Unit 4:: The Cold War

Question 1

Yalta Conference

Answer 1

sometimes called the Crimea Conference

Question 2

Potsdam

Answer 2

capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg

Question 3

Berlin Airlift

Answer 3

Airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin

Question 4

Soviet Atomic Test

Answer 4

The Soviet union exploded there first atomic bomb and the US was surprised.

Question 5

China goes Communist

Answer 5

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Question 6

Korean War

Answer 6

The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea.

Question 7

Shooting down the U-2

Answer 7

This was a spy plan

Question 8

Truman Doctrine

Answer 8

Truman Doctrine President Truman’s policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism

Question 9

Marshall Plan

Answer 9

U.S. program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952).

Question 10

NATO

Answer 10

North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country.

Question 11

HUAC

Answer 11

The House Un-American Activities Committee is formed

Question 12

Democracy

Answer 12

Democracy is a form of government in which all eligible citizens participate equally—either directly or indirectly through elected representatives—in the proposal, development, and creation of laws.

Question 13

Communism

Answer 13

A political system in which the government owns and controls all resources and means of production and makes all economic decisions. NO private property and NO free enterprise. You CANNOT own a business.

Question 14

Harry Truman

Answer 14

Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States of America. The final running mate of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944, Truman succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when Roosevelt died

Question 15

Dwight Eisenhower

Answer 15

President during Cold War. “Massive Retaliation”.

Question 16

Joseph Stalin

Answer 16

was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953.

Question 17

Nikita Khrushchev

Answer 17

A Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Question 18

Winston Churchill

Answer 18

1874 to 1965; greatest wartime leader; rallied the British with his speeches, infectious confidence, and bulldog determination; known for his “iron curtain” speech; led the British during World War II; agreed Hitler should be conquered; was thrown out by his own people.

Question 19

The Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 19

failed invasion of Cuba in 1961 when a force of 1,200 Cuban exiles, backed by the United States, landed at the Bay of Pigs.

Question 20

The Election of Eisenhower and the Domino Theory

Answer 20

the political theory that if one nation comes under Communist control then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control

Question 21

The Space Race and Sputnik

Answer 21

the Soviet Union surprised the world by launching Sputnik, the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth.

Question 22

The Iron Curtain and the Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall

Answer 22

A term popularized by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to describe the Soviet Union’s policy of isolation during the Cold War. The barrier isolated Eastern Europe from the rest of the world.