Cold War Historical Events Quiz

5 Questions

Match the following events with their respective dates:

Yalta conference = 1945 Bretton Woods conference = 1944 Nuremberg war crimes trial = 1945-1946 Korean War = 1950-1953

Match the following doctrines/policies with their proponents:

Containment doctrine = George F. Kennan Truman Doctrine = Harry S. Truman Marshall Plan = George C. Marshall Fair Deal = Harry S. Truman

Match the following committees/groups with their activities:

House Un-American Activities Committee = Investigating alleged disloyalty and subversive activities National Security Council Memorandum Number 68 = Outlining U.S. strategy during the Cold War Army-McCarthy Hearings = Investigating alleged communist infiltration in the Army GI Bill = Providing benefits to World War II veterans

Match the following figures with their roles in history:

Joseph Stalin = Soviet leader during WWII and early Cold War Jiang Jieshi = Chinese nationalist leader Alger Hiss = Accused of being a Soviet spy Benjamin Spock = Pediatrician and author of 'Baby and Child Care'

Match the following post-WWII economic/social phenomena with their descriptions:

Sunbelt = Region experiencing population growth and economic development Levittown = Mass-produced suburbia housing development Redlining = Discriminatory lending practice based on location Baby Boom = Significant increase in birth rates post-WWII

Study Notes

Post-WWII Conferences

Yalta Conference (1945): Allied leaders (Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin) met to discuss post-war reorganization and the formation of the United Nations
Bretton Woods Conference (1944): established the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to promote international economic stability

War Crimes and Trials

Nuremberg War Crimes Trial (1945-1946): prosecuted top Nazi officials for war crimes and crimes against humanity

Cold War Emerges

Berlin Airlift (1948-1949): the US and allies supplied West Berlin by air after the Soviet Union blocked land access
Containment Doctrine: a US foreign policy strategy to prevent the spread of communism
Truman Doctrine (1947): a policy of providing economic and military aid to countries threatened by communism
Marshall Plan (1948): a US program to rebuild war-torn Europe and prevent communist expansion

International Organizations and Alliances

United Nations (1945): an international organization dedicated to promoting peace, security, and cooperation
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) (1949): a military alliance of Western countries to counter Soviet power

National Security and Politics

National Security Council Memorandum Number 68 (1950): a secret document outlining the communist threat and the need for increased defense spending
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC): a congressional committee investigating communism in the US
McCarthyism (1950s): a period of intense anti-communist suspicion and persecution led by Senator Joseph McCarthy
Army-McCarthy Hearings (1954): televised hearings that discredited McCarthy's communist witch-hunt
Executive Order 9981 (1948): President Truman's order to desegregate the US military

US Domestic Policy and Economy

Taft-Hartley Act (1947): a labor law restricting union power and allowing states to pass right-to-work laws
Operation Dixie (1946): a labor movement to organize Southern workers
Employment Act of 1946: a federal law establishing full employment as a national goal
GI Bill (1944): a law providing benefits to US veterans, including education and housing assistance
Fair Deal: President Truman's domestic reform program, including proposals for civil rights and national health insurance
Sunbelt: a region of rapid growth and development in the southern and western US
Levittown: a model suburban town built in the 1940s and 1950s
Redlining: a discriminatory practice of denying or limiting financial services to certain neighborhoods, often based on race
Baby Boom: a significant increase in US birth rates from the 1940s to the 1960s

Key Figures

Joseph Stalin: Soviet leader who played a crucial role in shaping the Cold War
Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek): Chinese leader who opposed communism and received US support
Alger Hiss: a US State Department official accused of being a Soviet spy
George F. Kennan: a US diplomat and historian who advocated for containment of communism
George C. Marshall: a US general and statesman who developed the Marshall Plan
Joseph McCarthy: a US senator who led the anti-communist witch-hunt
Reinhold Niebuhr: a Christian theologian and intellectual who influenced US foreign policy
Benjamin Spock: a pediatrician who wrote a bestselling childcare book and became a cultural icon