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Cold War Quiz Review
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1
What was the US economic plan to redevelop the Western democratic part of Europe after WWII?
Marshall Plan
Truman Act
American Assistance
Live Aid
2
What US policy was aimed at simply preventing the spread of communism?
Appeasemant
Brinkmanship
Divide and Conquer
Containment
3
What congressman made a name for himself investigating communists as part HUAC in congress?
Richard Nixon
Gary Cooper
John F. Kennedy
Julius Rosenberg
4
What US policy helped free peoples who were resisting threats to their freedom from communism?
Flexible Response
Containment
Marshall Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
5
The Candy Bomber is associated with what post-WWII event?
Peace Corps
Truman Doctrine
Berlin Airlift
Marshall Plan
6
What event embarrassed the US and led to summit meetings being cancelled with the USSR?
Turkey Missile Crisis
Hungarian Uprising
U2 Spy Plane Incident
Moscow Accord
7
What was the final result of the Korean War?
South Korea was overrun by communists
North Korea was liberated
China declared a sphere of influence and took it over
A stalemate existed with Korea being divided in half
8
Who US government official that was a Soviet spy was convicted of perjury during the Cold War?
Ronald Reagan
Arthur Miller
George McGovern
Alger Hiss
9
What was JFK's first international event that turned out to be a complete failure?
Berlin Wall
Civil Rights
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Vietnam
10
Which of the following was not a part of life in 1950's America?
Consumerism
The Company Man
Diversity
Baby Boom
11
Poland, Hungary, and the USSR were part of what post WWII alliance?
Munich Pact
UN
NATO
Warsaw Pact
12
The term 'blacklisted' is most associated with what group?
Cuban Exiles
Hollywood 10
German Refugees
Democrats soft on communism
13
The willingness to go to all out nuclear war was what military strategy?
Conventional Warfare
Domino Theory
Flexible Respone
Brinkmanship
14
What nation had their government overthrown by the CIA during Eisenhower's presidency?
Cuba
Hungary
East Germany
Iran
15
What event was the closet the USA and the Soviet Union came to all out war?
US Spy Plane Incident
The Berlin Wall
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs Invasion
16
The Berlin Wall resulted in what?
Better US & Soviet Relations
A big decrease in East German refugees
A decrease in Cold War tension
The closet the US and USSR came to nuclear war
17
What was the 1st satellite in space called?
Mercury
Apollo 1
Picknik
Sputnik
18
What JFK program aimed at fighting the Cold War through good will?
Salvation Army
Green Berets
Red Cross
Peace Corps
19
What famous speech did Winston Churchill give in Missouri after WWII?
UN Membership
Geneva Accord
Iron Curtain
Truman Address
20
What was the first ever defensive military alliance the US ever joined called?
Munich Pact
NATO
NAFTA
United Nations
21
What city was kept alive in 1948 by having supplies airlifted in response to a Soviet Blockade?
Berlin
Munich
Frankfurt
Nuremburg
22
Who was convicted of giving U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviets and were executed?
Simon and Garfunkel
Amos and Andy
The Hollywood 10
The Rosenberg's
23
Senator Joseph McCarthy made a reputation based on what fears of the 1950's?
Space Race
Civil Rights
Red Scare
Rock n Roll
24
Public criticism of President Truman resulted in what event?
The firing of General MacArthur
An arms limitation treaty
Detente
Stalemate in Korea
25
What new technology made presidential image important for candidates in 1960?
Oil Paintings
Television
Twitter
Email
