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Soviet leader at the end of the Cold War, allowed flow of ideas and information to improve Russian lives
Gorbachev
Breshnev
Kruschev
Stalin
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What would be the best title for this image?
The Domino Theory
The Korean War
The Iron Curtain
Massive Retaliation
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The United States tried to stop the spread of Communism through a policy known as
The Truman Doctrine
Containment
Massive Retaliation
Deterrence
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The US and the USSR each engaged in a continual build up of weapons. This was known as
The Arms Race
The Detente
The Space Race
Militarization
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Kennedy
Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
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What was the significance of the Berlin Wall?
Kept Soviet spies out of West Berlin
Protect the USSR from invasion by the US
Protect western Europe from Soviet invasion
Kept people in communist Berlin
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After WWII, who were the primary Super Powers?
Egypt and Spain
Cuba and North Korea
France and England
US and USSR
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Promote Peace in the World
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
NATO
League of Nations
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Communist Goverments of the Cold War?
Monarchies
Democracies
Republics
Dictatorships
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What type of economy did the Soviet Union have?
Capitalist
Totalitarian
Communist
Collective
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The US has what type of economy?
Socialist
Collective
Totalitarian
Capitalist
12
How did MacArthur mess up during the Korean War?
Used atomic weapons on the wrong target....twice
Angered the Chinese
Forgot his wife's birthday.....
Wanted to expand the war and spoke poorly about President Truman
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Name the USSR leader at the beginning of the Cold War
Tojo
Churchill
Lenin
Stalin
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The destruction of the Berlin Wall symbolized what?
the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis
the fall of Communism
the end of the Vietnam War
the fall of capitalism
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Failed US-backed invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Bay of Pigs
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What event is considered to be the beginning of the Cold War?
Korean War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviets take over Eastern Europe
Vietnam War
17
How high was the Iron Curtain?
Just a term to describe division in Europe
23.5 feet
23.5 meters
14 fathoms
18
The Cold War was a war of ideas between
Communism and Totalitarianism
Democracy and Fascism
Communism and Democracy
the US and the USSR
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Winston Churchill said that European countries living under Soviet domination were behind
The Curve
The 8-Ball
The Iron Curtain
The Berlin Wall
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Fear of communist in the US
Commie Craze
Containment
Red Scare
Communism
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Who was the president at the beginning of the Cold war?
Harry Truman
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Winston Churchill
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Cuban leader
Fidel Castro
Chico Rivera
Mao Zedong
Harry Truman
23
Stalemate means when neither side can seem to win
False
True
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After World War II, Europe was divided into four parts.
True
False
25
Both sides would be destroyed.....
Massive Retaliation
MAD-Mutually Assured Destruction
First Strike
Super Powers
26
How did the Korean War end?
MacArthur became President
Korea is still divided into North and South
China was destroyed
The US took control of North Korea
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How long did the Cold War last?
2 light years
from Post WWII to early 1990s
from TR to 2014
from Vietnam War til Franz Ferdinand died
28
Which of the following DID NOT aid the 1950s economy
Cuban Missile Crisis
Lots and Lots of Babies
GI Bill
High consumer spending
29
Closest we came to war with the USSR.
U2 Incident
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam War
The Gulf War
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Brought aid to Europe after WWII
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
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Democratic Western European military alliance with the United States
NATO
Allied Powers
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
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Who was the president of the US at the end of the Cold war
Joseph Stalin
Ronald Reagan
Harry Truman
Winston Churchill
