History ch13

Question 1

In the long run the Truman doctrine committed the US to…

Answer 1

A pledge to fight communism

Question 2

Under the policy known as massive retaliation. President Eisenhower was willing to threaten the use of nuclear weapons in order to

Answer 2

Prevent wars from starting

Question 3

As world war 2 was ending president franklin Roosevelt’s goal for establishing a new international political organization was to

Answer 3

Prevent another world war

Question 4

At the yalta conference in February 1945, allied leaders agreed to

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Divide Germany among four allied powers

Question 5

Issued at the yalta conference, the declaration of liberated Europe asserted that the people of Europe have the right to

Answer 5

Choose their own form of government through democracy

Question 6

As world war 2 ended, what two concerns most influenced soviet leaders strategies for the post war world

Answer 6

Security and promoted communism

Question 7

In the late 1949’s president Truman saw the Truman doctrine and the Marshall plan as essential for

Answer 7

Containment

Question 8

The North Atlantic treaty organization (NATO) was formed for the purpose of

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Mutual defense

Question 9

The Korean War began when

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North Korea invaded South Korea

Question 10

The Korean War marked a turning point in the Cold War leading to a major military build up and to

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A American military involvement in Asia

Question 11

In 1950, with senator McCarthy and others arousing fears of communist spies, congress passed the international security act, usually called…

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The McCarran act

Question 12

T/F
In 1995 many American leaders believed that the Great Depression and he subsequent reduction in world trade were among the causes of WW2

Answer 12

True

Question 13

T/F

According to the “long telegram” the US could not defeat communism without going to war

Answer 13

False

Question 14

In Febuary 1995 president Roosevelt and British prime minister Churchhill agreed to recognize the government that the soviets set up in Poland if soviet leader Jospeh Stalkn agreed to….

Answer 14

Hold free elections in Poland as soon as possible

Question 15

Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin agreed to divide Germany into four zones controlled by the US Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and…

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France

Question 16

T/F

Today US troops are still based in Korea

Answer 16

True

Question 17

T/F

President trumans loyalty review program calmed fears that communist had infiltrated the government

Answer 17

False

Question 18

Among the major causes of the Cold War arguments between the US and Soviet Union over reperations and…

Answer 18

Economic poverty in Germany

Question 19

Organization formed at the end of WW2 to promote international peace and security

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United Nations

Question 20

Location near Nerlin where Truman and Stalin met to work out a deal on Germany

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Potsdam

Question 21

Declared the right of all people to choose the form of government in which they will live

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Declaration of liberated Europe

Question 22

Soviet resort on the Black Sea where Roosevelt, Churchhill, and Stalin met to plan the postwar world

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Yalta

Question 23

Era of confrontation and competition between the US and Soviet Union

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Cold War

Question 24

According to the theory of containment if the US could keep the soviets from expanding their power, over time…

Answer 24

The Soviet government would collapse

Question 25

When the US, Britain, and France merged thei zones of Germany in 1948 the Soviet Union responded by…

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Blockading West Berlin

Question 26

President Harry Truman saw the communist invasion of South Korea as a test of the _____and ordered US naval power into action

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Containment policy

Question 27

After the Korean War began, The US embarked on a major…

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Military buildup

Question 28

The official purpose of president Trumans loyalty program was to…

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Screen all federal employees for “loyalty”

Question 29

The purpose of the project code named Verona, one element of the post world war 2 red scare was to…

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Crack the soviet spy code

Question 30

The umbrella with no canopy is used to indicate that..

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The US government is not doing enough to protect citizens from atomic war

Question 31

One reason for president eisenhowers massive retaliation policy was that it….

Answer 31

Allowed Eisenhower to cut overall military spending

Question 32

President Eisenhower used the threat of massive retaliation to resolve crisis in Taiwan and..

Answer 32

The Suez Canal

Question 33

At the ___ conference Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin agreed to issue the declaration of liberated Europe

Answer 33

Yalta

Question 34

At the yalta conference, Stalin disagreed with Roosevelt and Churchill about who should be recognized as the legitament government of…

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Poland

Question 35

The communist countries of Eastern Europe came to be called ____ nations because they had to follow Soviet policies

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Satellite

Question 36

Under the Cold War policy of _____ the US aimed to keep communism within its present territory through the use of diplomatic, economic, and military actions

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Containment

Question 37

Senator Jospeh McCarthy attic of blackening reputations with vague and unfounded charged became known as…

Answer 37

McCarthyism

Question 38

As punishment for senator McCarthy, the the senate ultimately passed a vote of…

Answer 38

Censure

Question 39

In confrontations with other nations Presideint Eisenhower often used ____ or going to the edge of war to force the other side to back down

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Brinkmanship

Question 40

During president Eisenhowers administration many cia operations took place in nations with primarily agricultural economies, known as _____ nations

Answer 40

Developing

Question 41

The first artificial satellite to orbit the earth, called ____ was launched in 1957

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Sputnik