Cold war quiz 1

Question 1

who were the Big Three

Answer 1

Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin

Question 2

What conference did the Allies decide to divide Germany up into four sections until elections could be held

Answer 2

The Potsdam Conference

Question 3

an alliance of nations that attempts to end disputes

between countries peacefully

Answer 3

United Nations

Question 4

What happened on May 14, 1948

Answer 4

Jewish leaders announced the creation of Israel by dividing Palestine

Question 5

What date did the Jewish leaders announced the creation of Israel by dividing Palestine

Answer 5

May 14, 1948

Question 6

What term symbolizes the divide that isolated Soviet-controlled countries of Eastern Europe after WWII

Answer 6

the Iron Curtain

Question 7

a struggle over political differences between nations carried on by
methods short of war.

Answer 7

A Cold War

Question 8

• a foreign policy that attempts to stop the spread of

communism without ending it in the countries in which it already exists

Answer 8

containment

Question 9

What is NATO

Answer 9

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) an alliance of Western powers

Question 10

What was the Warsaw Pact

Answer 10

was a military alliance of Eastern communism powers led by the Soviet Union.

Question 11

What was Truman’s Program called and what did it include

Answer 11

Fair deal and it included minimum wage, the creation of a national health insurance plan for all
Americans, expanded Social Security benefits for the elderly, federal protection
of civil rights, and an end to racial discrimination in hiring.

Question 12

a policy attempting to contain the spread of

communism, beginning with military aid to the monarchies of Turkey and Greece

Answer 12

Truman Doctrine

Question 13

the idea that the U.S. could help rebuild war-torn Europe

with loans and other economic aid so that they do not turn to communism

Answer 13

The Marshall Plan

Question 14

What was the GI Bill of Rights?

Answer 14

(1944) a law that offered veterans money for school, houses, farms, and businesses

Question 15

What did Truman threaten to do to the people on strike in May 1946?

Answer 15

He threatened to draft them into the army if they did not return to work.

Question 16

Who won the 1948 Presidential election?

Answer 16

Truman defeated Dewey

Question 17

What happened on June 25, 1950?

Answer 17

On June 25, 1950, North Korea’s Soviet-trained and equipped army stormed across the 38th Parallel and invaded South Korea thus starting the Korean War.

Question 18

who was the American general who was put in command of the UN forces, which included troops from the United States and 15 other countries.

Answer 18

General Douglas Macarthur

Question 19

What was the goal of the United Nation (UN)

Answer 19

To push North Korea back across the 38th parallel

Question 20

In September United States made a risky landing by what port?

Answer 20

Inchon

Question 21

Memorizing

Truman sought and received approval from the United Nations to cross the
38th parallel, invade the North, and create “a unified, independent and
Democratic Korea – a new goal for the war.

Answer 21

Memorizing

Truman sought and received approval from the United Nations to cross the
38th parallel, invade the North, and create “a unified, independent and
Democratic Korea” – a new goal for the war.

Question 22

On November 26th who launched an attack on United Nation forces?

Answer 22

Chinese troops

Question 23

Which General did Truman fire?

Answer 23

General Douglas Macarthur

Question 24

A cease-fire agreement was signed on July 27, 1953. This agreement ending the
war created a…….?

Answer 24

Demilitarized Zone

Question 25

a region where military forces could not enter – between North and South Korea.

Answer 25

Demilitarized Zone

Question 26

what was the fear of communism called in the late 1940s and 1950s

Answer 26

Red Scare

Question 27

What was HUAC

Answer 27

House Un-American Activities committee.

Question 28

What were the actors that were investigated by HUAC known as

Answer 28

The Hollywood Ten

Question 29

a New York couple who were members of the

Communist Party, were accused of plotting to pass secret information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union.

Answer 29

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

Question 30

From 1950 to 1954, the hunt for Communists in America was dominated by what senator?

Answer 30

Joseph Maccarthy

Question 31

A new word which came to mean the use of unproved accusations against political opponents.

Answer 31

Mccarthyism

Question 32

MaCarthy accused who of be communist

Answer 32

The U.S Army

Question 33

When Nixon was accused of accepting political gifts from supports, he went on television and gave a speech. What was this speech called

Answer 33

Checkers Speech

Question 34

what were the shelters called that some people made in there back yard in case they were to be bombed

Answer 34

bomb shelters

Question 35

the first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957

Answer 35

sputnik

Question 36

Memorize

Fighting did break out in the Middle East in 1956, when Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized, or brought under government control, the Suez Canal from British control.

Answer 36

Memorize

Fighting did break out in the Middle East in 1956, when Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized, or brought under government control, the Suez Canal
from British control.

Question 37

a sharp increase in the number of American births during the 1950s and 1960s

Answer 37

Baby Boom

Question 38

In June 1956 Congress passed what act?

Answer 38

Federal Highway Act.

Question 39

What was the Federal Highway Act?

Answer 39

funded the construction of more than 40,000 miles of highways that tied the
nation together.

Question 40

what was one of the nation’s first preplanned suburbs.

Answer 40

Levittown

Question 41

Levittown was created by who

Answer 41

William Levitt

Question 42

what was the name of the scientist who created the vaccine for polio

Answer 42

Jonas Salk

Question 43

Who bought the most rock n roll records?

Teenagers, Adults, Kids, Men, or Women

Answer 43

Teenagers