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Cold War Review
The Korean War ended in....
The Cuban Missile Crisis is important because...
Cold War Review
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The Cuban Missile Crisis is important because...
The Soviets were able to boss around the U.S.
This was the closest the world came to nuclear destruction
It led to the end of the Cold War
This was a major victory for Fidel Castro
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The Korean War ended in....
a stalemate
an American defeat
an American victory
North Korean Victory
3
Spies who stole American nuclear bomb secrets and gave them to the Soviet Union
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Key and Peele
Roger Stauchbach and Leslie Jones
Brett Favre and Michael Keaton
4
The two alliances that opposed each other during the Cold War
The Triple Alliance vs the Entente
NATO and Warsaw Pact
Warsaw Pact and America Squad
NATO and Soviet Victory Coalition
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Accusing someone of being communist without any evidence and destroying their reputation...
Muckrakerism
McCarthyism
Throwing shade
Yellow Journalism
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American foreign policy during the Cold War emphasized...
Converting the U.S. to communism since communism rules!
Keeping out of foreign wars and affairs
Actively fighting communism around the world
Invading territory controlled by the Soviet Union
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"Bert the Turtle" became famous for his appearances in...
Rihanna music videos
Gov't broadcasts about ducking and covering
The Superbowl Halftime show
Muscle car magazines
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The border between North Korea and South Korea is referred to as the...
Chuck E. Cheese's Play Pen
Pyongyang-Seoul Truce Barrier
De-militarized Zone
Armistice Line
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WHO WAS PAYING ATTENTION TEST: Name of the Twilight Zone episode about the Red Scare
Enemies, Enemies, Everywhere
The Fast and the Furious
Invasion of the Bodysnatchers
The Monsters are Due on Maple Street
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President Eisenhower coined this term, referring to how the US would respond to a Soviet attack
Dirty War
Massive Retaliation
Blackwater warfare
Nonviolence
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The president who was assassinated during the Cold War
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Jimmy Carter
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The name of the changes made by Gorbachev before the collapse of the Soviet Union
Glasnost and Perestroika
Hammer and Anvil
Lychee and Acai
Russian words I can't remember
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Financial aid given to Western Europe to rebuild after WWII was important because it...
All of the above
allowed Europeans to buy American goods
helped contain Communism to Eastern Europe
encouraged Europeans to favor capitalism
14
What happened after the U.S. withdrew from Vietnam in the 1970s?
South Vietnam won the war
South Vietnam fell to communism
China invaded Vietnam
North Vietnam converted to democracy
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President Richard Nixon resigned from office after he was caught illegally spying on political election opponents at...
the Pentagon
Disney World
the White House conference room
The Watergate Hotel
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The main cause of the Cold War
Xbox vs Playstation
Fight over who helped defeat Hitler more during WW2
Political and economic differences between USA and Soviets
The American desire to colonize East Europe
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Turning the war effort over to the South Vietnamese army gradually while America withdrew....
Cowardice
Mechanization
Vietnamization
Capitalization
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Which of the following was NOT a political leader involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis
Margaret Thatcher
Fidel Castro
John F. Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
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The term used to describe the constant fear and paranoia surrounding a Communist threat to USA
The Iron Curtain
The Red Scare
The Twilight Hour
The Black Night
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The effort to prevent communism from spreading outside of East Europe
Suspension
withholding
Prevention
Containment
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The international organization created after WWII to foster global cooperation
The IMF
League of Nations
United Nations
The NFL
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The Korean War was started by...
South Korea
North Korea
The U.S.
China
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The idea of containment was declared to be America's foreign policy goal as part of...
The Potsdam Conference
The Truman Doctrine
The Berlin Treaty
The Mandate System
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Why did the Vietnam War start?
North Vietnam wanted to control South Vietnam
The Americans got bored and wanted to start a new war
South Vietnam's president was murdered by North Vietnam
It was a good opportunity to test new nuclear weapons
