Which is NOT a way that Americans prepared for a Soviet nuclear attack?

making acid rain collection bins

people who believed US troops should be out of Vietnam

What is one major difference between the Soviet Union and the United States?

Soviet Union is communist, USA is democratic.

What caused the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Soviet Union setting up missiles in Cuba

What was the space race?

Race between Sovet Union and USA to explore outer space

What was the Red Scare?

People afraid of communism spreading in the United States

Why did the United States send soldiers to Vietnam?

North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam

What is the "iron curtain"?

an imaginary border separating Eastern and Western Europe

What was the purpose of the United Nations?

a global peace keeping organization

What was the Cold War?

a long, bitter struggle between the USA and Soviet Union.

convicing people to think or believe a certain thing

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1
Which is NOT a way that Americans prepared for a Soviet nuclear attack?
Building bomb shelters
storing food and medicine
making acid rain collection bins
"duck and cover" drills in schools
2
Who were the doves?
people who believed US troops should be sent to Vietnam
People who believed US troops should be sent to China
people who believed US troops should be out of Vietnam
birds that are released at weddings
3
What is one major difference between the Soviet Union and the United States?
Soviet Union is democratic and so is the USA.
United States is a communist country. Soviet Union is not.
Soviet Union is communist, USA is democratic.
USA is communist and so is the Soviet Union .
4
What caused the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Cuba setting up missiles in the Soviet Union
Soviet Union setting up missiles in Cuba
5
What was the space race?
race between USA and Soviets to a parking space
Race between USA and China to control Japan
Race between Sovet Union and USA to explore outer space
Race between USA and China to explore outer space
6
What was the Red Scare?
People afraid of communism spreading in the United States
People afraid of Elmo in the United States
Senator McCarthy was spreading communism in the Soviet Union
People afraid of democracy spreading in the United States
7
Why did the United States send soldiers to Vietnam?
Soviet Union invaded South Vietnam
North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam
South Vietnam invaded North Vietnam
China wanted to invade North Vietnam
8
What is the "iron curtain"?
a big metal sheet hanging through Europe
an imaginary border separating North and South America
an imaginary border separating Eastern and Western Europe
a big metal sheet hanging through the Soviet Union
9
What was the purpose of the United Nations?
an organization to build an iron curtain
a global peace keeping organization
an organization to rebuild Japan
an organization to create defense weapons
10
Which describes the United States after WWII?
People in the USA were without food and homes
The USA was a world power
USA gained control of the Soviet Union
USA gained control of Eastern Europe
11
Which does NOT describe life in Europe after WWII?
homes, buildings and farms were destroyed
Germany was a powerful nation
people were without food and shelter
Much of Eastern Europe was taken over by the Soviet Union
12
What was the Cold War?
a long, bitter struggle between the USA and Soviet Union.
actual fighting between the USA and Soviet Union
When USA and Soviets joined up against Cuba
When USA and Soviets joined up against China
13
What is propganda?
convicing people to think or believe a certain thing
spreading good feelings and vibes

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