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Day 3_Cold War 1945-1991 Review
Day 3_Cold War 1945-1991 Review
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Review of the Cold War 1945-1991
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1
This American senator infamously claimed communist activity within American government
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Joseph McCarthy
Adlai Stevenson
Robert McNamara
2
Buffer zone between North and South Korea
No man's' land
Dead zone
Demilitarized zone
Nuke zone
3
The acronym "M.A.D." stands for? (hint: it has to do with nuclear weapons)
none of the above
Mutually Assured Defense
Manual Automatic Driver
Mutually Assured Destruction
4
This was the leader and founder of Communist China during the Cold War
Nikita Khrushchev
Ho Chi Minh
Yo Yo Ma
Mao Zedong
5
The Berlin Airlift was in response to
The Soviet Unions blockade of West Berlin
War crime trials at Nuremeburg
Elephants being dropped into Vietnam
Germany refusing to pay war reparations
6
During the Cold War, American foreign policy focused on?
Winning Hearts and Minds
Winning wars
stopping the spread of communism
7
Which President told Soviet Premier Gorbachev to "tear down this wall"?
President Kennedy
President Nixon
President Bush
President Reagan
8
The typical American life in the 1950s was considered one of....
declining importance of media.
increase in number of elderly people.
conformity.
decrease in automobile ownership.
9
The main issue for the US, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, was
Their leader was building Missiles for Russia
Atomic missiles proximity to the US
Russia was sending troops to Cuba
10
One goal of the GI Bill (Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944) was
maintain troop strength to WWII levels.
give educational aid to returning veterans.
replace the draft with an all-volunteer military.
end racial segregation in the military.
11
Both the Korean and Vietnam wars ended with
the death of their leaders
with little resolution and a divided country
with a definitive winner and loser
the atomic bomb
12
Which of these is NOT an example of the Second Red Scare?
the election of Dwight D. Eisenshower
The Rosenberg Trial and execution
the McCarthy Hearings
Alger Hiss conviction
13
What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and the Berlin Airlift?
spreading democracy to developing nations
stopping the political and military expansion of the USSR
spreading communism
controlling Nazism in Europe
14
Which of the following was a result of the post WW2 urban-to-suburban shift?
An increase in the number offarms
Expansion of highway system and car ownership
A decline in the number of middle income families.
Movement of factories to rural areas
15
The stockpiling of nuclear arms by the US and USSR during the Cold War was known as?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Star Wars
Arms Race
Nuke Wars
16
During the Korean War, America was led by this WWII General
Chester Nimitz
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Omar Bradley
Douglas McArthur
17
The theory that if one nation falls to communism others will follow
Domino Theory
Lego Theory
The Big Bang Theory
Lincoln Log Theory
18
After WWII, the Marshall Plan was proposed as a way to
stop the spread of communism
help European nations recover economically
improve diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.
both stop the spread of communism& help Europe recover
19
US foreign policy to stop the spread of communism
Capitalism
Cold War
Containment
Arms Race
20
First artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957 was called...
Sputnik
Laika
Challenger
Apollo
21
America's economic system is called...
communism
socialism
nazism
capitalism
22
1945-1991 conflict between the US and the USSR was known as
Berlin Crisis
World War III
The Not So Hot War
The Cold War
23
What is the name for the Jewish state that was formed by the UN after WW2
Kuwait
Jordan
Iraq
Israel
24
This was the leader of North Vietnam (Communist) during the Vietnam War
Fidel Castro
Joseph Stalin
Ho Chi Min
Mao Zedong
25
Soviet Union's and North Korea's economic/political system?
communism
socialism
capitalism
Free market
26
Making accusations of treason with no hard evidence is known as...
Trumpism
McCarthyism
espionage
Blacklisting