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Early Cold War (1945-1963)
Early Cold War (1945-1963)
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Vocabulary, dates, people and events from the early Cold War. #coldwar #unitedstates
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Which of the following was not a way that the cold war was fought?
Space Race
USA & USSR firing missiles at one another
Arms Race
Berlin blockade/Airlift
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Time frame of the Korean War
1955-1960
1950-1953
1940-1945
1946-1948
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This senator held a "witch hunt" in the early 1950's to root out communism in the USA
Sanders
Nixon
Mccarthy
Beveridge
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Stated that the US would stop the spread of communism wherever it tried to expand.
Iron Curtain
Containment Policy
McCarthyism
Sputnik
5
Soviet measure reponding to the unification of the French, British and U.S. German sections.
Berlin blockade
Creation of the Democratic German Republic
Creation of the Federal German Republic
Establishment of West Germany
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Why was Germany divided into East and West after World War II?
USSR was aligned with Germany during World War II
Split in 4 zones, GBR/France/USA merged zones, USSR did not
Voters in East Germany voted to remain loyal to USSR
USSR signed a secret treaty with East Germans.
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Aid to Greece & Turkey to prevent them from falling to Communism
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Venona Papers
McCarthyism
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Program where the US gave a lot of economic (money) help to European countries after WWII.
Truman Doctrine
Civil Rights Act
Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift
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created to investigate disloyalty and subversive organizations in the U.S.
The anti-communist committee
Committee on defending liberty
House Un-American Activities Committee
American committee against totalirians
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First ever satellite launched into space in 1957 by the Soviet Union
Sputnik
Kremlin
Lenin
Dasvadana
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This treaty was established by the USSR to combat NATO
Warsaw Pact
Central Powers
OTAN
NORAD
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Leader of the communist Soviet Union until 1953.
Rasputin
Czar Nicholas
Romanov Family
Joseph Stalin
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The border between the Soviet Bloc and western Europe was referred to as this.
Sputnik
Lenin's Line
Iron Curtain
Communist line
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This idea kept the two superpowers from destroying each other
MAD(Mutually Assured Destruction)
MADD (Mother's Against Drunk Drivers)
MAD (I'm very angry)
MAD (The Magazine)
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President Truman ordered supplies dropped in from planes after the Soviet Union Blocked roads.
Operation Skyline
Operation Down Wind
Iron Curtain
Berlin Airlift
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campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions.
Red Menace
Commie Crushers
Red Scare
Trumanism
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This communist country invaded South Korea in 1950.
Soviet Union
China
North Korea
Mongolia
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Soviet Union and the United States "fought", but it never resulted in an actual armed conflict.
Cold War
McCarthyism
Iron Curtain
Venona Papers
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How was the United States viewed after the Bay of Pigs invasion?
Their supremacy was unquestioned.
The United States had nothing to do with the Bay of Pigs.
Kennedy was applauded for his efforts.
They looked foolish and lost credibility.
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Organization formed for the purpose of security during the Cold War.
NO
NATO
UN
EU
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Leader of communist China.
Kim Jong Il
Sun Tzu
Kim Jong Un
Mao Zedong
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Why did the CIA help overthrow democratically elected governments in Latin America?
Land reform in those countries hurt American businesses
They were trying to spread democracy
They had supposedly received communist aid
Monroe Doctrine (Western Hemisphere= America's Hemisphere)
