social studies ch 16

NATO and the Warsaw Pact were examples of A) Military alliances made for "collective security" B) Failed attempts to make peace C) Efforts to fight communism without bloodshed D) Set up a total blockade cutting off that section of the city

A

One goal of the Marshall Plan was to A) Make European countries strong enough to start buying American goods B) Send troops to help European countries fight communism C) Give Europeans access to higher education in the United States D) Make Germany pay costs for all the destruction it had caused in Europe

A

What happened on September 2, 1949, that caused a sudden change in U.S.- Soviet relations? A) The Soviet Union set off an atomic bomb B) North Korea invaded South Korea C) The Soviet Union launched a satellite into space D) The military alliance know as SEATO was formed

A

General MacArthur chose what port city for a counterattack against North Korea? A) Pyongyang B) Inchon C) Pusan D) Seoul

B

How did the American public view General MacArthur after President Truman fired him? A) They thought he was too old to still be on active duty B) They still saw him as a hero C) They were angry that he had miscalculated in the war D) They thought he was a traitor

B

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were charged, convicted, and executed specifically for A) Being subversive and disloyal Americans B) Passing secrets about nuclear science to the Soviets C) Being members of the communist party D) Violating the Smith Act

B

Who first spoke of the "iron curtain" A) Harry Truman B) Winston Churchill C) Joseph Stalin D) George Kennan

B

After President Eisenhower withdrew his offer to fund the Aswan Dam, Egyptian President Nasser A) Closed the Suez Canal B) Turned to the Soviet Union for the money C) Nationalized the Suez Canal D) Attacked the United States

C

In 1950, what event began the conflict on the Korean peninsula? A) The South Korean army invaded north of the 38th parallel B) The Chinese army invaded south of the 38th parallel C) The North Korean army invaded south of the 38th parallel D) U.N. forces fought off the invading army from the North

C

In order to try to gain control over West Berlin, the Soviet Union A) Operated a massive airlift to bring in needed supplies B) Went to the United States and demanded control of that section of the city C) Set up a total blockade cutting off that section of the city D) Threatened the section of the city with troops and tanks

C

What led to Senator McCarthy's downfall? A) The uncovering of financial irregularities in his Senate campaign B) The discovery that some of the people he had accused were innocent C) The broadcast of the McCarthy hearings on television D) Revelations that he was a communist himself

C

How was Khrushchev different from Stalin? A) He favored cooperation with the United States B) He was not a communist C) He agreed to consider allowing elections in Eastern Europe D) He was less cruel and suspicious

D

In 1954, after he had worked on developing the atomic bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer was investigated and denied future access to classified information because A) People realized he was not such a good scientist after all B) There was evidence that he was working as a spy for the Soviet Union C) He was discovered to be a communist D) He had friends and family who belonged to the Communist Party

D

In China's civil war, the United States backed A) the Communists, led by Mao Zedong B) the Communists, led by Jiang Jieshi C) the Nationalists, led by Mao Zedong D) the Nationalists, led by Jiang Jieshi

D

Which countries remained under Soviet control after the end of World War 2? A) Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary B) Denmark, Austria, Czechoslovakia C) Hungary, Bulgaria, Greece, D) Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria

D