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Early Cold War
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1
Dr. Jonas Salk developed a vaccine in the 1950s for what disease?
Gonosyphilaids
Polio
Black Plague
Cooties
2
What caused the US to create the National Defense Education Act?
The Truman Doctrine
The Marshall Plan
The assassination of President John F. Kennedy
The launch of Sputnik
3
The organization that was formed after WWII to maintain world peace was the....
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
The League of Nations
NATO
4
The period of tension between the US and the Soviet Union from 1945-1991 was called the...
WWII
Red Scare
Great Divide
Cold War
5
Revealed that there were Americans who were Soviet spies who had infiltrated into US society:
Dr. Paz List
Verona Papers
Karma
Eisenhower Doctrine
6
Refusing to withdraw from a crisis even if it meant going to the edge of war:
Fortitude
Containment
Beatniks
Brinkmanship
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Policy where the US used the threat of nuclear weapons as a deterrent of conflict:
Containment
WWIII
Brinkmanship
Massive Retaliation
8
The rapid growth of suburbs in the 1950s went right along with....
the formation of the Warsaw Pact
the repeal of the G.I. Bill
an increase in the number of women in the workplace
an increase in transportation infrastructure
9
Policy that stated the US would provide support to any country fighting communism:
Kennedy Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Doctrine
Eisenhower Doctrine
10
Executive Order 9981.....
Segregated the military
Segregated schools
Desegregated the millitary
Desegregated schools
11
US foreign policy that focused on the buildup of nuclear weapons and spy planes:
Flexible Response
New Look
12
Why did the US become involved in the Korean War?
To ensure South Korea did not become communist
We were trillions of dollars in debt to Taiwan
To take over North Korea
Because we were isolationist
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Economic recovery program financed by the US that helped boost Europe's postwar economy:
Truman Plan
Kennedy Plan
Marshall Plan
Khalifa Plan
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Private ownership of industry, freedom of competition, & laissez-faire gov't are all part of:
Communism
Socialism
Capitalism
Totalitarianism
15
The invisible dividing line between communist Eastern Europe and democratic Western Europe was
Named in the "Steel Curtain" speech by Pres. Harry Truman
Named in the "Iron Curtain" speech by Pres. Harry Truman
Named in the "Iron Curtain" speech by Winston Churchill
Named in the "Steel Curtain" speech by Winston Churchill
16
The two superpowers during the Cold War were...
Great Britain and the United States
China and the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union and the United States
The United States and China
17
What was the mutual-defense alliance that was made of of several communist nations?
NATO
Warsaw Pact
18
Nuclear test sites were chosen for having....
a lack of access to the polio vaccination
a low population density
a colder climate
a suspected pro-communist population
19
Who was the couple that was convicted and executed for espionage in giving secrets to the USSR?
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Joseph and Jean McCarthy
Sonny and Cher
John and Jackie Kennedy
20
After Americans saw McCarthy bullying soldiers in the Army during televised court hearings...
support for him and his trials began to fade
McCarthy became president
McCarthy was arrested for perjury
his popularity grew
21
Program that sent young Americans to perform humanitarian services in underdeveloped nations:
Green Berets
Cupcake Wars
Peace Corps
Coast Guard
22
What was the mutual-defense alliance that was made of of several democratic nations?
Warsaw Pact
NATO
23
USSR put missiles 90 miles off the coast of the US and we were on the brink of war in the:
New Look Crisis
Space Race
Korean War
Cuban Missile Crisis
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Policy of the Free World aimed at preventing the spread of communism:
Containment
Totalitarianism
Brinkmanship
Domino Theory
