HIWD 375 QUIZ WEEK 5.docx.pdf

Question 1

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During the POW crisis, an event complicating matters occurred when:

Selected Answer:

An American General faced trial by communists as a hostage

Question 2

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The result of the hill fights was:

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The decision to avoid bloody frontal assaults and attempts to move the lines forward.

Question 3

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When Chinese and North Korean troops were defeated they retreated from Bloody Ridge to:

Selected Answer:

Heartbreak Ridge

Question 4

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Another possible reason for the end of the Korean War peace talks may have been the:

Selected Answer:

Death of Stalin

Question 5

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The issue President Truman injected into the peace process consisted of:

Selected Answer:

Airfield rehabilitations

Question 6

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The October peace talks held at Panmunjom saw the communists drop their requirements for:

Selected Answer:

The 38 th Parallel as a dividing line

Question 7

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The Marines in August of 1951 assaulted (Note the video incorrectly says 1952):

Selected Answer:

All of the Above

Question 8

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The majority of hills fought over in the so-called “static phase” of the Korean War were anonymous to

the media and not therefore not visible to the majority of the American people:

Selected Answer:

True

Question 9

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By 1953 frustration continued to lead air war planners to the desperate measures of committing acts of

war resulting in convictions at Nuremburg in World War II, these were? :

Selected Answer:

Bombing Dams

Question 10

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The election of what President brought the Korean War negotiations to a serious finish?

Selected Answer:

Eisenhower

Question 11

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The frustration over the peace talks was such that by the Summer of 1952 :

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Pyongyang was burned to the ground by firebombs

Question 12

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The item prominently featured in Washington D.C. during the 1953 inaugural parade and sent to Korea

probably hastening the conclusion of peace talks was the:

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280 mm atomic cannon

Question 13

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A Major POW issue during 1952-1953 was:

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The reluctance of communist prisoners to go home

Question 14

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By June 1951, it became increasingly obvious to American war planners and leadership that the Korean

War had become:

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A Static line of trench-line fighting like World War I

Question 15

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By March 1952 a major issue in the peace talks resulted from:

Selected Answer:

Dividing Lines

Question 16

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More casualties occurred during the static phase of the war from the fall of 1951 to 1953 than occurred

in all of the phases of the maneuver war from 1950-1951:

Selected Answer:

True

Question 17

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The Communist proposal for a cessation of hostilities centered on the:

Selected Answer:

The maintenance of the positions held by the respective armies

Question 18

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Perhaps the best fighter jet of the Korean War was the :

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F-86 Sabre

Question 19

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In frustration over the POW issue and by attempting to regain the propaganda initiative, the Chinese

utilized a Soviet tactic of blaming the US for:

Selected Answer:

Germ Warfare

Question 20

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Although Americans historically don’t cheer a tie, the Korean War as argued in this class ensured:

Selected Answer:

All of the Above

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