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Tensions between the US and USSR post-WWII
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The UN joined the US in a war in
Western Europe
China
Eastern Europe
Korea
2
Executed for giving atomic secrets to the Soviet Union
Sacco & Vanzetti
Alger Hiss
The Rosenbergs
Klaus Fuchs
3
Using intimidation, lying, and ruining reputations using rumors were tactics used in
The Rosenberg Trial
The Alger Hiss Trial
Public News
McCarthyism
4
When the US, Britain, and France combined their zones of Germany under a new government, Russia
Blockaded Berlin
bombed Berlin
Forced the Allies out of Berlin
made their zone a part of Russia
5
Churchill called the separation of Eastern Europe into a Communist Bloc
A Damn Shame
An Iron Curtain
A Red Shadow
Xenophobia
6
The rebuilding of Western Europe after WWII was made possible by the
Marshall Plan
Containment Policy
Truman Doctrine
Berlin Airlift
7
To counter Communist expansionism, the US established the __________ policy.
Freedom
Victory
Containment
Counter
8
The US decoded Russian spy messages for decades under the _______ Program
UN
Venona
Loyalty
Red Scare
9
The willingness to go to the edge of war to force others to back down is called
Duck and Cover
Cut and Run
Appeasement
Brinkmanship
10
The US often used the CIA in _____________ operations against other nations
Containment
Covert
Black
Subvert
11
He often threatened to use nuclear weapons as part of foreign policy
Truman
Nixon
Eisenhower
McCarthy
12
Nations that were "liberated" by the USSR and given Communist governments were called
Communist Bloc
Communist Occupied
Satellites
Red States
13
Duck and Cover was used to protect you from
Radiation Poisoning
Atomic Blast
Communists
Fallout
14
HUAC investigated _____________ in American government and society
Anarchists
Socialists
Communists
Organized Crime
15
________ revolted against the USSR in 1956 but was ruthlessly put down by Soviet troops
Iran
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Poland
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The US responded to the launching of Sputnik in 1957 by creating
The Nuclear Triad
NASA
FBI
The ICBM