Cold War Part 2 (U.S. History)

Question 1

Policy stated that the U.S. would defend the Middle East against attacks by Communist nations?

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Eisenhower Doctrine

Question 2

The U.S. was angry with France, Britain, and Israel for invading this nation without warning.

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Egypt

Question 3

The U-2 incident in the 1960s involved

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a U.S. spy plane that was shot down over the Soviet Union

Question 4

Alger Hiss was a _____ accused of being a Soviet spy.

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government worker

Question 5

Due to the threat of nuclear attack, schools in the United States showed a video called

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Duck and Cover

Question 6

The momentum in the Korean War had shifted in the favor of the U.S. and South Korea until...

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China joined North Korea's side.

Question 7

The sharp division between democratic Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe.

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iron curtain

Question 8

The outcome of the Korean War can best be described as

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a stalemate with no clear victor

Question 9

Why did Truman fire Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War?

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he had plans to invade China and drop nuclear bombs on them

Question 10

When the Communists won the Chinese Civil War, the defeated nationalists fled to an island...

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Taiwan

Question 11

The military alliance of the U.S.

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NATO

Question 12

During the Cold War the United States mainly tried to

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contain communism

Question 13

The C.I.A. started revolutions in these two nations to protect U.S. interests.

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Iran, Guatemala

Question 14

Those Eastern European nations under Soviet control during the Cold War.

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Satellite Nations

Question 15

HUAC, a group in the House of Representatives, stood for

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House Un-American Activities Committee

Question 16

U.S. intervened in this country to prevent the Prime Minister from limiting the Shah's power.

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Iran

Question 17

The time period of the Cold War era is usually described as

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1945-1991

Question 18

This Satellite Nation suffered mass casualties after 1956 protests against Soviet rule.

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Hungary

Question 19

Standard procedure when Soviet spies are captured by U.S. and vice versa, as in U-2 incident?

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they are swapped

Question 20

We basically "bought our friends" with this foreign policy.

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Marshall Plan

Question 21

The Hollywood Ten refused to answer questions from the U.S. gov't about accusations of being

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Communists

Question 22

High ranking U.S. gov't official found guilty of supporting the Soviets and Communist party.

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Alger Hiss

Question 23

The military alliance of the Soviet Union

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Warsaw Pact

Question 24

The Truman Doctrine was mainly meant to help people in

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democratic nations

Question 25

He became the leader of China after the Communists won a civil war there.

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Mao Zedong

Question 26

The Hollywood Ten were ____ from Hollywood for their supposed Communist ties.

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blacklisted

Question 27

The Cold War gets its name from the fact that

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superpowers fought indirectly with threats and aiding allies

Cold War Part 2 (U.S. History)

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Cold War Part 2 (U.S. History)

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