HONORS US - Cold War

Question 1

Economy is run by the government on behalf of the people; intention is fairness and equality

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communism

Question 2

Failed CIA attempt to overthrow Communist Cuba

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Bay of Pigs Invasion

Question 3

1st satellite to orbit the earth, by the Soviets

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Sputnik

Question 4

What Communist ally in Asia supplied communist revolutionaries with support in Korea?

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China

Question 5

All economic industry is owned by private individuals; free market economy

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capitalism

Question 6

This US foregin policy promised to aid nations struggling against communist movements

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Truman Doctrine

Question 7

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution...

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allowed the President to exercise war powers

Question 8

Competition between US and Soviet Union for control and influence in the world

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Cold War

Question 9

What was the turning point in the Vietnam War?

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Tet Offensive

Question 10

The Election of 1960 was influenced by what?

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The debate being televised

Question 11

Figurative separation between East and West Europe

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iron curtain

Question 12

The buildup of nuclear weapons during the Cold War was described as the

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arms race

Question 13

Communist assault campaign on 36 capitals and 5 major cities

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Tet Offensvie

Question 14

This map best portrays...

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The policy of containment

Question 15

Why did the US establish a naval blockade in the Caribbean?

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Soviets set up missiles in Cuba

Question 16

Who was president during the rebuilding of Europe after WWII

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Truman

Question 17

Who came to power in Cuba after a communist revolution in 1959?

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Fidel Castro

Question 18

Which below helped solidify "American culture?"

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all of the above

Question 19

US and their allies military alliance

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NATO

Question 20

Soviet military alliance with satellite states throughout Eastern Europe

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Warsaw Pact

Question 21

Fear that if one country falls to communism, the others surrounding it will to

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domino theory

Question 22

The U.S. agreed to loan money to Europe to help them rebuild after WWII

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Marshall Plan

Question 23

The Vietnam War ended with....

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the country being united under communism

Question 24

Which is thought to have caused the baby boom?

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all of the above

HONORS US - Cold War

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