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1
The nuclear strategy that would result in the annihilation of the attacker and defender?
Brinkmanship
Mutual Assured Destruction
Fail Deadly
Launch-on-Warning
2
Playing "chicken" with nuclear weapons
Decapitation strike
Mutual Assured Destruction
Brinkmanship
Minimal deterrence
3
What term did Winston Churchill use to describe the division of power in Europe?
Iron Curtain
NATO vs. Warsaw
Atlantic Wall
Berlin Wall
4
What battle was a major turning point in favor of the United Nations in Korea?
Chosin Reservoir
Seoul
Pusan
Inchon
5
What plan sought to provide humanitarian aid to rebuild European countries after WWII?
Marshall Plan
McCarran Act
Truman Doctrine
McCarthyism
6
What did the Central Intelligence Agency use to overthrow communist gov'ts in the Cold War?
Predator drone strikes
Overt Operations
Cyber-hacking
Covert Operations
7
1950s legislation enacted to investigate subversive activities and restrict traveling abroad.
Alien and Sedition Acts
McCarthyism
McCarran Act
PATRIOT Act
8
Senator from Wisconsin who accused many government officials of being communist spies.
Douglas MacArthur
John MacArthur
A. Mitchell Palmer
Joseph McCarthy
9
How many zones was Germany divided into after World War II?
2
4
3
5
10
What does this picture represent?
Acid Rain
Fallout
Ash from a volcanic eruption
Jet Stream
11
HUAC stands for:
Heating, Utilities, and Air Conditioning
Hartley Urbanization and Construction
House Un-American Activities Committee
Hollywood United Against Communism
12
Executed for espionage and selling atomic secrets to the Soviets.
Sacco and Vanzetti
Alger Hiss
Joseph McCarthy
Rosenburgs
13
What was the first artificial satellite put into orbit?
Explorer
Voyager
Sputnik
Telstar
14
Military defense alliance formed between the U.S. and western European allies after WWII.
League of Nations
Warsaw Pact
NATO
SEATO
15
What crisis did Eisenhower respond to by sending 5,000 Marines for support?
Suez Canal
Guatemala
Lebanon
Iran
16
What general was fired by President Truman for insubordination?
MacArthur
Patton
Eisenhower
Marshall
17
What is the term for a state of conflict that does NOT involve direct military action?
Cold War
Total War
Proxy War
Nuclear War
18
Where did the "Big Three"--Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin--discuss post-war matters in 1945?
Yalta
Cairo
Tehran
Potsdam
19
Who was the pilot of the U-2 spy plane shot down over the Soviet Union?
Paul McCarran
Francis Gary Powers
Rudolph Abel
Alger Hiss
20
The nuclear triad consists of ICBMs, Bombers, and:
Submarines
Drones
Tanks
Infantry
21
What line of latitude is the border between North and South Korea?
18th Parallel
28th Parallel
38th Parallel
48th Parallel
22
Facing nuclear threats, children in schools were taught to:
Stop, drop and roll
Run for their lives
Duck and Cover
Stop, look and listen
23
The "Red Scare" of communism swept across America in two waves during the:
1920s and 1940s
1930s and 1950s
1910s and 1920s
1920s and 1950s
24
What was NOT one of Eisenhower's four responses to various crises?
Covert Operations
Sending troops
Massive Retaliation
Building a wall for containment
25
Greece and Turkey were given military, political and economic aid under the:
Nixon Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
Eisenhower Doctrine
Reagan Doctrine
26
Federal employees were screened for "loyalty" under what program?
Executive Order 9066
Loyalty Review Program
PATRIOT Act
McCarran Act
27
What does this map indicate?
North Vietnam invading South Vietnam
North Dakota invading South Dakota
North Korea invading South Korea
North Carolina invading South Carolina