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World History Cold War
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How did the Chinese Civil war raise tension between the U.S. and Soviet Union?
Neither country provided troops in Korea
Diplomacy was no longer attempted
They did not seek to expand their spheres of influence.
Soviets supported all communist states in Asia against U.S.
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Who were the leaders of Communist China and Vietnam during the Cold War?
Ayatollah Khomeni and Fidel Castro
Ngo Dien Diem and Chiang Kai Shek
Mao Zedong and Ho Chi Minh
Chiang Kai Shek and Nikita Khrushchev
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Vietnam eventually accepted foreign aid from the U.S. after the Vietnam War
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Gen. Douglas MacArthur was fired by Truman after...
he criticized Truman for not using nuclear weapons in China
he lost his first battle in South Korea
he demanded additional troops in China
he announced he was a communist
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Which of the following described U.S. policy that if one nation falls to communism many will?
Communist drop
Domino Theory
Truman Doctrine
Vietnamization
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Who was the anti-Western leader of Iran?
Ayatollah Khomeini
Fidel Castro
Anastasio Somoza
Saddam Hussein
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The Berlin Blockade was a Soviet response too...
An attack on Soviet ran Romania
Western Berlin attacked Eastern Berlin
Reunification of Western Europe by France, the U.S., and GB
American influence in the Soviet sphere of influence
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A poor developing country not allied with the U.S. or Soviet Union was known as...
Questioning Communists
Allied enemies
Third World Countries
Anti-Cold War Nations
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The purpose of the policy of detente was too...
threaten the use of nuclear war
blockading the enemy hurting his economy
Breaking off all communication with the enemy
easy tension between the U.S. and Sovs by using diplomacy
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Communism was implemented in China after the end of their Civil War in 1949
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Mao Zedong was the leader of...
Southern nationalist China
Northern Communist China
Taiwan
Southern Communist China
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What was the affect of the failure Bay of Pigs in Cuba?
It convinced the Soviets to pull out of Cuba
It convinced the U.S. they couldn't defeat communism
It established Castro as Cuba's leader
It later led to the Cuban Missile Crisis
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How did Stalin & Khrushschev differ in their world views about capitalism & communism?
Stalin said they could NOT coexist, Khrushchev did.
Communism was better than Capitalism
Khrushchev thought Stalin was weak on Capitalism
Capitalism would overtake Communism
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The Vietcong were prominent communist guerrilla fighters in...
China
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
North Korea
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The Chinese Civil War was fought between northern communists and southern nationalists
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Soviet dictator Brezhnev's leadership style was more like Khrushchev than Stalin.
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The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan to...
start a proxy war with the United States
remove the prime minister in power
help Afghanistan set up their communist state
gain control of Middle Eastern oil
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What was the Soviet response to N.A.T.O.?
Soviet Union created the Warsaw Pact
The Berlin Blockade
Communists attack Korea
An attack on West Germany
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Which countries were behind the iron curtain?
American Allies
Britain, Germany,and Italy
Western Germany
Soviet Union and its Eastern Europe satellite states
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Going to the edge of nuclear war to get your enemy to react a certain way was known as...
Brinksmanship
Detente
Truman Doctrine
Containment
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A system Reagan called for to protect the U.S. against enemy nuclear missiles was called...
SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative)
The Red Menace
Star Wars Laser Initiative (SWLI)
Anti-Nuke Defense System
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Factories/farm production ultimately decreased in China as a result of the Cultural Revolution.
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The U.S. disagreed with the Stalin after WW2 when he...
Wouldn't offer support in Japan
Invaded China
Allowed Nazi criminals to go free
Broke his promise to give free elections throughout Europe
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The goal of the Truman Doctrine to...
Prevent Communism in the U.S.
Judge countries that accepted communism
Reelect President Truman
To support countries from falling to communism
