Reading Quiz - Cold War

Question 0

The policy of making military power of the United States and its allies so strong that no enemy would date attack for fear if retaliation

Answer 0

Deterrence

Question 1

McCarthyism

Answer 1

Term used to describe McCarthy’s anti-communist smear tactics

Question 2

Brinkmanship

Answer 2

Term used by Secretary of State John Dulles to describe a policy of risking eat in order to protect national interests

Question 3

ICBMs

Answer 3

Long-rage rockets known as intercontinental ballistic missiles

Question 4

Sputnik

Answer 4

First artificial satellite to orbit earth

Question 5

U-2 Incident

Answer 5

Soviet military used a guided missile to shoot down American U-2 spy plane over soviet territory

Question 6

Margaret Chase Smith

Answer 6

Republican senator of Maine. Presented Declaration of Conscience to senate. McCarthy “debased” senate

Question 7

McCarthy’s Fall?

Answer 7

Army-McCarthy hearings. McCarthy accused army was full of communists and, in turn, charged him with seeking special treatment for his side.

Question 8

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Answer 8

Pres in 1953. Republican. Secretary of State: John Foster Dulles (harsh anti-communist who considered winning Cold War to be moral crusade, Truman containment policy too cautious).

Question 9

Cold War tension,..

Answer 9

Middle East. Palestine and Arab. US supported Israel. Soviet supported Arab.

Question 10

Suez crisis

Answer 10

Egypt’s ruler Gamal Abdel Nasser sought soviet support, US and great British cut off aid to Egypt.

Question 11

Eisenhower Doctine?

Answer 11

Policy: US would use force to safeguard independence of any country or group of countries in middle easy requesting aid against communist-inspired aggression

Question 12

OAS

Answer 12

Organization of American States (increase cooperation among nations of hemisphere -Honduras)

Question 13

Arms race

Answer 13

Struggle to gain weapons superiority