Study Session on Day Before and Day of the Exam 3:10-4 PM Or 7-7:50 AM 5 Bonus Points

CSA #9 – Cold War (1945-1960)

27 Multiple Choice Questions

80 Points Total

5 Bonus Points for Completion of Study Guide on Separate Sheet of Paper

Study Session on day before and day of the Exam 3:10-4 PM or 7-7:50 AM 5 Bonus Points

1. Know how people who were against the Cold War reacted to the Alger Hiss case and how people in support of the Cold War reacted to the Alger Hiss

2. Know what tactics Senator Joseph McCarthy used to go after other politicians

3. Know what methods the U.S. used to limit the spread of communism in Western Europe after WWII

4. Know what the purpose of the Marshall plan was in the Cold War after WWII

5. Know what the following speech is from: "It is logical that the United States should do whatever it is able to assist in the return of normal economic health in the world...Our policy is directed...against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos. Its purpose should be...to permit the emergence of political and social conditions in which free institutions can exist." - Speech by the Secretary of State, June 5, 1947.

6. Know how assistance to Europe boosted the U.S. economy after WWII

7. Know why SEATO was formed

8. Know what the Truman Doctrine is

9. Know what the Marshall Plan is

10. Know why the U.S. airlifted in supplies to West Berlin during the Berlin Blockade

11. Know why the Korean War is considered a success for the U.S.

12. Know what the goal of the Soviet Union was with communism after WWII

13. Know what the Hollywood Ten, blacklists, and HUAC were

14. Know what policy and speech the following quote is referring to: "I believe that 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...I ask the Congress to authorize the detail of American civilian and military personnel to Greece and Turkey..."

15. Know how Nativists reacted to the Rosenberg case

16. Know what the policy of massive retaliation is

17. Know what McCarthyism is

18. Know what the purpose of the United Nations was

19. Know why President Truman dismissed General MacArthur during the Korean War

20. Know what event led to the Space Race

21. Know who was in NATO

22. Know what happened to the policy of U.S. isolationism after WWII

23. Know the 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council

24. Know what the policy of MAD is and what it led to in the 1950’s

25. Know what the purpose of NATO was

26. Know why the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights is considered important

27. Know how the U.S. played a role in the founding of the UN