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The Cold War (Introduction & Review)
The Cold War (Introduction & Review)
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A review of the Cold War Unit
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What did Roosevelt's GI Bill do for WWII veterans?
Forced them to pay high war debts
Gave them medals of honor
Gave them benefits when they returned
Gave them US citizenship when they returned
2
What was the Marshall plan?
A thing of beauty
Marshall Dillion's plan
The European Recovery Program
A surprise party
3
What is Communisim?
An Army
A Gathering
A Rocket
Where The Government Controls Everything
4
The 38th Parallel divided
North Korea and South Korea
North and South Vietnam
East and West Berlin
Nationalist and Communist China
5
The Berlin Wall creates a barrier between:
North and South America
East Germany and West Germany
North and West Canada
North and East India
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A pact created to protect the gains of the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe
Warsaw Pact
NAACP
NATO
United Nations
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What did women like Rosie the Riveter most likely do AFTER World War II?
left the country
Led labor unions
Returned to family responsibilities
started an automotive shop
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What impact did the Labor Unions have on American workers?
Increased in child labor
Increased marriage
increased benefits and salaries
Allowed the government to own businesses
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What was the Berlin Airlift?
USSR used anti-aircraft
A great glass elevator in Berlin
Truman's home state
USA intervention to get vital supplies to West Berlin by air
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What event started the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The removal of Soviet Missiles
Soviet Union shooting down U2 spy plans
The Bay of Pig Invasion
Gulf of Tonkin Attacks
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what does Capitalism means
none of the above
private business ownership - economic system
a place in the government
the most important city or town of a country or region
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The US feared the spread of Communism because...
Democracy would spread
It made people sick
It was like Fascism and could cause WWIII
It weakened the economy in America
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The international organization created after WWII to prevent future wars
United Nations
Action League NOW
Warsaw Pact
League of Nations (WWI)
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Who negotiated with the Soviet Union and said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" in 1987?
President Ronald Reagan
Ronald McDonald
President Nixon
President LBJ
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During WWII the US became an Arsenal of Democracy, What does this mean?
We began mass producing military supplies for our allies
We set fire to major world capitals
We began placing Japanese Americans in internment camps
Rosie became a superstar
16
The Korean war was between_________ and ______ vs _______ and ______ which ended in a stalemate (no winner).
North Korea and China vs South Korea and the US
Soviet Union and Italy
Sweden and Ireland
Germany and Austro Hungary VS US and Great Britan
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The alliance of nations that promised to prevent the spread of communism
United Nations
NATO
Warsaw Pact
League of Nations (WWI)
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After the Soviet Union cut off access to West Berlin, how did the Allies help?
Communist leaders gave them all homes and jobs
They were each given Marshall Checks.
Supplies were carried in through a series of tunnels
Berlin Airlift-supplies were brought to West Berlin by plane
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After the Tet Offensive, how did Americans at home protest and respond to the Vietnam War?
Made bomb shelters
Volunteered to buy
Anti-War Protests
Planted gardens
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What did the United States' Marshall Plan do?
Provided Billions of Dollars for rebuilding Europe
Allowed all refugees to live in America
broke apart Germany and Canada
Built a wall in Berlin in Germany
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What happened to Germany after WWII?
Divided amongst the Allied Powers
WW IV
China gave every country money
Nuclear Attack
22
To stop Communism from spreading the US and its allies used the strategy of ______
Extermination
Containment (making sure it didn't spread)
Guerrilla Warfare
Hide and Seek
23
what was the Cuban missile crisis
when WWII was happening
when the us killed Bin Lauden
when the Cuban nation had a party
when the USSR gave missiles to Cuba
24
The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union after WWII was called the...
Vietnam War
Hot War
WWII
Cold War
25
What was the Domino Theory?
Policy to stop buses
Theory that x and equal y.
The fear that communism would overtake countries one by one
The theory that dominos pizza is better than others
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What is the 17th parallel?
A treaty between SouthAmerica and North America
Border of North and South Vietnam
South Vietnam's nickname
A secret operation
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Dwight Eisenhower coined this term to describe the spread of communism.
Wild Fire Theory
Multiply Theory
Iron Curtain
Domino Theory
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Which countries were superpowers during in the Cold War?
Soviet Union and United States
Soviet Union and Germany
Korea and Vietnam
Soviet Union and Japan
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Wars between smaller countries fighting for the larger superpowers
Battles
Distraction Wars
Proxy Wars
Star Wars
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What was The Truman Doctrine
A conflict between the Northern and Southern states
Policy providing economic and military aid to free nations
An alliance between aliens
Plan to keep US out of Canada
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What was the result of the Vietnam war?
North Vietnam surrendered/gave up
United States won
North Vietnam won
Australia won
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What marked the fall of communism in 1989?
The Vietnam War
Ho Chi Minh's death and funeral
The creation of the Mexican Wall
Fall of the Berlin Wall
