The Cold War

Question 1

Theory that if one country became communist, all surrounding nations would become communist.

Accepted Answer

Domino Theory

Question 2

What political & economic theory argued for all property to be publicly owned?

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Communism

Question 3

Alliance between Soviet Union & other communist nations in Eastern Europe

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Warsaw Pact

Question 4

Method of personal protection against a nuclear attack.

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Duck & Cover

Question 5

House of Representatives investigation committee on communists and radicals.

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HUAC, House Un-American Activities Committee

Question 6

Central American country where the U.S. covertly trained & armed an army to install a dictator.

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Guatemala

Question 7

Policy created to provide aid to nations threatened by communism in Europe (Greece & Turkey).

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Truman Doctrine

Question 8

Word meaning secret, not public.

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Covert

Question 9

President who desegregated the military by executive action in 1948.

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Harry S. Truman

Question 10

Enclosed space specifically designed to protect from radioactive debris from a nuclear attack.

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Fallout Shelter

Question 11

Who was the president of the U.S. during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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John F. Kennedy

Question 12

President who made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan in August of 1945.

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Harry S. Truman

Question 13

Policy of providing military & economic aid to Middle Eastern nations resisting communism.

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Eisenhower Doctrine

Question 14

Nuclear deterrent between the U.S. & Soviets based on each being able to damage the other.

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Mutually Assured Destruction

Question 15

What policy did the U.S. create to try to stop the spread of communism?

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Containment

Question 16

Failed U.S. attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba.

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Bay of Pigs Invasion

Question 17

Economic & political theory in which a country's industry are privately owned for profit.

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Capitalism

Question 18

General who was fired by Truman for publicly criticizing his actions in the Korean War.

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Douglas MacArthur

Question 19

Group of Eastern European nations whose foreign policy depended on the Soviet Union.

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Soviet Bloc

Question 20

Barrier that is not physical that separates communist, Eastern Europe from Western Europe.

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Iron Curtain

Question 21

Asian nation that the U.S. & United Nations defended against communist invasion from the North.

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South Korea

Question 22

Former British Prime Minister who warned that an Iron Curtain descended across Europe.

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Winston Churchill

Question 23

Incident in which the U.S. lied about a U.S. spy plane that was shot down by the Soviet Union.

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U2 Incident

Question 24

Crisis in 1961 when the Soviet Union & U.S. were in conflict over nuclear missile placement.

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Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 25

Campaign against accused communists in the government & institutions with little evidence.

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McCarthyism

Question 26

Alliance of Western European & North American nations to defend against Soviet aggression.

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question 27

Period of time in U.S. History in which there was a fear of communists and other radicals.

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Red Scare

Question 28

During the Cold War, the U.S. preferred this type of government in other nations.

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Any government that supported American business interest

Question 29

$13 billion plan to rebuild Western Europe after WWII so that it didn't become communist.

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Marshall Plan

Question 30

Formally independent nation that is politically & economically controlled by another country.

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Satellite State

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