cold war question bank

Which of the following was a reason that Stalin did not get involved in the Greek Civil War?

Stalin and Churchill had agreed to the Percentages Agreement, which placed Greece in the British postwar sphere

Long Telegram (content)

Soviet power... is impervious to logic of reason, and it is highly sensitive to logic of force… If situations are properly handled there need be no prestige-engaging showdowns.

Truman doctrine speech (content)

Since the war Turkey has sought financial assistance from Great Britain and the United States… if Turkey is to have the assistance it needs, the United States must supply it. We are the only country able to provide that help.

Marshall plan (content)

Mindful of the advantages the United States has enjoyed through the existence of a large domestic market with no internal trade barriers and believing that similar advantages can accrue to the countries of Europe, it is declared to be the policy of the people of the United States to encourage these

Iron Curtain speech (content)

Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia, all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and, in some cases, increasing measure of control from Moscow

Russian/Soviet interests in the Black Sea throughout modern history has primarily been guided by...

Desire for warm water ports and access through the straits

Which of the following was a cause for the Iran Crisis (1946)?

Soviet troops did not pull out of Iran after WWII

What major developments happened between Yalta and Potsdam?

Roosevelt died, Churchill lost the election, Germany surrendered

What was so concerning to Americans about Sputnik?

ICBM technology that launched Sputnik

What was the significance of the Long Telegram?

It proposed the policy of curbing the spread of Soviet influence

First Cold War

1946 - 1953

Fluctuating Relations

1954 - 1968

Detente

1969 - 1979

Second Cold War

1979 - 1985

Which event ended Congressional gridlock related to the decision to pass the Marshall Plan?

Czech coup

Which of the following is true of the German Democratic Republic's (GDR/DDR) economic policy?

Cooperation with COMECON

Which of the following best describes the Federal Republic of Germany’s (FRG/BRD) economic policy?

Market economy with social safety nets

Konrad Adenauer's priorities for the FRG included

Cooperation with the West to bolster post-war economic growth, Rearmament to protect the FRG against Soviet threats

FRG

west germany

GDR

east germany

Which of the following would be an example of work conducted by the Stasi?

Keep surveillance files on East German citizens' activities

What was a cause for the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961?

Flight of East Germans into West Germany

Which of the following is true related the outcome of the Berlin Blockade?

It revealed that Stalin was hesitant to initiate a hot war with the US

What was the West's response to the Berlin blockade?

Allies send supplies and aid to Berlin via planes

Which of the following was a direct cause for the Berlin Blockade?

The introduction of the Deutschmark

The Stolperstein above says "Here lived Leo Hamburger. Born 1881. Deported 1843. Murdered in Auschwitz." The above is an expression of …

Vergangenheitsbewältigung

who tested nuclear bomb (first) and hydrogen bomb (second) first (usa vs ussr)

us

What led to the Truman Doctrine speech?

Britain's inability to aid Greece and Turkey

Which of the following contributed to the West German miracle?

Leadership of Konrad Adenauer + Marshall Plan aid

At this conference, the Allied powers discussed the plan for German unconditional surrender.

Tehren

[Post 1945] the United States' aim was to restructure the world so that American business could trade, operate, and profit without restrictions everywhere. ...[this] necessitated conservative, and ultimately subservient, political control throughout the globe.

revisionist

Both America and Russia wanted to keep the peace after the war; but, conflict was caused by mutual misunderstanding, suspicion, and above all the American inability to understand Stalin's fears and need to defend himself after the war. The two competing visions of a post-war world could not be reconciled and the attempt to enact them led to conflict

post-revisionist

The American response… was basically a defensive reaction.   As long as Soviet leaders clung to their dream of imposing Communism on the world, the West had no way (other than surrender) of ending the conflict.  When a Soviet leader appeared who was willing to abandon that goal, the seemingly interminable Cold War soon melted away.

Orthodox

It took [Stalin] in particular, responding predictably to his own authoritarian, paranoid, and narcissistic predisposition, to lock it into place.… as long as Stalin was running the Soviet Union, a Cold War was unavoidable

post cold war

Which of the following is a characteristic of detente?

Deescalation of the arms race 

What was an impact of the Turkish Straits crisis?

Turkey moved further into the western bloc

What was a cause for the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961?

Erich Honecker's transition to power

Which of the following was a factor leading to detente? 

all of the above

Which of the following was a consequence of NSC-68?

Policy switch from containment to rollback, Tripled defense spending

Which of the following was an accomplishment of Park Chung-hee?

Led South Korea through the Miracle on Han River

Which of the following were NOT involved in fighting during the Korean War?

soviet troops

True or false: Kim Il Sung installed an authoritarian communist regime in North Korea and Syngman Rhee installed a democratic capitalist regime.

false

What led to the rise of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge?

us bombing campaigns

True or false: There was no attack during the Gulf of Tonkin incident.

false

Which of the following was done by Sukarno?

Fostering cooperation between newly decolonized states through the Non-Aligned Movement

Who was Secretary of Defense under Kennedy and Johnson?

Robert McNamara

What was the "Secret Speech?"

Khrushchev denounces Stalin and his cult of personality

What was the outcome of the Cuban missile crisis?

Soviets removed missiles from Cuba in exchange for US promise to not invade Cuba and secret removal of missile sites in Turkey

Whose Ostpolitik policy opened relations between West Germany and the eastern bloc?

Willy Brandt

Which of the following best describes the Nixon doctrine?

The US would avoid direct military intervention but continue to provide advisors and aid to its allies

Which of the following best describes Nixon/Kissinger strategy of triangular diplomacy?

Nixon sought to improve relations with China to leverage relations with the Soviets

Which of the following motivated Brezhnev to pursue detente?

Soviet economic stagnation as a result of the arms race

What was a major consequence of the Soviet Speech? Select all that apply.

Damaged the Sino-Soviet relationship, Led to protests/uprisings in Poland and Hungary

What was an immediate impact of the Gulf of Tonkin incident?

President Johnson escalated US involvement in Vietnam.