The following are aspects of communism, EXCEPT:

economy driven by competitive markets

What was the main reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall?

stop East Berliners from fleeing to West Berlin

The following are reasons the election of 1960 was historic, EXCEPT:

first election independent candidate wins

What was the Suez Crisis?

conflict over the influence of the Egyptian canal

What happened when an armistice was signed ending the Korean War?

Korea was divided along the 38th parallel

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1
Which organization did HUAC investigate for communist activity?
automobile industry
Federal government
movie industry
steel industry
2
Who was the first to set foot on the moon?
Buzz Aldrin
Michael Collins
Neil Armstrong
Alan Shepherd
3
Which U.S. policy was initiated during the first years of the Cold War to prevent communist expansion?
M.A.D.
duck and cover
brinkmanship
containment
4
Who coined the phrase, the "Iron Curtain", which symbolized the division among Europe?
Harry Truman
Josef Stalin
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
5
In order to control Iran, what did the CIA do (Operation Ajax)?
confiscated their oil fields
assassinated their president
staged a government coup
embezzled money toward political bank accounts
6
What racial Supreme Court case was developing during the rise of Elvis Presley?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Roe v. Wade
Brown v. Board of Education
Schenck v. the United States
7
Who became the communist leader of China in 1949?
Zhou Enlai
Mao Zedong
Shang Po Lee
Chiang Kai-shek
8
The following are aspects of communism, EXCEPT:
government redistributes wealth
economy driven by competitive markets
classless society
government ownership of property
9
What was the main reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall?
embarrass America
reduce Cold War tensions
stop East Berliners from fleeing to West Berlin
demonstrate the success of communism
10
The following are reasons the election of 1960 was historic, EXCEPT:
closest election in modern history
first televised presidential election
first election independent candidate wins
America's youngest president elected
11
What started the Space Race?
creation of NASA
America landing on the moon
launching of Sputnik I
launching of Explorer I
12
What was the Suez Crisis?
conflict over the shooting down of an American spy plane
conflict over the influence of the Egyptian canal
conflict over Egypt electing a communist leader
nationalization of Egypt's oil fields
13
What happened when an armistice was signed ending the Korean War?
communist government was established in South Korea
China gained control of the entire Korean peninsula
Korea was divided along the 38th parallel
communism was pushed out of Korea
14
Who was the first man to orbit the earth?
Yakov Smirnoff
Yuri Gagarin
Boris Yeltsin
Buzz Aldrin
15
What was considered the epicenter of the Cold War?
Berlin Airport
Check-point Charlie
Cuba
Moscow's Kremlin

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