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Unit 8: Cold War
Unit 8: Cold War
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A US History Quiz to introduce the Cold War.
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First artificial satellite by the Soviets
NASA
Apollo
Sputnik I
NDEA
2
What does this picture depict?
spies were being caught
nation became superpower
fear created by Cold War
children passing their classes
3
fear of communism
domino theory
covert
Red Scare
containment
4
What is this depicting?
Korean War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Containment
Bay of Pigs
5
What was Truman's policy toward the Cold War?
flexible response
use force
massive retaliation
containment
6
What happened in 1969?
NASA created
monkeys land on the moon
Neil Armstrong...man on the moon
Korean War happened
7
What is the name of the international organization to preserve world peace called?
NATO
United Nations
League of Nations
World Trade Organization
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Reasons for this: soldiers coming home, GI Bill, culture of the time, and advertising
Baby Boom
Red Scare
increase in farms
Korean War
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What was Kennedy's response to the Cold War?
flexible response
containment
massive retaliation
nuclear bombs
10
What year was the Korean War fought?
1939-1945
1950-1953
1941-1945
1954-1963
11
After WWII the U.S wanted to allow Germany's economy to recover, while Russia wanted...
Germany to be divided
Germany to make reparations
Germany to be Communist
Berlin to be under Soviet control
12
Exposed communist spies in U.S. by deciphering coded messages & proved Rosenbergs guilt
OSS Project
Navajo Code
Venona Papers
Pentagon Papers
13
Who created a vaccine to prevent polio?
Dr. Fisher
<p>Truman</p>
Jonas Salk
Albert Einstein
14
What type of music broke down raicial barriers in the 1950s and originated from jazz/blues?
rap
R&B
rock n roll
bluegrass
15
Technology from the Space Race that we have today is...
Modern football helmets
All of the above
Sunglasses
Home Fire Alarms
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What did America do in response to the launch of Sputnik by the Soviets?
<p>send troops</p>
increase funding to math and science
<p>ignore them</p>
use the atomic bomb
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The purpose of this was to limit the spread of communism...
Warsaw Pact
Truman Doctrine
NATO
United Nations
18
Made reckless accusation unsupported by evidence during the early 1950s
McCarthy
Dean Acheson
Earl Warren
Eisenhower
19
GI Bill: unemployment pay for vets, $ for mortgages, and...
access to public transportation
<p>creation of cabinet department</p>
protection of civil rights
tuition assistance for college
20
What organization was formed for the purpose of a mutual defense of Western allies?
NATO
OPEC
United Nations
League of Nations
21
What was produced to close escape routes of East Germans?
Berlin Wall
Communist Gate
Berlin Airlift
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What provided supplies to a blockaded city?
Berlin Airlift
Cold War Crisis
Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missile Crisis
23
Because many people moved to suburbia...this created an increase in
automobile ownership
farms
factories in rural areas
family members
24
Tension between the U.S. and U.S.S.R lasting from the 1950s to 1990s is called
Cold War
WWI
Treaty of Paris
WWII
25
The term used to describe the separation of Eastern Europe from West by Churchill
Iron Curtain
Great Wall
Satellite Nations
Berlin Airlift
26
Where did the Soviets place long-range missiles?
Germany
Cuba
Mexico
Canada
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Who attempted to identify Communist in the government?
Supreme Court
President's cabinet
HUAC
ACT
28
Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, and Korean War all describe...
Appeasement
Isolationism
Imperialism
Containment
29
What conflicts under Kennedy were efforts to contain Communist?
Vietnam and Libya
Korean and WWII
Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis
Suez Canal and Vietnam
30
What was Eisenhower's response to the Cold War?
use nuclear weapons
containment
flexible response
massive retaliation
31
What year was Sputnik I launched?
1953
1969
1957
1950
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Who embraced originality and individuality in their writing, art, and music?
Suburbs
Freedom Riders
Rock
Beat Generation
