History Questions

The first President to visit China, also instituted a policy of Vietnamization, meaning that the U.S. would train the Vietnamese and leave them to fight.

General in the Pacific during World War II, architect of the island-hopping campaign

T or FTroops from South Korea first crossed the 38th parallel and began the Korean War.

T or FIn general, McCarthyism is the unfair tactic of accusing people of disloyalty without providing evidence.

General Douglass MacArthur commanded U.S. forces in ___________.

Which Warsaw Pact country did not benefit from sharing a border with other Warsaw Pact countries?

What geographical fact explains why an airlift was necessary to over come the Soviet blockade of West Berlin?

What is the westernmost country shown on this map that was allied with the United States during the Cold War?

The ______ appeared to be winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict.

T or FSatellite nations of the Soviet Union joined the military alliance known as the Warsaw Pact.

T or FAfter Stalin's death, several leaders shared power in the Soviet Union until Nikita Khrushchev claimed leadership for himself.

T or FPresident Truman fired General MacArthur because of MacArthur's insistence that the US should blockade and bomb North Korea

T or FChina's Communist leader Mao Zedong won over Chinese peasants to the Communist Party with his promises of land reform.

T or FThe U-2 incident involved the use of airplanes to bring food and supplies to the people of West Berlin.

T or FBillions of dollars in economic aid was provided to many foreign nations as part of the Truman Doctrine.

T or FThe policy of brinkmanship threatend retaliation to the edge of all-out war.

T or FFrancis Gary Powers was convicted of perjury after being accused of spying for the Soviet Union.

Which of the following statistics dropped during the postwar era?

Which phrase best describes postwar society in America?

the first country in the western hemisphere to fall to communism was