Origins of the
Cold War
The Truman
Doctrine
The Arms Race
The Korean
War
McCarthyism &
The Red Scare
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Category 1 questions follow
Question
What year did the Russian Revolution begin?
Answer
1917
Question
What was the name of Stalin’s plans for economic
and agricultural growth?
Answer
Five Year Plans
Question
What was the name of the WWII era conference
that Truman and Stalin debated what the post-war
world would look like?
Answer
The Potsdam Conference
Question
What was the name of the Western Allies’ operation
to resupply Berlin during the Soviet blockade?
Answer
The Berlin Airlift
Question
The U.S. hoped this international agency would
oversee atomic activities.
Answer
The United Nations
Category 2 questions follow
Question
What was the name of the policy that advocated “it
must be the policy of the United States to support
free peoples who are resisting attempted
subjugation by armed minorities or by outside
pressures”?
Answer
The Truman Doctrine
Question
What was the nickname for the European Recovery
Plan?
Answer
The Marshall Plan
Question
Why did the Soviets blockade Berlin from ground
access by the Western Allies?
Answer
The Western Allies wanted to merge their 3 zones
into West Germany
Question
The National Security Act of 1947 created what two
federal agencies?
Answer
The CIA and the National Security Council
Question
In 1949, this organization of European and American
countries was formed.
Answer
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Category 3 questions follow
Question
MAD stands for…
Answer
Mutually Assured Destruction
Question
What was the name of the white paper that
advocated the U.S. use as much force as needed,
wherever and whenever, to stop Communism?
Answer
National Security Council Paper 68 (NSC-68)
Question
In what year did the Soviets obtain nuclear
weapons?
Answer
1949
Question
When did the U.S. test their first H-Bomb?
Answer
1952
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When did the U.S.S.R. test their H-Bomb?
Answer
1953
Category 4 questions follow
Question
Which world powers supported North Korean in the
Korean War?
Answer
China and the U.S.S.R.
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Which world body supported South Korea in the
Korean War?
Answer
The United Nations
Question
Which country provided the vast majority of foreign
troops to the U.N. coalition in the Korean War?
Answer
The U.S.
Question
Where did Gen. MacArthur launch a successful
surprise attack against the North Koreans?
Answer
Inchon
Question
When did the Korean War officially end?
Answer
It hasn’t
Category 5 questions follow
Question
What does HUAC stand for?
Answer
House Committee on Un-American Activities
Question
What was the nickname of the ten people
imprisoned for asserting their 1st amendment rights
before HUAC?
Answer
The Hollywood Ten
Question
This British nuclear physicist confessed to passing
atomic secrets to the Soviets.
Answer
Klaus Fuchs
Question
Senator McCarthy is most infamous for over zealous
persecution of left leaning members of government.
What was this called?
Answer
McCarthyism
Question
Was McCarthy ever able to provide evidence of his
various claims?
Answer
Nope