1. Cold War Test Review …as opposed to a hot war

2. Question 1 The goal of the Berlin Blockade was to…

3. Question 2 What was the tension between Truman and MacArthur during the Korean War?

4. Question 3 Americans saved 150 billion dollars during the war because of what 3 reasons?

5. Question 4 Why did President Truman tell General MacArthur not to go near the northern border of North Korea when UN forces counterattacked?

6. Question 5 What were the 2 major causes of the Cold War?

7. Question 6 What was the common practice taught to school children on how to protect from an atomic explosion?

8. Question 7 Name 2 Nazi officers who were tried at the Nuremburg Trials

9. Question 8 The Rosenberg’s were found guilty of ______________ and put to death

10. Question 9 During the Yalta Conference FDR and Stalin agreed to what?

11. Question 10 Why was the Federal Highway Act passed?

12. Question 11 What did George Kennan believe about communism?

13. Question 12 UN forces landed behind enemy lines at ____________ in order to push the North Koreans out of South Korea

14. Question 13 Why was the Truman Doctrine created?

15. Question 14 The McCarthy era of the Cold War is now thought of as America’s ______________.

16. Question 15 What 4 countries split Berlin and Germany?

17. Question 16 The family type that characterized the 1950’s was the ________________ family.

18. Question 17 Eisenhower decided to fight communism through covert operations run by the ______________.

19. Question 18 What 3 things happened during the watershed year of 1949?

20. Question 19 What was one of the major effects of Rock and Roll in American society?

21. Question 20 How does the Korean War and NSC-68 tie together?

22. Question 21 These countries under Soviet influence become known as satellite nations

23. Question 22 The Communist leader of China who takes over the country in 1949

24. Question 23 The military alliance led by the U.S which provided for mutual assistance should any one member of the alliance be attacked

25. Question 24 Winston Churchill’s term for the line of communist Eastern European nations

26. Question 25 The military alliance led by the U.S.S.R which was created in response to the U.S led military alliance

27. Question 26 The first elected President of South Korea

28. Question 27 The Commanding General of the UN forces in Korea

29. Question 28 The bill that gave tangible benefits to WWII Veterans

30. Question 29 Kennan’s written analysis of the USSR

31. Question 30 The event where top ranking Nazi officers were put on trial

32. Question 31 During the _________ plan, the U.S sent 13 billion dollars to countries in Europe to rebuild their nations

33. Question 32 The Russian Expert who comes up with the idea of containment

34. Question 33 Federal Highway Act that created 40,000 miles of interstate roads

35. Question 34 The people (actors, directors, writers) who refused to answer the HUAC’s questions

36. Question 35 First satellite to orbit the earth

37. Essay Essay: (20 Points) Explain, in detail, the age of McCarthyism. Who was Joseph McCarthy and why did he begin his crusade against communism? What tactics did he use to find suspected communists? What was a high- profile communism case that he seized upon to cause hysteria against communism? How did the age of McCarthy stop? Do you think McCarthy is a tyrant or a protector of democracy? Why? (15 Sentences)