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McClimek Cold War
McClimek Cold War
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investigated
subversive
organizations such as labor unions and the film industry
NSA
FBI
VENONA PROJECT
HUAC
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A group composed of military alliances of Eastern European Communist countries
NATO
NASA
WARSAW PACT
OSS
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He was leader of Communist China
Karl Marx
Deim
Mao ze dong
Chiang ki Shek
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Soviet leader Joseph Stalin died in 1953. Who took over leadership of the USSR?
Khrushchev
Chiang Kai Shek
McCarthy
MacArthur
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Military operation in the late 1940's that brought goods into West Berlin by air
Operation Overlord
Operation just cause
Berlin air-lift
Berlin blockade
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Which best describes Brinkmanship?
Establishing peaceful relations with USSR
offering military aid to democratic governments
using the threat of nuclear war to stop communism
providing economic aid to Europe
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After Soviet Union exploded an a-bomb, the US responded by intensifying efforts to develop ?
A space satellite
A hydrogen bomb
An atomic bomb
NATOC
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He was sent by the United nations to help lead South Korea
Omar Bradley
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas Mcarthur
Chester Nimitz
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A country that is under the control and influence of a more powerful Nation
Border country
Commonwealth
Satellite nation
Alliance territory
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What promise did Stalin break that upset the Allies after WWII?
Refused communism to spread to Eastern European countries.
Refused to allow Germany to be broken into 4 zones
Refused France to become part of the Allied forces.
Refused to allow the Polish people free elections..
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All of the following are true about General Douglas MacArthur EXCEPT
Eisenhower reinstated him as General.
Americans loved him
He was fired by President Truman.
He was the General in the Korean War
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The name of the world’s first satellite in space was ?
Laika
Explorer 1
Little Boy
Sputnik
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Military defensive alliance between western Democratic European countries
Warsaw pact
NATO
Marshall plan
OPEC
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The period of tension between the US and the Soviet Union from 1945-1991 was called the
Korean war
Cold war
Great war
WW1
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Tactic of damaging reputations with vague, unfounded charges of being communist became known as
McCarthyism
censorship
HUAC
venona project
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Policy that the US should give support to countries threatened by communist insurrection
Monroe doctrine
Eisenhower doctrine
FDR doctrine
Truman doctrine
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The policy practiced by the U.S. to stop communism
Marshall plan
Containment
Iron curtain
Communism stopper
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Who was the couple that was convicted and executed for espionage in giving secrets to the USSR?
Coopenburgs
Rosemarys
Edenburgs
Rosenburgs
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This American agency is used to carry out covert operations and gather secret information.
CIA
ICBM
KGB
NASA
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American sent economic aid over $12 billion to European countries resisting communism
budget pact
Warsaw pact
NATO
Marshall plan
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Which statement best summarizes the outcome of the Korean War?
DMZ set up at 18th parallel
both sides ended up democratic
Stalemate-DMZ set up at 38th parallel
both sides ended up communist
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The invisible dividing line between communist Eastern Europe and democratic Western Europe was
Iron curtain
China wall
berlin wall
Steel curtain
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The name of the U.S. pilot in “The U-2 Incident” was?
Yuri Gagarin
John Foster Dulles
Francis Gary Powers
Bono
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What was the post WWII world peacekeeping organization created in San Francisco in 1945?
Anti-War Coalition
Warsaw Pact
NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization
UN – United Nations