The Cold War Arms Race and Nuclear Deterrence Quiz

Post-WWII Korea and the Cold War

• After Korea was freed from Japanese control in 1945, the Soviet Union entered North Korea.
• The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) was formed in the north of Korea after the division along the 38th parallel.
• The Soviet Union provided aid and military equipment to North Korea after the division.

Korean War

• China entered the Korean War and pushed the United Nations forces out of North Korea.
• General Douglas MacArthur disagreed with President Truman about how the Korean War should be fought and was dismissed in April 1951.

Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)

• The purpose of SEATO was to provide collective defense against communism in Southeast Asia.

Hydrogen Bomb

• The development of the hydrogen bomb marked a significant escalation of the nuclear arms race during the Cold War.

Hungarian Revolution

• Imre Nagy expected support from the United States when he proposed leaving the Warsaw Pact.
• Khrushchev described Nagy's death as 'a lesson to the leaders of all Socialist countries' because Nagy's attempt to leave the Warsaw Pact was seen as a threat to Soviet dominance.
• Mátyás Rákosi was the leader of the Hungarian Communist Party during the years 1949-1956.
• The reason for the protests in Hungary in 1956 was to demand democratization and independence from Soviet control.
• Khrushchev ordered a Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956 to crush the revolution and maintain Soviet dominance.

Cold War Politics

• The US policy of containment aimed to prevent the spread of communism and limit Soviet influence.
• After Stalin's death, Nikita Khrushchev became the effective ruler of the Soviet Union.
• The basis of the Soviet Union's belief in peaceful co-existence with the West was the idea that different economic systems could coexist without conflict.
• The event that reduced some of the tension between East and West in 1955 was the Geneva Summit, a meeting between the leaders of the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain, and France.

International Relations

• West Germany was not a member of the Warsaw Pact.
• The USA and the Soviet Union acted as deterrents to using nuclear weapons during the early 1950s, as a means of maintaining a fragile peace.