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Cold War Quiz
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The Soviet Union responded to the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) by…
Running Away
forming the Warsaw Pact
Discussions with USSR
Unleashing Attacks on Soviet Nations
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- Communist nation that remained free of Soviet control
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
3
When did the Space Race begin?
1963
1996
1958
1955
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- Policy that the USSR could intervene if communism was threatened in an Eastern European nation
NATO
Millitary Forces
Communist Party
Brezhnev Doctrine
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When did the U.S. land on the Moon?
1977
1954
1888
1969
6
A general who Truman chose to command a force sent to Korea to attack after North Korea attacked Southern Korea.
Douglas MacArthur
Barak Oboma
Captain America
Mr. Coen
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- George Kennan's policy of containment was based on… a belief that the Soviet Union would
try to expand the reach of US policy
try to expand the reach on capitalism
try to expand the reach of communism
try to expand the reach of nationalism
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When did the Cold War end?
June 5, 2000
July 3, 1988
December 26, 1991
April 2, 1995
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All of the following events contributed to Cold War tensions EXCEPT the…
Containment of Russia.
Arms Race Between the United States & Russia
Fall of the Berlin Wall.
rejection of the Treaty of Versailles by the isolationist Senate
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- "Bay of Pigs" refers to
US attemt to overthrow Stalin
US attempt to overthrow Castro
Missles launched with pigs
US Attempt to overthrow Hitler
11
Who was the first man to travel into space?
Star Lord
Yuri Gagarin
Luke Sky Walker
Yoda
12
What parts of the world fought against each other in the Cold War?
Soviet Union vs. U.S.
East vs. West
Germany vs Fance
Britian v China
13
In 1979 Soviet Union invaded….
Afghanistan
Fance
US
Great Britian
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When did the Cold War begin?
March 12, 1958
June 9, 1988
March 12, 1947
March 16, 1933
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A wall built by the communist East German government in 1961 to seal off East Berlin from West Berlin.
Great Wall Of China
Small Wall
Berlin Wall
Big Wall
16
What nation did Fidel Castro allow to place nuclear weapons in Cuba ressulting in the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Great Britian
France
Soviet Union
United States
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Communist counterpart to NATO
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Treaty Of Versailles
USSR
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Which nation became communist in 1949
France
Germany
Russia
China
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US president that increased US troops in Vietnam
President Lincoln
President Obama
President Washingtion
President Johnson
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Leader that replaced Stalin
Hitler
Khrushchev
JFK
Yugoslavia
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- The immediate cause of the U.S. military involvement in the Korean peninsula in 1950 was the…
Attack on Germany
Attack on Britian
Attack on China
Attack by North Korea on South Korea
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Cold War confrontation, 1962 Soviets building missile bases on Cuba, atomic missiles could reach the US within minutes.
Cuban Missle Crisis
France Missle Crisis
British Missle Crisis
US Missle Crisis
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The world's first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union.
Sputnik
Space Race
Bay of Pigs
Tony Starks
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- Czechoslovakia's democratic reforms were crushed by USSR during
WWII
Prague Spring
WWI
Summer
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US policy regarding communism
Comminist
Containment
Individualism
Democracy
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Who was founding member of NATO
United States
Peru
Fance
Germany
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US senator responsible for "Red Scare"
Johnson
Stalin
Mccarthy
Lincoln
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Did the Soviet Union and the U.S. clash directly in battle?
Yes
No
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Major justification for US foreign policy during Cold War
Domino theory
treaty of versailles
The Bible
Red Scare
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What started the Space Race?
Soviet Union launching Sputnik 1
Soviet Union Launching Sputnik 5
US defeating Sputnik 1
US launching huge missles
