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The Cold War Turns Hot!
The Cold War Turns Hot!
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These two areas were given money and military aid by Truman so they wouldn't fall to communism.
Korea
The Soviet Union
Greece and Turkey
Europe
2
Churchill said this had "descended" on Europe and created a Soviet sphere of influence.
The Atomic Bomb
The Red Scare
Sputnik
Iron Curtain
3
Communist leader who emerged the victor in the Chinese Civil War.
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Taiwan
4
Economic and political system where the government owns industry, no freedom for the people.
Communism
Democracy
Capitalism
Socialism
5
The Rosenbergs were tried and convicted of treason; what did they do?
escaped the Holocaust
organzied spy mission in Hungary
Attempted to assassinate the president
gave secrets to Atomic Bomb to Soviets
6
41 Year conflict that was fought over whether democracy or communism should rule the world.
WWII
Cold War
NATO
Suez Crisis
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NATO vs the Warsaw Pact is an example of ...
The Space Race
Satellite Nations
Nuclear Warfare
The Alliance System
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HUAC is famous for hunting for communism in which industry?
Naval
Military
Hollywood
Government
9
The Soviet Union and the United States can best be described as ______ in the Cold War era.
Friends
Rivals
Superpowers
Allies
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The Korean War was fought by the US in accordance with the policy of ________.
Containment
Doctrine
Nukes
Brinkmanship
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US policy to stop the spread of communism AND the man who created it.
Alliance System
HUAC
Brinkmanship
Containment
12
Nations behind the "Iron Curtain" and in the Soviet sphere of influence were called
capitalist
democratic
Satellite Nations
communist
13
Americans built bomb shelters ONLY after which year?
1944
1949
1953
1939
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This was needed to supply W. Berlin after the Soviets set up a blockade, 1946.
Eisenhower Doctrine
38th Parallel
Iron Curtain
Berlin Airlift
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Senator famous for manipulating the fear of communism within the US in the 1950s
Ike
Truman
McCarthy
Churchill
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Yalta and Potsdam are examples of ____ going back on his promise of democracy in Europe.
Khrushchev
Stalin
Truman
Eisenhower
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He was fired by Truman because Truman wouldn't allow him to expand the Korean War to China
Eisenhower
Chiang Kai-Shek
MacArthur
Mao Zedong
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What country was North Korea's ally in in the Korean War?
China
Vietnam
The US
South Korea
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Who took over power in the Soviet Union upon Stalin's death and had a debate with Nixon?
Lenin
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Truman
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The US gave over $13 billion to Europe so that they wouldn't fall to communism, a plan called?
Marshall Plan
The Red Scare
Truman Doctrine
NATO
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Name of the satellite that the Soviets launched into space in 1957? (started Space Race)
U2 Spy Plane
Odyssey
Challenger
Sputnik