• was important or influential at the time it occurred,
• had lasting effects on people and/or society,
• was a moment of change or transition, or
• was representative of broader trends or changes in society.
Question 12
12.
10. Why is the event depicted historically significant?
1. The “Cold War” refers to tension between
Britain and Germany
Egypt and Israel
The Soviet Union and the United States
China and Japan
2. What was the name of the U.S -sponsored economic aid plan designed to rebuild Europe after WWII had ended?
The Truman Doctrine
The Atlantic Charter
The Eisenhower Doctrine
The Schliefen Plan
The Marshall Plan
3. In 1948, what city did the U.S., Britain, and France have to keep supplied for over 300 days in a massive airlift due to the Soviets cutting off all land-based supply routes in an effort to drive Westerners out of the city
Berlin
Helsinki
Warsaw
Bonn
Prague
4. The Truman Doctrine declared the government’s commitment to assist
Japanese families affected by the atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
American farmers, who suffered through major price drops after WWII ended
Free nations in danger of take over by repressive style of government, especially Soviet style communism
American families who could not afford to build homes without government aid
Any nation facing widespread poverty as a result of WWII
5. The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was to
Promote free election in Europe
Force Germany to pay war reparations
Restrict the spread of Communism
maintain international peace through
6. The policy known as containment was designed to...
overthrow dictatorships
reunify Germany
decreased the threat of nuclear war
restrict the spread of Communism in foreign countries
7. Of the following participants in the Korean War, which of the following fought on the side of the Communist?
China
South Korea
North Korea
Both A&B
Both A&C
8. Which best describes the term “Cold War”?
Any war fought North of the 38th parallel
the battle between Senator McCarthy and the U.S Army.
The Russian front in WWII
The state of hostility without fighting between the U.S. and the Soviet Union
9. Senator Joseph McCarthy was known for
leading a "Witch-Hunt" to expose communism in the U.S
recommending large-scale American intervention in Vietnam
helping formulate a major economic aid plan for Western Europe in the late 1940s
leading the peace faction of the Democratic party in the 1968 presidential campaign
being the first American Senator convicted of spying for the Soviet Union (in 1956)
10. The "Blacklisting" that cost many film-industry workers their jobs in the late 1940s and early 1950s was due to
the Hollywood Ten
demands made by the loyalty Review Board
the activities of HUAC
these workers' efforts to promote communism over democracy
