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U.S. History S2 Exam Review (Early Stages of the Cold War)
U.S. History S2 Exam Review (Early Stages of the Cold War)
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He was the Soviet leader who "squared off" against JFK during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khruschev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Karl Marx
2
This was the first communist leader of China in 1949.
Ho Chi-minh
Mao Zedong
Kim Jong-un
Chiang Kai-shek
3
The Bay of Pigs was something JFK inherited from the Eisenhower administration.
False
True
4
This was created by the Soviet Union in response to the formation of NATO by the United States?
HUAC
Warsaw Pact
NAACP
Marshall Plan
5
President Truman was responsible for establishing the Federal Highway System.
True
False
6
In the 1950s, this U.S. Senator claimed the government contained a number of communist spies?
William Westmoreland
Joseph McCarthey
Robert LaFolliette
Douglas MacArthur
7
This served as a symbol of Communism in Eastern Europe after it was built in the early 1960's.
Berlin Wall
Sputnik
Berlin Airlift
Space Shuttle
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The U.S. involvement in the Korean War was a reflection of this U.S. foreign policy.
Berlin Airlift
Marshall Plan
Containment
NATO
9
He was responsible for starting a communist government in Cuba?
Douglas MacArthur
Mao Zedong
Hideki tojo
Fidel Castro
10
The first man-made object launched into space by the Soviets in 1957 was called?
Vanguard
Sputnik
Explorer
Spandex
11
Truman fired General MacArthur because MacArthur.......
demanded a pay increase
wanted to limit the war to just North Korea
was not winning any major victories
wanted to expand the war in Korea
12
Countries that fell to Soviet influence following WWII were called _______________ nations?
Red Army
Capitalist
Red Scare
Satellite
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A policy created by President Truman designed to prevent the spread of communism was called?
Contamination
Configuration
Containment
Consolidation