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1
What agency was created after the Soviets launched Sputnik?
NASA
CIA
NCIS
FBI
2
What did the US and Great Britain do in response to the 1948 blockade of West Berlin?
blocked Moscow
built the Berlin Wall
organized the Berlin Airlift
sent troops to end blockade
3
The two military alliances during the Cold War were the Warsaw Pact and __________?
Axis Powers
NATO
United Nations
NASA
4
The Cold War was mainly a rivalry between what two countries?
US and China
USSR and China
US and Germany
US and USSR
5
What event in the 1960s brought the US close to nuclear war?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Construction of the Berlin Wall
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Apollo Project
6
Why did the US send troops to Vietnam?
to help defeat the French
due to the Cuban Missile Crisis
to stop the spread of Communism
concern over American Civil Rights
7
The Cold War was a rivalry between what two forms of government?
communism and monarchy
communism and dictatorship
socialism and democracy
communism and democracy
8
What was the "iron curtain" that Churchill referred to?
separation of communist countries in Europe
a railroad system in Europe
the wall spearating East and West Berlin
a heavy drapery
9
Why did Truman send Americans to Korea in 1950?
the Communist revolution in China
the defeat of the French in Vietnam
The invasion of South Korea by North Korea
the invasion of North Korea by South Korea
10
What was the first war that the US fought to stop the spread of communism?
Vietnam
WWII
Korean War
Cold War