68 tie together?

Question 21

• These countries under Soviet influence become known as satellite nations

Question 22

• The Communist leader of China who takes over the country in 1949

Question 23

• The military alliance led by the U.S which provided for mutual assistance should any one member of the alliance be attacked

Question 24

• Winston Churchill’s term for the line of communist Eastern European nations

Question 25

• The military alliance led by the U.S.S.R which was created in response to the U.S led military alliance

Question 26

• The first elected President of South Korea

Question 27

• The Commanding General of the UN forces in Korea

Question 28

• The bill that gave tangible benefits to WWII Veterans

Question 29

• Kennan’s written analysis of the USSR

Question 30

• The event where top ranking Nazi officers were put on trial

Question 31

• During the _________ plan, the U.S sent 13 billion dollars to countries in Europe to rebuild their nations

Question 32

• The Russian Expert who comes up with the idea of containment

Question 33

• Federal Highway Act that created 40,000 miles of interstate roads

Question 34

• The people (actors, directors, writers) who refused to answer the HUAC’s questions

Question 35

• First satellite to orbit the earth

Essay

• Essay: (20 Points) Explain, in detail, the age of McCarthyism. Who was Joseph McCarthy and why did he begin his crusade against communism? What tactics did he use to find suspected communists? What was a high-profile communism case that he seized upon to cause hysteria against communism? How did the age of McCarthy stop? Do you think McCarthy is a tyrant or a protector of democracy? Why? (15 Sentences)