Cold War Review - Joel Schindler | Biblioteka

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Which best describes communism?

A society where competition creates inovations

A government where freedom of choice is essnetial

A Classless society where the government controls all aspects of everyday life

An egalitarian society where everyone’s opinion matters and the minority is protected

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What were the Rosenburg's suspected of doing?

Breaking into the White House

Passing on atomic secrets to the USSR

Creating communists propaganda

Spying on the USSR for the US

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Which side was considered the winner of the Korean War?

United States

North Korea

South Korea

There was no winner

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Who are the members of NATO?

The Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary

Germany, Italy, and Japan

The United States, Great Britain, France, and West Germany

The United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union

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What was the Berlin Airlift?

U.S. led operation that supplied West Berlin with all their needs

An attempt to evacuate POWs from Berlin after WWII

The invasion of Soviet troops into East Berlin

Soviet led operation that supplied West Berlin with all their needs

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What was the Marshall Plan?

A U.S. economic recovery program designed to stop the spread of communism in Western Europe.

A Soviet plan designed to convert more countries to Communism.

A Soviet blockade of West Berlin that was designed to pressure NATO countries from leaving Berlin.

The plan by the U.S. to break a Soviet blockade in West Berlin.

A plan to go shopping at Marshalls

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What is containment?

The Soviet policy of containing capitalism and democratic ideals.

The U.S. policy of containing the spread of communism.

The U.S. policy of containing the post World War II diseases.

The Soviet policy of containing the people fleeing the Soviet Union.

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What is The Iron Curtain?

The division between republicans and democrats

The separation of church and state

The difference between nuclear powers and non-nuclear powers

A metaphor used to describe the division of the world into two sides: Communist & Capitalist.

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Which definition best describes capitalism?

An economy where the government controls everything and there is little to no competition

An economy where there are many competing businesses that leads to many different choices.

An economy that everyone has little choice and resources are distributed by the government

An economy where everyone does what the government says.

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North Korea is ruled by what type of government?

Communist

Democracy

Monarchy

Republic

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What major new Communist power emerged in 1949?

North Korea

North Vietnam

Cuba

China

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Following World War II, what divided the Korean Penisula?

The Korean River

The International Date Line

38th Parallel

The Korean Mountains

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What US Senator used gossip and hearsay to accuse people of being communists and against the government?

Daniel Webster

John McCain

Joseph McCarthy

Daniel Webster

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What did the HUAC do?

Investigated suspected Communists in the position of influence.

Enforced food standards across the United States

Investigated possible governmental corruption.

Advocated for civil rights

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Who were the Hollywood 10?

Famous Hollywood actors who created a list of communists

Members of the film industry who were suspected communists and convicted of perjury.

Hollywood actors who supported the Korean War.

Actors who protested the Korean war by refusing to work.

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What was the "Lavander Scare"?

The fear of Communists taking control of the government.

The fear that South Americans are plotting to take over the government.

The fear that Neo-Fascists are taking over the government.

The fear of homosexual people in the United States government led by Joseph McCarthy.

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Who are the members of the Warsaw Pact?

The Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary

Germany, Italy, and Japan

The United States, Great Britain, France, and West Germany

The United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union

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What country entered the side of North Korea and changed the course of the Korean War?

The Soviet Union

China

Japan

Vietnam

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What was the Truman Loyalty Program

Loyalty oaths for government employees who had a past connection to communism

A benefits program for all government employees

A rewards program for shopping at US-friendly stores

A reward for reporting communist sympathizers

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What is the Truman Doctrine?

The Soviet plot to assassinate President Truman.

President Truman's policy to ease tensions with the Soviet Union.

President Truman's policy that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces.

President Truman's policy of denuclearizing.