2. Example Question: Who won the world series last year?  San Francisco Giants

3. The ____ decided not to cooperate with the investigation into whether American Film industry had been influenced by communists  Hollywood Ten

4. True or False: The Soviets successfully took over West Berlin after a blockade which forced the U.S. to withdrew from the city.  False

5. This is an organization created after WWII in order to resolve International conflicts.  United Nations

6. This U.S. aid program was meant to rebuild Europe after WWII.  Marshall Plan

7. This defensive military alliance was the first military alliance that the U.S. entered during peacetime.  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

8. True or False: A Hungarian rebellion in 1956 successfully overthrew and replaced a pro Soviet Union regime  False: Soviets intervened and put down the rebellion

9. This term refers to the indirect but hostile conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that began at the end of WWII  The Cold War

10. He was the leader of the Chinese Communists.  Mao Zedong

11. Where did the Chinese Nationalists retreat to at the end of the Chinese Civil War?  Taiwan

12. Where is the boundary between North and South Korea  The 38 th parallel

13. This policy was intended to defend the Middle East against an attack by any communist country.  Eisenhower Doctrine

14. Countries in Eastern Europe entered into this military alliance with the Soviet Union  Warsaw Pact

15. The policy of the U.S. to show its willingness to go to the brink of nuclear war is called  Brinkmanship

16. As secretary of state he proposed the U.S. declare its intention to use massive retaliation against any aggression  John Foster Dulles

17. This group’s covert actions helped to topple governments in countries like Iran.  CIA

18. The Cold War policy of this President was based on less spending on the traditional military and more spending on nuclear weapons and covert ops.  Dwight Eisenhower

19. True or False : Douglas McArthur was fired by Harry Truman after McArthur continuously attacked Truman for not expanding the war in Korea into China.  True

20. Which famous politician stated in a speech after WWII that an iron curtain had descended over Eastern Europe.  Winston Churchill

21. The policy of the U.S. to help free country’s resist aggression from outside influences or armed minorities is known as…  Truman Doctrine

22. True or False: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were two Americans that were convicted of spying for the Soviets and sentenced to death  True

23. The Truman Doctrine was outlined in a speech asking congress for money to support the governments of Turkey and _______  Greece

24. George Marshall was convicted of perjury after being accused of spying for the Soviet Union  False: Alger Hiss

25. This U.S. Senator accused people of being communist without any evidence.  Joe McCarthy

26. Which country intervened in the Korean war on the side of the North?  China

27. This policy was proposed by George Kennan and stated that the U.S. should try and prevent the spread of communism.  Containment

28. This is the theory that if one nation falls to communism, the other nations in the region will too.  Domino Theory

29. Chaing Kai-Shek was the leader of South Korea during the Korean War.  False: He was the leader of the Chinese Nationalist