Quiz: Chapter 36

At the Yalta Conference, Stalin pledged to:

• a. Allow free elections in Eastern Europe
• b. Withdraw from Germany immediately
• c. Join NATO
• d. Give up the Soviet atomic program

The U.S. strategy of resisting the spread of communism without trying to roll back existing communist regimes was called:

• a. Detente
• b. Containment
• c. Massive retaliation
• d. Isolationism

The Truman Doctrine (1947) first provided aid to:

• a. China and Japan
• b. Greece and Turkey
• c. Germany and France
• d. Korea and Vietnam

The Marshall Plan was primarily designed to:

• a. Rebuild Western Europe's economies
• b. Fund NASA's space program
• c. Arm South Korea against invasion
• d. Build the interstate highway system

The Berlin Airlift was a response to:

• a. A Soviet blockade of land routes into West Berlin
• b. The Korean War
• c. NATO's founding
• d. The fall of China

NATO, founded in 1949, was significant because it was:

• a. The first peacetime military alliance the U.S. ever joined
• b. A purely economic organization
• c. Led by the Soviet Union
• d. Focused only on Asia

In October 1949, Mao Zedong's communist forces:

• a. Proclaimed the People's Republic of China
• b. Invaded South Korea
• c. Joined NATO
• d. Signed the Marshall Plan

NSC-68 (1950) called for:

• a. A massive buildup of American military power
• b. Ending the draft
• c. Withdrawing from NATO
• d. Recognizing Communist China

General Douglas MacArthur's landing at Inchon took place during the:

• a. Korean War
• b. Chinese Civil War
• c. Berlin Blockade
• d. Second World War

Truman fired MacArthur in 1951 because MacArthur:

• a. Publicly challenged Truman's limited-war strategy
• b. Lost the Battle of Inchon
• c. Refused to fight in Korea
• d. Supported the Marshall Plan

Senator Joseph McCarthy is best known for:

• a. Making unsubstantiated accusations of communist infiltration
• b. Leading UN forces in Korea
• c. Negotiating the Marshall Plan
• d. Founding NATO

McCarthy's influence collapsed after:

• a. The televised Army–McCarthy hearings of 1954
• b. The Korean armistice
• c. The Berlin Airlift
• d. The fall of China