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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)