Cold War Exam

In his doctrine, Truman planned to send Greece and Turkey _____ to guard against communism.

• the assistance of the U.S. Marines.

• 400 million dollars.

• 13 billion dollars

• atomic weapons

Senator McCarthy was said to have carried out a witch hunt because:

• He accused many Americans of being communists with little or no evidence.

• He presided over many witchcraft cases in Salem, Massachusetts.

• Whenever Senator McCarthy went after a communist or anarchist, he always "got his man."

• He didn't like witches.

H.U.A.C. stands for:

• House Un-American Committee.

• Help Us Against Communism.

• House Un-American Activities Committee

• None of the Above

One good thing to come out of the Cold War is:

• HUAC

• The Smith Act

• McCarthyism

• N.A.S.A.

In the Truman Doctrine, the U.S. policy of ______ was announced to the world.

• capitalism

• communism

• cooperation with the Soviet Union

• containment

The main goal of the Marshall Plan was to:

• help feed the hungry.

• keep communism from spreading into Western Europe

• keep Germany weak so it couldn't start another war.

• end WWII.

The Korean War was:

• an overwhelming victory for the U.S.

• a stunning defeat for the U.S.

• a victory for communism because it spread throughout the entire peninsula of Korea, North and South.

• more of a draw because the line dividing North and South remained virtually unchanged.

The second "Red Scare":

• started after WWI.

• began shortly after WWII.

• began with the Soviet launch of Sputnik.

• started after the Vietnam War.

The Eastern European nations that included Bulgaria and Hungary were known as:

• "Stalin's Muppets"
• the "Soviet Bloc"
• the "United Nations"
• the "Jackson Five"

The Cold War acronym MAD stands for:

• How angry the U.S. was at how Stalin tried to push communism.
• Must Advance Democracy
• Most Advanced Defense.
• Mutually Assured Destruction