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The early Cold War and the 1950s
The early Cold War and the 1950s
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What is the name given to the generation born immediately after WWII and into the 1950s?
the greatest generation
baby boomers
generation x
cold warriors
2
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was carried out by
the CIA
Soviet soldiers
CIA trained exiles from Cuba
Castro's trained militia
3
What is the name of the plan created to provide aid to rebuild after WWII?
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
NATO
Containment
4
Which leader was the first to use the term "iron curtain"?
Winston Churchill
Franklin Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
John F. Kennedy
5
Writers and intellectuals that reacted against the conformity of the 1950s were known as
baby boomers
hippies
beatniks
communists
6
What was the Soviet answer to the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
Berlin Blockade
Warsaw Pact
Iron Curtain Speech
United Nations
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Which organization's primary objective was to stop communist infiltration in the United States?
Alliance for Progress
Peace Corps
HUAC
CIA
8
The Cold War policy of "containment" was adopted as a response to the declaration of
the Truman Doctrine
the Marshall Plan
the creation of NATO
the Iron Curtain
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Which is NOT a reason for the initial tension between the USSR and the U.S.?
Soviet testing of the atomic bomb
Capitalism vs. communism
Post-war plans for Europe
Truman and Stalin's personalities
10
Which two people are in the picture below?
Kennedy and Stalin
Kennedy and Truman
Castro and Kennedy
Kennedy and Khrushchev
11
The chosen action by President Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis was a
blockade of Soviet ships
air strike of Soviet ships and Cuba
ground invasion of Cuba
nothing
12
Joseph McCarthy met his downfall after his accusations of communist infiltration in the
Hollywood
European countries
U.S. Government
Armed Forces
13
The Berlin Wall was constructed during the presidency of
Harry Truman
Lyndon Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
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Which was a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
better communication between Moscow and Washington DC
Khrushchev became more popular in the USSR
JFK decided not to get involved in Vietnam
The U.S. removed all nuclear warheads from Europe
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What area of the world became President Kennedy's primary new focus during the Cold War?
Australia
Latin America
Vietnam
China
16
As a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the USSR agreed to remove missiles from
Berlin
Turkey
Cuba
Korea
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What was the result of the Korean War?
Truman achieved a great political victory
China turned away from supporting communism
The U.S. had a clear victory
UN was seen as moderately effective in containing communism
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What event sparked the creation of NATO?
Soviet blockade of West Berlin
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Fall of China
Cuban Missile Crisis
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Why did the U.S. get involved in Korea?
To contain communism
China requested that we intervene
Because the United Nations would not intervene
South Korea invaded the North
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What was the purpose of both NATO and the Warsaw Pact?
protected countries in the Southern hemisphere
trading partners
provided financial support to countries
formed military alliances