Cold War (1945-1985) Test

When Japanese control of Korea ended after WW2, Korea was...

The economic system in which goods are owned by the government and they give what is necessary

What happened at Central High School when black students tried to integrate?

Leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin died.

After World War II, The Marshall Plan was put in place to...

Peaceful protestors were violently attacked as they marched 54 miles to Montgomery?

These people built tunnels and placed booby traps throughout the jungle.

Which two countries first received aid to stop the spread of communism from the Truman Doctrine

The economic system based on private ownership and investment of money in business to make $

Democratic countries throughout North America and Europe created an alliance known as

Civil Rights activists who tried to bring awareness to segregation while riding buses

The result of the Korean War was...

The US policy for communism during the Cold War was called the

The Geneva Accords divided Vietnam at what parallel?

What are state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States?

What was the "Iron Curtain" speech about?

What is an Economic System?

Eastern European nations served as a buffer in btwn other countries and USSR

The United States came to Vietnam for what reason?

Who was the winner of the Space Race?

Who where the little rock nine?

The US and Sov. Union each engaged in a continual build-up of nuclear weapons which is known as

What was the Watergate scandal?

Cuban exiles were trained by the CIA and sent to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba for the US...

What caused Richard Nixon to resign as the President of the U.S.?

The US response to the Berlin Blockade was to...

Who first spoke of the "iron curtain?"

Which of the following was NOT a President during the Cold War?

Communist countries throughout Eastern Europe created an alliance known as

What type of economic system did the Soviet Union have?

What did USSR do that started the space race?

Lyndon B. Johnson passed the ______________ that outlawed literacy tests, poll taxes, etc.

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union at the beginning of the Cold War?

"Proved that our government was lying about the Vietnam War"

What was MLK Jr.'s strategy for combating segregation?

What was the goal of the Truman Doctrine?

In what city did Martin Luther King lead a bus boycott?

Who preached a militant (violent) approach to civil rights rather than non-violent?

General Douglas MacArthur commanded US forces in

Brown v. Board of Education established that....

This granted the U.S. president broad military powers in Vietnam.

Where did Civil Rights protesters march to hear Dr. MLK Jr. give his most well know speech?

After the US fought back and nearly unified Korea, which country stepped in to aid North Korea?

This theory said that if one country went communist, neighboring countries would as well

Was the leader of the Communists in China

Who became president after Nixon resigned?

This term refers to the indirect but hostile conflict between the US and the USSR after WW2

What is the economic system in the US?

During the Cuban Missle Crisis