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1
Which president signed an act which created 41,000 miles of interstate roads/highways?
Johnson
Kennedy
Nixon
Eisenhower
2
The _____ provided vital supplies to a region blockaded by the Soviet Union.
Truman Doctrine
HUAC
Berlin Airlift
Marshall Plan
3
Which of the following songs is about the Cold War?
"Land of Confusion"
all above
"1999"
"Crazy Train"
4
Mr. Potato Head and diet soda were invented during which decade?
the 1940s
the 1970s
the 1960s
the 1950s
5
The Bay of Pigs took place during the presidency of?
Johnson
Nixon
Eisenhower
Kennedy
6
After World War II, American leaders developed a policy of ____ to resist and stop the Soviets.
mutually assured destruction
massive retaliation
containment
isolationism
7
During the Cold War, the U.S. sent Romania _______________?
toilet paper
bibles
pamphlets
condoms
8
What mini series in 1983 was about fictional war between NATO forces and the Warsaw Pact?
The Day Before
The Day After Tomorrow
The Day After
The War of the Worlds
9
In which decade did the Cold War end?
1980s
1970s
2000s
1990s
10
Chiang Kai Shek was the leader of which country?
Japan
the Philippines
Vietnam
China
11
Who became the leader of the Soviet Union when Joseph Stalin died?
Nikita Khrushchev
Vladimir Lenin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Lavrentiy Beria
12
Who said......"An Iron Curtain has descended across the continent."
Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill
Truman
13
Detente was a term coined by which president? (a more relaxed policy toward the Soviets)
Reagan
Kennedy
Nixon
Johnson
14
Who is recognized as the "father" of the atomic bomb?
Oppenheimer
Einstein
Marshall
Powers
15
What was Joe 1?
Fidel Castro's airplane
a Soviet atomic bomb
Joseph Stalin
an American atomic bomb
16
Which of the following leaders were at Yalta to discuss the peace after World War II?
Roosevelt
All of the above
Churchill
Stalin
17
SPUTNIK IV was launched at Balkanur, USSR, May 14, 1960-a piece landed in
Michicot, WI
Manitowoc, WI
Madison, WI
Merrill, WI
18
The U.S.considered dropping large _____________ onto the USSR in order to demoralize them.
bats
Playboys
pamphlets
condoms
19
Eisenhower adopted a policy of _______ to deter a Soviet nuclear attack.
Vietnamization
non-proliferation
massive retaliation
non of the above
20
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT): SALT I was signed by:
Trotsky and Bush
Gorbachev and Bush
Gorbachev and Nixon
Nixon and Brezhnev,
21
Who coined the term "cold war"?
Both Baruch and Orwell
Ronald Reagan
Bernard Baruch
George Orwell
22
Which was a result of the Cold War?
All of the above
Berlin Crisis of 1961
Vietnam War
Cuban Missile Crisis
23
Who made these words famous: "I shall return!"?
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gen George C. Marshall
Gen George S.Patton, Jr.
Gen Douglas MacArthur
24
Which leader said to Mao Zedong, "Berlin is the testicles of the West"
Stalin
Putin
Khrushchev
Lenin
25
The CIA secretly spiked which item with LSD? (part of mind control experiment in France)
soda
vodka
bread
a donut