Cold War 3

Question 1

When did the Chinese civil war break out?

Answer 1

1927

Question 2

What was the name of the Chinese nationalist party and who was their leader?

Answer 2

The Koumintang led by Chiang Kai-Shek (Jiang Jeishi)

Question 3

Who led the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)?

Answer 3

Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-Tsung)

Question 4

How much money did the Koumintang receive from the US?

Answer 4

$2 billion

Question 5

Where did Chiang Kai-Shek flee to after losing the war in 1949?

Answer 5

Kai-Shek and his 2 million followers fled to Formosa (now Taiwan)

Question 6

What did the Koumintang name Taiwan upon getting there?

Answer 6

Republic of China (ROC)

Question 7

What did the CCP name China after winning the war?

Answer 7

People’s Republic of China (PRC)

Question 8

Why didn’t Stalin view Mao’s revolution as genuinely Marxist?

Answer 8

It originated from farmers rather than the general proletariat.

Question 9

What was signed between the USSR and PRC in 1950?

Answer 9

A Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Coordination.

Question 10

Which islands were attacked by the PRC in 1954 which led to the USA and ROC signing a defence pact?

Answer 10

Quemoy and Matsu

Question 11

In what year did the PRC seize the Tachen Islands?

Answer 11

1955

Question 12

In January 1955 Congress passed The Formosa Resolution, what did this do?

Answer 12

Allowed Eisenhower to use any necessary means to defend Formosa.

Question 13

What was the USA’s Two Chinas policy?

Answer 13

They blocked the PRC’s entry into the UN and allowed in the ROC.

Question 14

Who was given the power to turn Japan into a democratic state?

Answer 14

General Douglas MacArthur

Question 15

How much funding did Japan receive from the US for military growth?

Answer 15

$240 million by July 1954

Question 16

By August 1952, how many ground troops did Japan have?

Answer 16

110,000

Question 17

In January 1950, US Secretary of State Dean Acheson outlined his Defensive Perimeter Strategy. What was this and where did it cover?

Answer 17

It was a defensive plan to “run across the Aleutians to Japan” and then to Ryukyu Islands.

Question 18

When was NSC-68 outlined?

Answer 18

April 7th 1950

Question 19

What was NSC-68?

Answer 19

A report recommending massive increase in military spending.

Question 20

What was done to Korea in 1945?

Answer 20

It was split across the 38th parallel.

Question 21

Who was put in charge of South Korea?

Answer 21

Syngman Rhee

Question 22

Who was put in charge of North Korea?

Answer 22

Kim Il Sung

Question 23

135,000 North Korean troops backed by Soviet tanks and aircrafts invaded South Korea, capturing Seoul, on what date?

Answer 23

June 25th 1950

Question 24

How many nations on the UN side took part in The Korean War?

Answer 24

16 including Britain, France, Canada and Australia

Question 25

What did US military spending increase to by 1953?

Answer 25

$44 billion (24% of federal spending)

Question 26

How far is South Korea from Japan?

Answer 26

942km, making it strategically beneficial for the USSR to have access to the South Korean coasts.

Question 27

When did UN troops arrive behind North Korean lines in Incheon?

Answer 27

September 1950

Question 28

When did South Korean forces push into North Korea and capture Pyongyang?

Answer 28

October 19th 1950

Question 29

When did negotiations for a ceasefire in Korea begin?

Answer 29

1951

Question 30

When was a Korean ceasefire finally signed?

Answer 30

Summer 1953

Question 31

By 1955, the US had how many bases across 36 countries?

Answer 31

450

Question 32

When was the South East Asian Treaty Organisation (SEATO) founded?

Answer 32

1954

Question 33

The ANZUS Pact was created in 1951, what was it?

Answer 33

A defence agreement between the US, Australia and New Zealand

Question 34

How many Chinese soldiers attacked UN soldiers on Thanksgiving 1950 and where?

Answer 34

300,000

Question 35

How much money did Truman send to France during the French-Indochina war?

Answer 35

$2 billion (78% of France's costs at its peak)

Question 36

How much money was given to the French under the 1950 Foreign Assistance Act?

Answer 36

$23.5 million

Question 37

What supplies was Indochina supplying to the West?

Answer 37

Petroleum, rice, tin, copra, pepper and rubber

Question 38

Which major battle did France lose in May 1954?

Answer 38

Dien Bien Phu

Question 39

By 1953 how many soldiers did the Vietminh have?

Answer 39

250,000 regular soldiers and a militia 2 million strong

Question 40

Which agreement split Indochina up into Laos, Cambodia, North Vietnam and South Vietnam?

Answer 40

The 1954 Geneva Accords

Question 41

Which border split the Vietnams?

Answer 41

The 17th parallel

Question 42

Why was Ngo Dinh Diem an unpopular leader?

Answer 42

He was nepotistic and Catholic in a Buddhist country

Question 43

Why was Ho Chi Minh a popular leader?

Answer 43

Peasants enjoyed his land reforms and education policy.

Question 44

What name was given to the communist National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF)?

Answer 44

The Vietcong

Question 45

How much did Diem receive from the US to help fight off the Vietcong between 1955-1961?

Answer 45

$7 billion and about 1500 special advisors