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What did the Truman doctrine establish?
The containment policy and to aid free people throughout the world.
To promise isolationism in foreign affairs.
That the U.S. would not allow European countries to colonize in America.
To condemn nations that support terrorist organizations
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What was the Berlin Airlift?
Soviets flying their military personnel into West Berlin
Stalin’s heavy use of planes to monitor U.S. activities
U.S. sending aid into West Berlin to solve the Berlin Crisis
U.S. military planes flying hostages out of West Berlin
3
The world was spared from nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis when
Kennedy threatened to send a nuclear missile to Moscow.
Khrushchev and Kennedy agreed to quit the arms race
Khrushchev secretly withdrew missiles from Cuba.
The U.S. put a blockade on Soviet ships entering Cuba.
4
The anticommunist mission to expose supposed communists that characterized the Red Scare
Abolitionism
McCarthyism
containment
The Cold War
5
Policy of the U.S. to restrict the growth of communism past its post WWII borders was called?
Demobilization
Containment
Brinkmanship
Appeasement
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A crucial event that characterized post-WWII tensions between the U.S. & the Soviets was the:
Nuremberg Trials
England wanting to keep its empire
Berlin Airlift
Potsdam conference
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As a reaction to
Sputnik
in 1957
America and the Soviet Union began the space race.
Kennedy announced plans to go to Mars
the U.S. immediately sent Apollo 11 to the moon.
Americans celebrated
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form of entertainment and news (media) began to dominate American culture in the 1950s?
Radio
television
movies
books
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Stresses the need for people to do things on their own.
equality
freedom
totalitarianism
individualism
10
What plan designated millions of U.S. dollars to rebuild Europe after WWII?
None of the above
Truman Plan
Marshall Plan
Molotov Plan
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Government by one or a few.
freedom
equality
totalitarianism
democracy
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This term describes freedom of competition and private ownership of industry.
collective
socialism
capitalism
freedom
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What housing and development pattern is depicted in the image
rural agriculture
government housing projects
the inner-cities
the suburbs
14
the Soviet Union built the Berlin Wall to
encourage Americans to reunite Germany.
stop citizens of East Berlin from fleeing
end the Berlin Airlift.
provoke the U.S. to attack the Soviet Union.
15
The Korean War began when
North Korea invaded South Korea.
the Truman Doctrine was presented to Congress.
Soviet Union was supplying weapons to Korea.
South Korea invaded North Korea.
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NATO formed for the purpose of…
settling international disputes
spreading democracy
promoting free trade among members
mutual defense
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The condition of free press, speech, and business.
equality
freedom
democracy
totalitarianism
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1950s massive building project that revolutionized transportation in the United States
transcontinental railroad
Erie Canal
Hoover dam
Interstate Highway System
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Basic needs are met for all, such as, food, housing, education, jobs, and health care.
capitalism
collective
freedom
socialism
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The sharp rise in the birth rate following World War II became known as
The baby factory
The greatest generation
generation X
The Baby Boom
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Stresses the need for people to do things together to benefit the whole
totalitarianism
democracy
collective
capitalism
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President Eisenhower warned the nation of this
the military-industrial complex.
the Cold War
The Red Menace
communism
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American children were instructed to do this in response to a nuclear attack.
Duck and cover
fight back
hide and hover
calmly exit the building
24
The invisible geographic border that divided the Communist Eastern Europe of from the non-communist nations
Iron Curtain
Great Divide
Steel Curtain
Berlin Wall
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Government by the people.
democracy
totalitarianism
freedom
equality
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an era of confrontation and competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
Cold War
International Standoff
Red Scare
Warsaw Pact
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Goal is to bring economic equality to people.
democracy
totalitarianism
equality
freedom
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The Soviet-created Warsaw Pact was a reaction to the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization - NATO
League of Nations
North American Territory Operation
United Nations
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To protect from a nuclear blast, schools and other institutions enacted the _________ drill
Shelter-and-Kneel
Evacuate-and-Protect
Bend-or-Burn
Duck-and-Cover
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The Cold War can be traced back to disagreements over and the division of what country
Russia
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Poland
31
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
were television performers.
did not spy on American operations.
were Americans spying on the Soviet Union.
executed for giving secret atomic information to the Soviets