MWS Final UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Causes of Cold War - CORRECT ANSWER - ~Westerners feared Soviet world
domination
~Soviets feared Westerners promotion of capitalism
~Westerners feared Soviet promotion of communism
Containment policy - CORRECT ANSWER - ~Economic aid to countries destroyed by
war
~Offers of military aid to nations that might become allies
Fidel Castro - CORRECT ANSWER - ~Communist leader in Cuba
~In power for more than 40 years
~Overthrew a U.S. backed by a dictator to establish a communist regime
Chiang Kai-shek - CORRECT ANSWER - ~Kuomintang leader who struggled to prevent
the communists from gaining control in China
~led several "extermination campaigns to wipe out Chinese Communist Party and eventually
retreated to Taiwan
~Was unsuccessful in preventing communists from gaining control in China
General Douglas MacArthur - CORRECT ANSWER - ~American general who led forces
in the Far East during WWll and commanded occupation of Japan after the war
Harry Truman - CORRECT ANSWER - ~American President who followed George
Kennan's advice to stop the spread of communism by strengthening noncommunist countries
Nikita Khrushchev - CORRECT ANSWER - ~Soviet general secretary
~Denounced Stalin
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Causes of Cold War - CORRECT ANSWER - ~Westerners feared Soviet world
domination
~Soviets feared Westerners promotion of capitalism
~Westerners feared Soviet promotion of communism
Containment policy - CORRECT ANSWER - ~Economic aid to countries destroyed by
war
~Offers of military aid to nations that might become allies
Fidel Castro - CORRECT ANSWER - ~Communist leader in Cuba
~In power for more than 40 years
~Overthrew a U.S. backed by a dictator to establish a communist regime
Chiang Kai-shek - CORRECT ANSWER - ~Kuomintang leader who struggled to prevent
the communists from gaining control in China
~led several "extermination campaigns to wipe out Chinese Communist Party and eventually
retreated to Taiwan
~Was unsuccessful in preventing communists from gaining control in China
General Douglas MacArthur - CORRECT ANSWER - ~American general who led forces
in the Far East during WWll and commanded occupation of Japan after the war
Harry Truman - CORRECT ANSWER - ~American President who followed George
Kennan's advice to stop the spread of communism by strengthening noncommunist countries
Nikita Khrushchev - CORRECT ANSWER - ~Soviet general secretary
~Denounced Stalin
