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What were the only two possible American response options to Soviet takeovers of Eastern European nations following World War II?
Diplomatic protest or the use of the Atomic Bomb.
Atomic warfare or conventional warfare.
Diplomatic protest or conventional warfare.
Take over countries ourselves or stop the Soviet takeovers.
Diplomatic protest or a veto in the United Nations.
What made the landings at Inchon so risky?
The high tides at Inchon.
It was heavily defended.
The lack of available amphibious landing equipment.
The lack of naval gunfire or air strikes to achieve surprise.
It was an obvious place for a landing and we would not have the element of surprise.
How was the United States able to get past the Soviet Union's veto in the United Nations Security Council and get the UN to agree to military action against North Korea?
The Soviets were boycotting the UN Security Council at the time.
The U.S. threatened to use an atomic bomb against the Soviet Union unless they agreed to the action.
The U.S. challenged the Soviet Union off of the Security Council for that session.
They paid the Soviet Union a large sum of money not to use their veto.
The U.S. had a two-thirds majority and was able to override the Soviet Union's veto.
Which major nations aligned themselves with North and South Korea following World War II?
The South had the U.S. and the North the Soviet Union.
The South had the Soviet Union and the North the U.S.
The South had the U.S. and the North had Nationalist China.
The South had the Chinese and the North had the Soviet Union.
The South had the Soviet Union and the North had the Chinese.
What happened to the U.S. armed forces after World War II ended?
There were drastic reductions in all of the Armed Forces.
They remained at roughly the same numbers, but equipment wasn't replaced.
They had a slight reduction in numbers and older equipment was eliminated.
There was a significant increase in the Armed Forces to cope with occupation duty in Germany and Japan.
They remained roughly the same in numbers and more modern equipment was added.
What Act, passed in July 1947, established the Defense Department and the U.S. Air Force?
The National Security Act
The Defense Unification Act
The Defense Department Act
The Defense Security Act
The Homeland Defense Act
Why was General MacArthur relieved by President Truman?
For insubordinate remarks made by MacArthur in a letter to a Congressman.
Because he could not defeat the North Koreans.
Because his actions had brought the Chinese into the war.
Because he would not fight the war in the way Truman wanted.
For failing to work well with the other Services.
What happened on 25 November 1950 that changed the whole complexion of the Korean War?
Chinese Communist Armies came across the border in support of the North Koreans.
Soviet Army forces came across the border in support of the North Koreans.
North Korean forces made an amphibious landing inside the Pusan perimeter.
The North Korean Army surrendered.
President Truman fired General MacArthur.
After World War II, which Service attempted to position itself as the "Nation's new first line of defense"?
The Air Force
The Navy
The Army
The Marine Corps
The Coast Guard
Where is NATO headquarters located today?
Belgium
New York
London
Paris
Switzerland
What events caused the beginning of the U.S. Sixth Fleet deployments to the Mediterranean?
Soviet attempts to undermine the governments of Greece and Turkey.
Soviet annexation of Eastern Poland.
Soviet expansion moves in Northern Iran.
Soviet aid and expansion into North Korea.
Soviet aid to the communist forces in China.
What was the name of President Truman's plan for reconstruction of war-torn Europe?
The Marshall Plan
The Truman Doctrine
The International Relief Fund
The United Nations Fund
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
What two Soviet actions in the late 1940s caused the Western democracies to create a formal alliance to counter the spread of Soviet communism?
The Berlin Blockade and the Soviet-sponsored communist takeover in Czechoslovakia.
The Berlin blockade and the annexation of Eastern Poland by the Soviet Union.
The Soviet-sponsored revolutions in Greece and Turkey.
The Soviet incursions into Greece and Northern Iran.
The Soviet support of the communist Chinese and the North Koreans.
What happened in China in 1949?
The Communist forces defeated the Nationalist forces.
The Nationalist forces defeated the Communist forces.
The Soviet Union invaded and drove out the Nationalist forces.
The North Koreans invaded and drove out the Nationalist forces.
Democratic elections brought the Communist Party to power.
What major world event occurred on 25 June 1950?
North Korean forces invaded South Korea.
Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba.
The Soviet Union annexed Eastern Poland
The Chinese Communist forces defeated the Nationalist Chinese forces.
The Truman Doctrine was issued.
What international conference drew the boundary between North and South Korea at the thirty-eighth parallel?
The Potsdam Conference
The Truman Conference
The Yalta Conference
The Tokyo Conference
The United Nations Conference of 1946
What military alliance was formed as a counter to NATO?
The Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union
The CCCP
The USSR
The Russian Federation
The cornerstone of U.S. cold war foreign policy for 40 years after World War II was known as the policy of __________________.
containment.
harassment.
embarrassment.
confrontation.
diplomacy.
What was the code name for the amphibious landings at Inchon?
Operation Chromite
Operation Torch
Operation Doomsday
Operation Overlord
Operation Pusan
Who became the first U.S. Secretary of Defense?
James Forrestal
George Marshall
Turner Joy
Chester Nimitz
Harry Truman
Approximately how many U.S. Navy ships were “mothballed” at the end of WWII?
1,500
2,000
500
10,000
5,500
Which of the following officials is NOT a member of the National Security Council?
The Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of State
The Secretary of the Navy
The Vice President
The President
Which european nation withdrew from the military side of NATO in 1966, but re-joined in 2009?
Spain
Belgium
Turkey
France
Canada
Who was the Communist Chinese leader who defeated the Nationalist Chinese in 1949?
Chang Kai-shek
Syngman Rhee
Kim Il-sung
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
What was the name of the only deep-water port for U.N. forces in the first months following the North Korean invasion of South Korea?
Pusan
Hungnam
Inchon
Wonson
Seoul
Who made the quote: “The Navy and Marines have never shone more brightly.” following the successful amphibious landings at Inchon?
Harry Truman
Douglas MacArthur
James Forrestal
Chester Nimitz
Winston Churchill
What officer took command of the U.S. 8th Army following the death of General Walton Walker?
Edward Almond
James Forrestal
Douglas MacArthur
Joseph Martin
Matthew Ridgeway
The Korean War truce talks were stalled by what major issue?
War crimes trials
Reparation money
Prisoners of war
Where to draw the border
Who would rule South Korea
Who was elected President of the U.S. in 1952, and ran a campaign promising to end the Korean War?