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Cold War Part II
Cold War Part II
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This was a period of improved US - Soviet relations, beginning in 1971 when Nixon visited Moscow in 1972
SALT
Chernobyl
Detente
Containment
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What year did the Soviet Union break up?
1989
1979
1999
1991
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The 1972 scandal that involved the break in of The Democratic National Committee headquarters
Watergate
Rio de Janerio
Secret Agent Coverup
Neverland
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In 1972, President Nixon visits this country to open up relations, "the week that changed the world"
Iran
Sweden
China
Soviet Union
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Opposition to the war in Vietnam grew in part due to
nightly television news with videos of the war
bombing of Cambodia
the Tet Offensive
all of the above
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Countries on the brink of falling to Communists, like Vietnam all others would quickly follow
the domino theory
a Bay of Crises
the pizza hut theory
a massive retaliation
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The failed invasion of the Bay of Pigs resulted in
the collapse of democracy in Cuba
embarrassment of the Truman administration.
the Soviet Union strengthened ties with Cuba
More takeout for Cuban Food
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President Reagan proposed this program as a safeguard against everyone's fears, a nuclear war
Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars)
Massive Retaliation
Containment
SALT
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On 12 Jun 1987, President Reagan delivers his most famous speech, which is
Ask not what you can do for your country....
Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall
the only thing you have to fear is fear itself
Bear any burden, pay any price....
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In 1949, the second nation to detonate the atomic bomb was
Soviet Union
Japan
France
Great Britain
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In Russia, this was a series of political and economic reforms.
Dak
Perestroika
SALT
Chernobyl
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The belief that the United States had to prevent Communism from spreading
massive retaliation
the Marshall Plan
creeping socialism
containment
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In 1962, President Kennedy ordered a naval blockade of Cuba in order to
to prepare to attempt to assassinate FidalCastro
to enforce NATO’s Collective Security Policy.
to keep Soviets from delivering anymore missiles
in preparations for an invasion of Cuba