End Of CW 1

Question 1

In what year was the US producing more arms than all of the axis nations together?

Answer 1

1942

Question 2

When Truman spoke of concessions what did he expect to get?

Answer 2

His way 85% of the time (his memoirs)

Question 3

When did George Kennan send his long telegram?

Answer 3

Feb 1946

Question 4

When did Churchill Deliver his iron curtain speech?

Answer 4

May 1946 - Fulton Missouri

Question 5

What did the allies call the moving of German’s (today would be Ethnic Cleansing)?

Answer 5

Population Transfer

Question 6

What conference gave USSR control of cen EUR?

Answer 6

Yalta

Question 7

How was the body of the Turkish Ambassador to US returned to TUR?

Answer 7

Onboard USS Missouri in 1946

Question 8

In 1946 how many calories did US Army report Germans were living on?

Answer 8

1200 Calories a day

Question 9

After WWII, how much of the vote were communists getting in FRA and ITA?

Answer 9

Over 1/3

Question 10

When did Truman announce his doctrine?

Answer 10

Mar 47

Question 11

What did the Truman Doctrine become a metaphor for?

Answer 11

Emergency aid to keep a nation from comm influence.

Question 12

When was the Marshall Plan announced?

Answer 12

5 June 47

Question 13

Where did the Marshall plan first look to?

Answer 13

Rhine and Ruhr valleys

Question 14

When did USSR first test an A Bomb?

Answer 14

Aug 49

Question 15

What did Acheson ask Nitze to take charge of?

Answer 15

Policy Planning staff - created NSC 68

Question 16

Why was superior mil strength imp to the US according to NSC 68?

Answer 16

To adequately meet needs of containment.

Question 17

What were Nitze and Acheson’s thoughts about Korea regarding USSR?

Answer 17

That the Sov were becoming bolder as they gained strategic might.

Question 18

What do Orthodox or Traditional views of the origins of the CW state?

Answer 18

Sov aggression and expansion dictated US reactions.

Question 19

What do revisionist theories of CW state?

Answer 19

On requirements of intl capitalist system (mainly US) and need to expand

Question 20

When did ideology become more important in formation of CW?

Answer 20

46 and 47

Question 21

What prompted the Truman Doctrine?

Answer 21

British withdrawal from E Med - risk of TUR and Greece going comm

Question 22

It what way was Stalin willing for POL to be independent?

Answer 22

Only in the cultural and lingual sense.

Question 23

What did Truman’s lack of For Policy Exp mean for advisors?

Answer 23

He relied more on State Dept