World History: Cold War

Question 1

Capitalism Vs. Communism. These are the two key concepts that separate the West and the East. Tell me what you know abou

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Communism Government controls everything, I prefer Capitalism because, Capitalistism is all about making money and no government interference, I prefer Communism because

Question 2

The Marshall Plan intended to?

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help Europe’s recovery.

Question 3

What led the Soviets to blockade West Berlin?

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a reunification of the three Western zones of Germany

Question 4

Which European countries could receive aid through the Marshall Plan?

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any European country that needed it

Question 5

The Berlin Airlift was a reaction to?

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the Soviet blockade of West Berlin.

Question 6

The United Nations’ Security council was?

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made up of temporary and permanent members.

Question 7

What idea was used to justify U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War era?

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Domino Theory

Question 8

Civil Rights leader in the US who would model his behavior off of Gandhi?

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MLK Jr.

Question 9

Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka was important because it?

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stated that schools had to be integrated.

Question 10

President of the US during the Cold War and would be assassinated in Texas?

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JFK

Question 11

The University where the national guard opened fire and killed four students?

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Kent

Question 12

The Allies agreed that Eastern European territories should?

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determine their own futures.

Question 13

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a?

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standoff between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

Question 14

The Cold War earned its name because?

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it described the “cold” relations between Western and Eastern nations.

Question 15

Which of the following concepts worked together to produce similar goals?

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Truman Doctrine and Containment

Question 16

Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society was a plan?

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for major reforms, including civil rights legislation.

Question 17

The Nuremberg trials resulted in?

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several Nazi leaders being convicted of war crimes.

Question 18

Postwar West Germany became?

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democratic.

Question 19

This spy plane was shot down and increased tension during the Cold War?

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U-2 Incident

Question 20

This group formed due to the instability in the world and to protect each other from the threat of Communism?

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Nato

Question 21

What was the name of the alliance established by European Communist nations in response to NATO?

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Warsaw Pact

Question 22

The borders of Germany were redrawn after WWII. What countries gained a large part of German land?

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the Soviet Union and Poland

Question 23

What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?

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to support countries that rejected communism

Question 24

The Truman Doctrine stated that the United States?

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should stop the spread of communism.

Question 25

What event increased U.S. spending on education and technology?

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Soviet launching of Sputnik

Question 26

Joseph McCarthy created?

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anti-communist hysteria.

Question 27

Explain how the Soviet Union’s treatment of Eastern Bloc nations differed from the West’s treatment of postwar Europe.

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Western Democracies, West independent countries, Eastern Communist, East completed controlled by USSR

Question 28

In the 1940’s and 1950’s, what did the region described as being “behind the iron curtain” include?

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Soviet Union and its satellite nations

Question 29

Which of the following was NOT a tactic used by the superpowers during the Cold War to influence Third World Nations?

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threatened nuclear attack

Question 30

Why was it relatively easy for the Soviets to cut off highway and rail traffic into West Berlin in 1948 and 1949?

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because Berlin was in the heart of East Germany

Question 31

Compare the treatment of Germany after World War I and World War II. In your opinion, which was the better way of handli

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Lost some land, Treated better after WWII then they were in WWI, Not as much in war reparations, Demilitarized

Question 32

As Soviet leader, Khrushchev?

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denounced Stalinist repression and restrictions.

Question 33

A barrier that split the German capital in two?

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Berlin Wall

Question 34

Policy of willingness to go to the edge of war during the Cold War?

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Brinkmanship

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