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Duplicate of The Cold War 1945-1991
Duplicate of The Cold War 1945-1991
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Questions about the Cold War Era
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1
This president was known as being super clumsy and nothing else interesting
Kennedy
Ford
Johnson
Nixon
2
This structure was the physical representation of divide during the Cold War.
The Korean DMZ
The Great Wall
The Berlin Wall
Trump's Wall
3
This treaty was established by the USSR to combat NATO
SEATO
Warsaw Pact
Central Powers
NORAD
4
The Soviet Union collapsed in what year?
1991
1990
1992
1989
5
This idea kept the two superpowers from destroying each other
MAD (The Magazine)
MAD(Mutually Assured Destruction)
MAD (I'm really upset)
MADD (Mother's Against Drunk Drivers)
6
Who won the Korean War?
South Korea
Japan
North Korea
Neither side, it was a stalemate
7
Which of the following was not a way that the cold war was fought?
The Olympics
USA & USSR firing missiles at one another
Arms Race
Space Race
8
Which committee in Congress was established to investigate communist activities?
Communist Hunters Committee
Ways and Means Committee
House Unamerican Activities Committee
Bob
9
Who was the leader of communist Cuba?
Mao Zedong
Marco Rubio
Fidel Castro
Eduardo Cruz
10
These spies were executed for selling atomic secrets to the Soviets
The Gergarins
The Jeffersons
The Jetsons
The Rosenbergs
11
How did the United States respond to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin?
The Berlin Convoy
The Berlin Experiment
The Berlin Express
The Berlin Airlift
12
This president had to resign rather than be kicked out of office
Johnson
Ford
Nixon
Kennedy
13
The space race was won with the landing of man on....
the moon
Pluto
Earth
Mars
14
The American policy for dealing with communism was?
Isolation
Nuclear Attacks
Containment
Political Posturing
15
This event was the greatest threat to peace since WW2 and almost resulted in thermonuclear war
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Berlin Wall
The launch of Sputnik
The Berlin Airlift
16
This senator held a "witch hunt" in the early 1950's to root out communism in the USA
McCarthy
Johnson
Nixon
Kennedy
17
The Berlin Wall came down in what year?
1991
1989
1988
1990
18
Which president was responsible for the failed Bay of Pigs invasion?
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
19
What was the name of the first satellite launched into space?
Sputnik
Steve
Mutknick
Spudknick
20
Kennedy was assassinated in which city?
Dallas
Washington DC
Houston
Miami
21
This man assassinated JKF (According to the official history)
Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Henry Oswald
George Herbert Walker Bush
Lyndon Baines Johnson
22
The promise that the United States would defend the Middle East was known as the what?
Truman Doctrine
Eisenhower Doctrine
Monroe Doctrine
Camp David Accords
23
This president was the last American president to be assassinated in office
Kennedy
McKinnley
Lincoln
Reagan
24
Which president won the Cold War?
Bush Sr
Clinton
Bush Jr
Reagan
25
Who became the leader of the Soviet Union 3 years after Stalin's death?
Putin
Khrushchev
Yeltsin
Gorbachev
26
This treaty incuded the United States, Canada, Britain, France and Turkey to combat the USSR
SEATO
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Axis Powers
27
Who was the leader of communist China?
Mao Zedong
Fidel Castro
Ho Chi Minh
Chiang Kai Shek
28
This plan gave billions in aid to Europe to stave off communism post WWII
Eisenhower Doctrine
Johnson Plan
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan