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1
In 1960, pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down in:
North Korea
The USSR
China
The United States
2
Elected in 1960; New Frontier; Cuban Missile Crisis
Gerald Ford
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
3
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of being
spies
none of these
brother and sister
Republicans
4
Who shot Lee Harvey Oswald?
Jack Ruby
Aaron Burr
Robert Kennedy
Mao Zedong
5
What country did Mao Zedong take over?
Mexico
United States
Canada
China
6
Eisenhower's practice of "Pushing the limits" with the Soviets when it came to war
Flexible Plan
The Pace Corp
Red Scare
brinkmanship
7
This was created as a result of the Soviet blockade of Western Germany:
The League of Nations
The United Kingdom
NATO
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
8
The purpose of Kennedy's Peace Corp was to ...
Make him look good
spread conservation of energy
help elderly Americans
help poor people in underdeveloped countres
9
Whose presidential platform was called The Great Society?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Barry Goldwater
John F Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
10
What was the nickname of the JFK
administration
?
New Frontier
King Arthur's Court
Camelot
Narnia
11
The 38th parallel divided this country in half:
Germany
Mexico
China
Korea
12
The eastern side of Germany would be considered
neutral
theocratic
democratic
communist
13
Truman created the HUAC (house Un-American Activities Committee) in hopes of finding:
traitors and communists within his own government
find traitors to trade with the USSR
more money to build the space program
persuade Americans to become like Communists
14
Powers would serve, in prison:
17 months
40 years
life
11 days
15
MacArthur would be fired by Truman for insubordination; which country did he urge we attack?
Japan
Lebanon
The Soviet Union
China
16
Which country was the first to launch a satellite into space:
Germany
The USSR
The United States
China
17
The McCarran-Walter Act of 1952 was passed in order to combat:
South Korea from becoming a dictatorship
Germany's rebuilding
Japanese sympathizers
block potential Communist immigrants
18
Which of the following would be a satellite country of the Soviet Union:
Portugal
Yugoslavia
Spain
China
19
Fighting ended in Korea in 1953, but...
The United States were forced to sign a treaty with N Korea
No peace treaty was ever signed
China would now control South Korea
all Korean soldiers were killed
20
What was the Warren Commission?
The investigation of Soviet Atomic Weapons
The investigation of JFK’s death.
The investigation into Communists within the United States Government
The investigation of the causes of the Korean War
21
Joseph McCartney, Senator from WI, believed that the nation had run a muck with:
political corruption
communists
plagues and illnesses
Chinese spies
22
What was the Bay of Pigs?
1961, an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles
Another name for the Cuban missile Crisis
In 1961, an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by the Mexican Army
1961, a successful invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles
23
How did the U.S. and Great Britain get around Stalin's supply line block to western side?
With a forklift
By signing a peace treaty with the USSR
With an airlift
By attacking Moscow and satellite countries
24
McCarthy would die 3 years later from:
alcoholism
heroin overdose
suicide
lethal injection
25
Was Yuri Gagarin the first man to go to space?
False
True
26
Who was Nakita Kruschev?
Head of NATO
Leader fo the Soviet Union
Leader of North Korea
JFK's Vice-President
27
The USSR responded to NATO by signing this with Poland
The Anti-America Society
The Munich Pact
The Arms Agreement
The Warsaw Pact
28
West Germany became the democratic side and was controlled by all of the following EXCEPT for:
France
The Soviet Union
The United States
Great Britain
29
Germany would be divided how many different ways post WW II?
3
8
2
4
30
Winston Churchill believed an invisible line divided east from west, in which he called:
The Maginot Line
The Iron Curtain
The United Nations
Potsdam
31
Neil Armstrong was the first man to visit:
Antarctica
Mars
Space
The Moon
32
The southern half of Korea was contained and controlled by:
China
Italy
The United States
The Soviet Union
33
Why did the USA start developing a hydrogen bomb?
The USSR successfully tested an atomic bomb
The USSR stole their atomic bombs
They ran out of atomic bombs
The USSR successfully tested a hydrogen bomb
