Chapter 28 The Onset of the Cold War 1945-1960

Which of the following was established by the National Security Act in 1947?

Department of Defense

The Iron Curtain symbolized the division of __________.

Europe

Which of the following countries did the United States invade in the post-Cold War era?

Iraq

In the 1950s, which of the following countries became an ally of the United States?

Japan

Which of the following led to the implementation of NSC-68?

Korean War

Which of the following was a feature of the U.S. policy of containment during the Cold War?

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Which of the following cities remained under the control of South Korea and its allies throughout the duration of the Korean War?

Pusan

Evidence suggests that Alger Hiss, Klaus Fuchs, and Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were all __________.

Soviet spies

Which of the following correctly matches the leader to the country he headed?

Syngman Rhee - South Korea

Which of the following correctly links the candidate to the party he represented in the 1948 election?

Thomas E. Dewey - Republican

Containment reflected the policy of which country during the Cold War?

United States

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization committed the United States to the defense of __________.

Western Europe

Both the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan signaled the U.S. commitment to a(n) __________ foreign policy.

interventionist

Which of the following reflects a legacy of McCarthyism that lasted for the rest of the 1950s?

political and cultural conformity

What did the United States hope that the Baruch Plan would do?

preserve the American monopoly on atomic weapons indefinitely