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(2022) Cold War
(2022) Cold War
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Test Review Cold War Part 1
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3. What was the purpose of the Berlin Airlift?
Get supplies to West Berlin through the blockade
Get supplies to East Berlin through the blockade
Launch a missile from Berlin
Evacuate citizens from East Berlin
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22. How did the U.S. respond to Soviet aggression during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Declared war on Soviet Union
Blockade Cuba
Invaded Cuba to overthrow Castro
Forced Soviet Union to remove missiles from Cuba
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5. The Cold War increased the fears of what?
The next Ice Age
Communists infiltrating the government
World War 3
Economic collapse
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8. How did satellite communication affect society?
Adding actual voice acting
Growth of Television
Being able to watch in color
More advertisements being created
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14. What foreign policy reason did the U.N. intervene in Korea?
Stop the Spread of Communism
The help S Korea take over N Korea
To spread Communism to more countries globally
To stop the U.S. from acquiring an overseas empire
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21. The people born during this time period are generally referred to as....
Baby Boomers
The Greatest Generation
Millennials
Gen X
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1. How did the space race impact lives of ordinary people?
Space hotels
Quality of life improved
New technology and innovations used around the world
More people got to explore space
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7. Who did the HUAC target?
State Governors
People in Hollywood for possible Communist sympathies
Congress
People in the federal government
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17. What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The Soviets stole all of U.S. missiles that were in Cuba
Cuba building missile silos for Soviet nuclear warheads
A type of military exercise for the Cuban military
All of Cuba's nuclear weapons went missing
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11. What International Organization was founded on the purpose of "collective security"?
United Nations (UN)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
The Justice League
League of Nations
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2. What did American education priorities in school curriculum shift to during the Cold War?
History and English
Math and Science
Physical Education
Fine Arts
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16. What was the Marshall Plan?
Give Europe land the U.S. conquered in Africa
Marshall's Plan to invade the Soviet Union during Winter
Help the Soviet Union spread Communism
Improve and rebuild friendly European countries after WWII
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4. What year did the U.S. land a man on the moon?
1969
We didn't
1965
1967
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18. Who was put on trial for selling national secrets about the atomic bomb to the Soviets?
Albert Einstein
Robert Oppenheimer
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Fidel Castro
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13. What is the term associated with making harsh accusations without any evidence?
Salemism
Imperialism
Reaganomics
McCarthyism
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6. Why did Truman intervene in the Korean War?
We needed the practice
He wanted to prove the power of the United States
North Korea was our ally
Feared the spread of Communism on the Korean Peninsula
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20. Why did Roosevelt's critics criticize his policies towards the Soviet Union?
He might expand the powers of the president
He was considering giving them atomic secrets
Roosevelt would make them an ally
Ignore the Constitution
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9. What was built in 1961 by the Soviet Union to close the escape route of East Germans?
Great Wall of China
Eiffel Tower
The Berlin Wall
Mount Rushmore
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12. What started the "space race"?
Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes
China landing a man on the moon
U.S. launched Apollo 1
Soviet Union launching Sputnik 1
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23. What does the GI Bill provide for veterans?
Free college tuition
Special mortgage rates for homes
Nothing
Living assistance while in school
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10. What were the results of the housing boom following WWII?
More traffic
More apartments
Decaying inner cities
Increase in suburbs
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15. What caused Joseph McCarthy to gain power during the Cold War?
Lead Congressional committee that investigated possible Communists
He was a Soviet Spy that infiltrated the U.S. Government
He was really charismatic
He was elected President of the U.S.
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19. What sort of influence did the Beat Generation have on American society?
New emphasis on environtmental consciouness
Started the anti-war movement
Placed more importance on winning Vietnam War than other generations
Opposed growing influence of military
