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Duplicate of Reviewing the Cold War
Duplicate of Reviewing the Cold War
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1
Who was the president during the Cuban Missle Crisis?
Dwight Eishenhower
Harry Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
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He spent 27 years in prison for protesting apartheid but became president of South Africa.
Jomo Kenyatta
Nelson Mandela
Ahmed Ben Bella
Desmond Tutu
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Because of the Cuban missle crisis, US agreed in secret to .....
remove nuclear weapons from Alaska.
not to invade Cuba .
to remove nuclear weapons from Turkey.
to leave East Berlin.
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Soviet led alliance of Eastern Europena countries. It was meant to be the USSRs answer to NATO
Warsaw Pact
Marshall Plan
Iron Curtain
Potsdam
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Fought in the early 1950s as the first armed struggle of the cold war
Loatian Civil War
Korean War
Vietnam War
Berlin Blockade
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Americas Cold War policy to stop the spread of communism
Glasnost
Containment
Iron Curtain
Berlin Airlift
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What did Fidel Castro do to the Cuban government?
Fidel Castro established Capitalism
Fidel Castro destroyed Capitalism
Fidel Castro establised a form of Communism
Fidel Castro destroyed a form of Communism
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American sponsored program to aid Eurpoean countries economically after WW2
Warsaw Pact
Perestroika
Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift
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International Organization created after WW2 to promote peace and diplomacy.
Iron Curtain
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
Marshall Plan
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Phase coined by Winston Churchill referring to the divide between Eastern and Western Europe
Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift
Iron Curtain
NATO
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What happened at the Bay of Pigs?
US unsuccessfully tried to overthrow Castro
A number of pigs were killed
US successfully invaded Cuba
Huge Cuban uprising against Castro
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What was the first proxy war of the Cold War?
Dien Bien Phu
The Berlin Airlift
Vietnam War
Korean War
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In the Space Race, the Soviets beat America to____ but the USA beat the USSR to _____.
Space/Mars
Space/the buffet line
The Moon/Space
Space/The Moon
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Soviet plan in the 1980s to allow more "openness" such as freedom of religion and speech.
Glasnost
Wasaw Pact
Containment
United Nations
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The first Soviet satellite launched into space.
Apollo
Laika
Sputnik
Vostok