What was the U-2 incident?

A US spy plane was shot down in Soviet territory

What happened when Hungary tried to rise up?

It was brutally suppressed by the Soviet Union

What was the Warsaw Pact?

An alliance of Communist nations in Eastern Europe

What happened at the Suez Canal?

The Egyptians took money from the Soviet Union and the US, causing problems

What was Khruschev's response to East Germans defecting to the West?

Build a wall splitting Berlin in two

Soviet Union built missiles close to US

How did the Cold War spread to Latin America?

US was supporting the overthrow of Communist leaders

How did Kennedy gain an edge over Nixon?

He looked better during televised debates

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Cold War pt. 2

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1
What was Kennedy's strategy for dealing with the Soviets?
Invasion First
Flexible Response
Truman Doctrine
Total Annihilation
2
Who was the leader of Cuba?
Francisco Franco
Nikita Khruschev
Fidel Castro
John Foster Dulles
3
Which country tried to rise up against the Soviet Union?
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
4
Which weapon did the US and Soviet Union race to create?
D-Bomb
Z-Bomb
A-Bomb
H-Bomb
5
What was the U-2 incident?
The Soviet Union secretly invaded the US
The US secretly invaded the Soviet Union
A US spy plane was shot down in Soviet territory
A crappy band put a stupid album on everyone's iPhone without asking
6
What happened when Hungary tried to rise up?
The succeeded and were no longer under the watch of the Soviet Union
They declared war with the US's support
They were attacked by Poland and others
It was brutally suppressed by the Soviet Union
7
What was the Warsaw Pact?
An alliance of western nations
An alliance of Latin American nations
An alliance of Asian nations
An alliance of Communist nations in Eastern Europe
8
What happened at the Suez Canal?
The Egyptians took money from the Soviet Union and the US, causing problems
The Suez Canal had no issues during the Cold War
The Soviets took control and pushed the Americans out
The Americans took control and pushed the Soviets out
9
What was the group called that investigated the assassination and found that Oswald acted alone?
Warren Group
Johnson Administration
Johnson Commission
Warren Commission
10
Who assassinated Kennedy?
James Earl Ray
John Wilkes Booth
Lee Harvey Oswald
Mark David Chapman
11
What was Khruschev's response to East Germans defecting to the West?
Allow open borders
Build a wall splitting Berlin in two
Execute defectors
Let anyone leave who wanted to
12
What was the operation where the CIA trained Cuban exiles to spark an uprising in Cuba?
Havanna Syndrome
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs
Cuban Affair
13
Where was Kennedy assassinated?
San Antonio
Austin
Dallas
Houston
14
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet Union built missiles in Turkey
Soviet Union built missiles close to US
Cuba built missiles close to US
Cuba built missiles in Turkey
15
How did the Cold War spread to Latin America?
US was supporting the overthrow of Communist leaders
The United States invaded Mexico before the Soviets could
Latin America was untouched by the Cold War
The Soviet Union invaded nations in Central America
16
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower's secretary of state?
Alger Hiss
Nikita Kruschev
John Foster Dulles
John F. Kennedy
17
What was the US policy of "protecting" the Middle East from the Soviets?
Truman Doctrine
Kennedy Doctrine
Eisenhower Doctrine
Dulles Doctrine
18
How did Kennedy gain an edge over Nixon?
He funded his entire campiagn by himself
He came from poor beginnings so he was trustworthy
He was more experienced
He looked better during televised debates

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