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Ch. 16 The Cold War
Test Review
DUE: MONDAY MARCH 27TH. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
Who first spoke of the “iron curtain”?
What were the goals of the Marshall Plan?
What did the Soviets do to try to gain control of western Berlin?
Name the two military alliances made for “collective security”.
What event occurred in 1950 when the North Korean army invaded south
of the 38th parallel?
6. How did the American public view General MacArthur after President
Truman fired him?
7. What was the date when the Soviet Union set off or tested their first
atomic bomb? How did that event affect the relationship between the
Soviets and U.S.?
8. Who promoted the policy of “brinksmanship”?
9. Which countries remained under Soviet control after the end of World
War II?
10.Which two Americans were convicted of passing secrets about nuclear
science to the Soviets?
11.Who led the Senate hearings regarding Americans accused of being
communists? What led to his downfall?
12.What was the Eisenhower Doctrine?
13.What was the Truman Doctrine?
14.How did President Truman react when North Korean troops crossed into
South Korea?
15.Conflicts where superpowers distrust opposing sides, but did not confront
each other directly was called?
16.What was a major motive of the Truman Doctrine and the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO)?
17.Define the following terms:
McCarthyism
Mutually Assured Destruction
Red Scare
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