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1
What international peace organization was created directly after WWII?
League of Nations
United Nations
Amnesty International
Greenpeace
2
Who built the Berlin Wall?
Soviet Union
Great Britain
West Germany
United States
3
What was the Containment Policy trying to contain?
Christianity
Disease
Communism
Democracy
4
Who was President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Eisenhower
Truman
Nixon
Kennedy
5
After WWII, in which city did the United States conduct an airlift of supplies and food?
Paris, France
Moscow, Soviet Union
Berlin, Germany
Tokyo, Japan
6
Why did the Truman Doctrine want to give money to Greece and Turkey?
to help them build universities
to help them research vaccines
to help them resist communism
to help them dig for oil
7
Where did the United States attempt the failed Bay of Pigs invasion?
East Germany
Cuba
West Germany
Soviet Union
8
Which country was NOT a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
West Germany
Soviet Union
France
United States
9
What was Sputnik?
an airplane
a rocket
a satellite
a missile
10
What group of people did Senator Joseph McCarthy persecute?
Nazis
Communists
Catholics
Republicans
11
The ______ Theory was that if one country "fell" to communism, others would follow.
Domino
Monopoly
Dice
Checkers
12
Which organization was created during the Cold War to further America's space program?
NASA
FDIC
NATO
HUAC
13
What was the Marshall plan?
money to increase atomic research
money to Hawaii to fortify Pearl Harbor
money to European countries to rebuild after WWII
money to Japan to apologize for Hiroshima & Nagasaki
14
Why did the United States fight in the Korean War?
to rebuild Europe
to contain communism
to avenge Pearl Harbor
to protect religious relics
15
What was the name of the married couple executed for giving U.S. secrets to the Soviets?
Lindberghs
Rosenbergs
Hindenbergs
Icebergs
