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Cold War/Kennedy
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It was meant to keep the peace. Instead the U.S. and the Soviet Union competed for power here?
satellite nations
Fourteen Points
The United Nations
The USSR
2
Who does Kennedy defeat in the 1960 election?
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
Joe Biden
George Bush
3
Korea is divide at which parallel?
45th
58th
28th
38th
4
Being willing to go the edge of all out war to assert your nation's interests?
threshold
marginalize
brinkmanship
stop gap
5
Which foreign entanglement under Kennedy, in Cuba, tried to remove Castro from power?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs
Tragedy in Dallas
Berlin Wall
6
Unsupported accusations and attacks on suspected communists that amounted to a witch hunt?
McGregorism
McDonaldism
McMannamonism
McCarthyism
7
What incident was the closest the U.S. has come to all out nuclear war?
Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missile Crisis
WWIII
Berlin Wall
8
Following WWII the Soviets wanted?
keep Germany divided
to spread communism
all of the above
control Eastern Europe
9
He was the leader of the communists in China?
Kim Jong Un
Mao Zedong
Kim Jong Il
Chiang Kai-shek
10
What is the name of Kennedy's policy for dealing with the Soviet Union when it comes to nuclear weapons?
deflate gate
flexible response
flip and flop
flex on them
11
The first satellite released into space by the Soviets was named?
Sputnik
Spacekick
Spurlick
Spunky
12
All were suspected spies EXCEPT?
Alger Hiss
Julius Rosenberg
Joseph McCarthy
Ethel Rosenberg
13
Following WWII the U.S. wanted?
self determination for all nations
stable European governments
to reunite germany
raw materials and new markets
14
This allowed the U.S. to send economic aid to any nation in danger of communist takeover?
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
containment
Berlin Airlift
15
What is the name of the Soviet satellite launched in 1957?
Spunky
Sputnik
Sparky
Salty
16
This mission delivered food and supplies to West Berlin and lasted for over a year?
Berlin Supply Drop
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Air Aid
Berlin Life Flight
17
A conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in which neither side fought hand to hand?
Cold War
Star Wars
Hot war
Nuclear war