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Cold War (1945-1961)
Cold War (1945-1961)
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Cold War, spread of communism
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What plan gave Western Europe $12.5B for reconstruction to prevent the spread of communism
Warsaw Pact
Marshall Plan
NASA
PLO Plan
2
What is the name of the policy where the US and Soviet Union built up their nuclear arsenal?
Overkill
Nuclear proliferation
nuclear annihilation
Deterrent defense
3
What theory or policy convinced the United States to get involved with the Korean Conflict?
The New Deal
Domino theory
Expansionism
isolationism policy
4
How did Harry Truman help the civil rights movement?
Integrated the armed forces
Gave veterans money to go to college
Met Martin Luther King in Washington, DC
Eliminated discrimination in government hiring practices
5
What was the purpose of the House Un-American Activities Committee?
To investigate all incidents of domestic terrorism
To prosecute war criminals
To investigate people suspected of Communist beliefs
To blacklist Hollywood writers
6
What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?
to expand trade with Europe
to send financial aid to Europe
to stop the spread of communism
To limit the build- up of nuclear weapons
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What international organization was formed after the Second World War to prevent wars?
NATO
League of Nations
United Nations
Rio Pact
8
The first Communists were idealists who thought that Communism would bring a better life for
Communist Party members
business executives
the workers
retired people
9
How did the Big Three Allies handle Germany after WWII?
made all of Germany a communist country
broken Germany up into different countries
divided Germany into four occupation zones
made all of Germany a democratic country
10
Which alliance was formed between the US, Canada, & Western Europe to block communism?
CENTO
Warsaw Pact
SEATO
NATO
11
While the US tried to contain communism, what was the Soviet Union trying to do?
Tried to spread equal rights for women in Asia
Holding elections for Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria
Creating satellite nations with communist governments
Establish democratic governments
12
Which term did Prime Minister Winston Churchill coin for areas under communist control?
Brass ring
Domino theory
Iron curtain
McCarthyism
13
Which country had an unlimited and communist government with a socialist economy?
United States
Soviet Union
14
How did the Soviet Union try to gain support for communism?
De-stalinizing governments in Eastern Europe
Creating a bank for Africans
Bombing the United States
Providing economic and military support
15
What did President Eisenhower warn the public of the dangers of developing?
Military Industrial Complex
Nuclear proliferation
neo-Fascism
Male pattern baldness
16
Who were the two superpowers during the Cold War?
United States and Soviet Union
China and Great Britain
France and Japan
North Vietnam and South Vietnam
17
What launch started the space race?
Vostok
Apollo II
Sputnik I
Telstar
18
Which Senator held hearings about Communists inside the US Army?
Richard Nixon
Joseph McCarthy
John Kennedy
Strom Thurmond
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Which country had a limited and representative government with a capitalist economy?
Soviet Union
United States
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What was the outcome or final result of the Korean War?
victory for United States
deadlock, or draw
victory for North Korea
atomic destruction of Chinese bases
