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Duplicate of Cold War
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#ColdWar #communism #Cuban Missile Crisis #JFK #Berlin
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No one won the Korean War. Why did the US get involved with South Korea
to gain control of North Korea
American warships were sent to blockade the USSR
stop the spread of communism and to keep peace
to send warships to blockade South Korea
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A war in which powerful nuclear weapons are used
arms race
Vietnam War
Korean War
nuclear war
3
A tactic of damaging reputations with vague and unfounded charges became known as
McCarthyism
McCarran
brinksmanship
censure
4
Who was Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet leader who helped Castro setup communist govt in Cuba
leader of Cuba with Fidel Castro
leader who helped the US in Korea
military leader in China
5
New York couple who were charged, and then executed, for being Soviet spies
The Eisenhowers
The Stalins
The McCarthys
The Rosenbergs
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American policy designed to stop the spread of communism
M.A.D.
brinkmanship
containment
iron curtain
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a government that controls production and owns the nation's capital resources
capitalism
socialism
militarism
communist
8
When the Soviets place the missiles in Cuba, they were
90 miles from US
250 miles from the US
500 miles from US
1000 miles from the US
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NATO wanted to keep the Soviets from forcing nations to be
federalist
communist
anticommunist
NATO
10
What was John F Kennedy's biggest fear of the Cuban Missile Crisis
missiles would reach Canada
Cuba would attack US
Soviets would launch the missiles and start a nuclear war
Soviets would convince Cuba to become communist
11
Berlin was divided. West Berlin was blockaded. Why did the US use the Berlin Airlift?
kept the peace between US and USSR
it prevented the blockade from being effective
it dropped supplies to the people
stopped the Soviet Union from making West Berlin communist
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The Iron Curtain symbolized
a country where people vote for leaders
a battle in the Cold War
the diff between the communist and non-communist coutries
where people could live and what they could buy
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A race between nations to build more powerful weapons
arms race
communism spreading quickly
McCarthyism
nuclear war
14
US along with the allies created a plan for a new international organization to keep peace and shape the world.
VE Day
NATO
United Nations
Axis Powers
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The leaders of non-communist countries formed an alliance called NATO. They hoped it could
prevent the Soviet Union from spreading communism to others
bring peace to the world
make all countries democratic
unite countries for communism
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He was an anti-communist and a senator who alleged that there were communists in the US gov't
Douglas MacArthur
Carl S Halvorsen
Mao Zedong
Joseph McCarthy
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threatening nuclear war to keep the peace
sputnik
M.A.D.
brinksmanship
NDEA
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What happened during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Fidel Castro led a revolt in Cuba
Soviets placed missiles in Cuba, that were aimed at US
Cuba turned communist
American warships were sent to blockade Florida
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When oridinary people and businesses control the production of goods and services
communism
command economy
traditional economy
captialism
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To protect themselves from fallout, the radiation left after a blast, many Americans built
HUACs
basements
bomb shelters
subversions
