Cold War, Korea, & 1950s

Question 1

Who was Joseph McCarthy? What was McCarthyism?

Answer 1

Senator who accused government officials of being communist. To ruin someone’s character without proof.

Question 2

Are there still troops in Korea? Why or why not?

Answer 2

Yes, war has never ended.

Question 3

What was the Berlin blockade?

Answer 3

USSR cut supplies to non-communist side of Berlin.

Question 4

What is espionage? Was there evidence during the Cold War?

Answer 4

Practice of spying. Yes, Whittaker Chambers.

Question 5

The UN and what nations were involved in the Korean War?

Answer 5

China, Russia, & Australia

Question 6

What did Ethel and Julius Rosenberg do?

Answer 6

Espionage, they gave SU the A-bomb secrets.

Question 7

What was the Red Scare?

Answer 7

American’s response because of the fear of communism.

Question 8

When did support for McCarthy begin to fade?

Answer 8

1954, when he couldn’t prove his claims and Eisenhower put him on the spot.

Question 9

What was the Truman Doctrine?

Answer 9

US policy to stop the spread of Communism.

Question 10

What was the Marshall Plan?

Answer 10

US plan to help Western Europe recover (12.5 Bil in aid)

Question 11

What is NATO?

Answer 11

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (US, Canada, Western Europe)

Question 12

Why did Truman fire General MacArthur?

Answer 12

Went against Truman’s order by threatening to expand the war to China.

Question 13

What was the result of the Korean War?

Answer 13

Containment of communism

Question 14

How did the Truman Doctrine and Marshall plan ensure sovereign freedom?

Answer 14

It helped anyone threatened by communism

Question 15

What was the Berlin Airlift?

Answer 15

Response to Berlin blockade, delivered supplies by airplane to Berlin

Question 16

What was the “iron curtain”?

Answer 16

Imaginary border between communist and Democratic Europe

Question 17

Who was the U-2 pilot shot down over the Soviet Union?

Answer 17

Francis Gary Powers

Question 18

What was the name of the first man made satellite? What country launched it?

Answer 18

Sputnik. Soviet Union.

Question 19

What parallel was Korea divided at?

Answer 19

38th

Question 20

Why was NASA created?

Answer 20

For the space race between the US and Soviet Union

Question 21

Eastern Europe was controlled by what style if government?

Answer 21

Communist

Question 22

After the Korean War, the border between the north and south was called?

Answer 22

Demilitarized zone

Question 23

What was the Cold War?

Answer 23

Nuclear arms race after WW2

Question 24

What was the Warsaw Pact?

Answer 24

Organization with Soviet Union and Eastern Europe