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Democratic party political leader of the twentieth century; he was president from 1961 to 1963
Harry S. Truman
John F. Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
Barack Obama
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How did the Cold War affect Florida?
Nuclear missiles installed in Cuba threated FL
100,000 of refugees fled Castro’s dictatorship to FL
FL could no longer sell their products to E. Europe
McCarthy accused large # of people in FL of being Communist
3
Was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989
Berlin Wall
Great Wall of Berlin
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Blockade
4
USSR-Stalin, British-Churchill, & US-Truman — met to negotiate terms to end WWII
Potsdam Conference
Cold War Conference
Yalta Conference
Dumbarton Oaks Conference
5
US General who supervised the invasion of Normandy & the defeat of Nazi Germany
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Harry S. Truman
General Douglas MacArthur
6
Which statement best summarizes the outcome of the Korean War?
K. was reunited under a coalition gov N.K. & S.K.
N.K. made minor gains in the S but lost territory to China
N.K. & S.K. remained divided at the 38th parallel
Majority of N.K. fled S causing a collapse of the N.K. gov
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Led the USSR during the height of the Cold War, serving as premier from 1958 to 1964
Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin
Fidel Castro
Vladimir Putin
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Organized in 1955, included Bulgaria, Czech, E. Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, & USSR
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Buzz-saw Pact
Warsaw Pact
Marshall Plan
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1961, an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles, supported by the US government
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cold War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Korean War
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Military op in the late 1940's that brought food & other needed goods into W Berlin by air
Berlin Wall
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Blockade
Berlin Airliner
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Cold War with its juxtaposition to E. Germany, a member of the subsequently found Warsaw Pact
North Germany
South Germany
West Germany
East Germany
12
Which of these conditions was an economic cause of the Cold War in Europe?
Western Allies had delayed the invasion of France
US = capitalist system; Soviet Union = Communist system
Soviet Union had the right to est. a “sphere of influence”
Truman failed to share the secrets of the atomic bomb
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Which action would have triggered American intervention in 1956?
A declaration of independent statehood by the Belgian Congo
USSR repression of an anti-communist government in Hungary
USSR intervention support of a local Communist party Turkey
The outbreak of an armed conflict between China & Mongolia
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Which foreign policy did American leaders follow in response to these events?
Containment
Détente
Isolationism
Imperialism
15
Which problem of the Cold War is highlighted by this photograph?
Failure of E. Europe to maintain trade & travel with the W.
Lack of free speech and freedom of religion under Communism
Inability of Communist countries to supply enough goods
The dangers of nuclear proliferation
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Intergovernmental military alliance based on the Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949
North Pacific Treaty Organization
Marshall Plan
Warsaw Pact
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
17
Which event sparked these changes?
North Korea crossed the 38th parallel to invade South Korea
Sen Joseph announced the discovery of “Reds” in State Dep
Mao Zedong led a successful Communist revolution of China
The Soviet Union launched its satellite, Sputnik
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American initiative to aid W. Europe, in which the US gave over $12 billion
Warsaw Pact
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Marshall Plan
Budget Pact
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Which action was a response to the organization created by this treaty?
Application of the Eisenhower Doctrine to Lebanon
Formation of the Warsaw Pact
Announcement of the Marshall Plan
Falling of the “Iron Curtain” over Eastern Europe
20
Cuban revolutionary & politician who governed the Republic of Cuba as P.M. from 1959 to 1976
Manuel Urrutia Lleó
Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado
Fidel Castro
Raúl Castro
21
What was an important consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
F.C. was removed from power with all nuclear weapons in Cuba
USSR & US leaders est a neg a partial test ban treaty
USSR secretly kept nuclear missiles in Cuba pointed at FL
US kept missiles in Turkey and Greece pointed at the USSR
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A confrontation between the US and the USSR in 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba
Korean War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cold War
23
Barrier separating USSR & W prior to the decline of communism that followed political events
Containment
Exposure
Iron Curtain
Steel Curtain
24
Which program was started by JFK to further the ideals expressed in his Inaugural Address?
Peace Corps
South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)
The space program
Opening of relations w/ the People’s Republic of China (RPC)
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Principle that the US should give support to countries threatened by communist insurrection
JFK Doctrine
Eisenhower Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
Trump Doctrine
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Chief of Staff of the US Army during the 1930s & played a prominent role in the Pacific
John F. Kennedy
General Douglas MacArthur
Nikita Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
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Meeting of British-Churchill, USSR-Stalin, & US-Roosevelt early in Feb 1945 as WWII was ending
Potsdam Conference
Cold War Conference
Yalta Conference
Dumbarton Oaks Conference
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Was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War
Berlin Blockade
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Wall
Berlin 1st Major Battle
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State of political hostility that existed b/w USSR bloc countries & US-led W. powers 1945-90
Korean War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cold War
Bay of Pigs Invasion
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Fought in the early 1950's between the UN, supported by the US, and the communist N.K.
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cold War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Korean War
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How was the Marshall Plan designed to discourage the spread of Communism in Europe?
By restoring economic stability to the nations of W. Europe
By joining European nations together into the European Union
By establishing freely elected governments in Poland & Czech
Provide military assistance to France, Great Britain & Italy
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Washington Conversations on IPSO was an international conference at which the UN was formulated
Cold War Conference
Potsdam Conference
Dumbarton Oaks Conference
Yalta Conference
33
Which foreign policy goal led to the instructions issued in the document above?
US leaders wanted to maintain military bases in both N. & S.
US leaders wanted to prevent Communist N.K. take over S.K.
US leaders wanted to prevent China from taking over N.K.
US leaders wanted to unite N. & S. into 1 dem-republic
34
Was a satellite state of the USSR
South Germany
North Germany
West Germany
East Germany
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What threat was President Truman referring to in the speech above?
The spread of Communism to Greece and Turkey
Communist infiltration in the US State Department
A regional war between India and Pakistan
Vietnamese resistance to the continuation of imperialism
36
What was the long-term significance of this airlift?
US would resist any further attempts to spread communism
Air travel was becoming less expensive than by train or car
W. Allies had forgiven Germans for their actions in WWII
US believed that Europe was more important than Asia
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Action or policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence
Steel Curtain
Iron Curtain
Exposure
Containment
38
Which phrase best completes the graphic organizer?
Military defeat of Nazi Germany
Free trade with Canada
Federal aid to American farmers
Economic aid to Western Europe
39
Which sentence best completes the diagram?
Stalin allowed free access to W. Berlin by railroad and air
Stalin built a wall in Berlin to separate E. & W. Berliners
Stalin cut of supply routes to democratic West Berlin
Stalin united all the Allies in Berlin under 1 city gov
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Proposal soon came to be known, est the Middle East as a Cold War (1945-91) battlefield
Eisenhower Doctrine
Trump Doctrine
JFK Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
