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Duplicate of The Cold War
Duplicate of The Cold War
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5th grade social studies
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What role did the US play in the Korean Conflict?
The US went to Vietnam to fight the Korean Communists.
The US joined the fight to keep communism from spreading.
The US and its allies fought to defend the north.
The US and its allies did not participate in the fighting.
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Individuals are free to own a business of their choosing. Consumers control the economy.
Capitalism
Socialism
Free enterprise
Communism
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The Vietnam War became so unpopular that...
The world economy declined.
Pres. Johnson decided not to run for a second term.
The Korean War started.
Bill Clinton was elected.
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Government owns major industries, but people can own stores and businesses.
Communism
Free enterprise
Capitalism
Socialism
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President Truman's promise to help any country tried to turn Communist...policy of containment
Truman Doctrine
Warsaw Pact
Western Bloc
North Atlantic Treaty Policy
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What was the Truman Doctrine?
A policy to contain the spread of communism
The anti-war movement
The Space Race
A program to develop the hydrogen bomb
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Why were the US and USSR on opposite sides of the Cold War?
They believed in different systems of government and economy
The US dropped bombs on the USSR
The USSR had dropped bombs on the US
The USSR was an Axis power during WWII
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Theory that if one nation comes under communist control, neighboring nations will too
Berlin Wall
The Domino Theory
The Anti-democracy theory
The Red Scare
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Group formed to investigate and find Communists hiding in America
Truman Doctrine
NATO
House Un-American Activities Committee
Red Scare
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Churchill used this to describe the political barrier between the USSR and Western Europe was:
Western Bloc
Iron Curtain
Warsaw Pact
Truman Doctrine
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US senator, wanted to find communists in the US, and took part in the Red Scare...Who was he?
Joseph McCarthy
General Eisenhower
Charles Lindberg
General MacArthur
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The competition between the US and USSR to explore space
Nuclear Arms race
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Space Race
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A barrier created after WWII by the Soviets to isolated West Berlin from the rest of Germany
Iron Curtain
The Berlin Airlift
Berlin Wall
The Red Scare
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Why was the Cuban Missile Crisis one of the MOST important events of Kennedy's presidency?
The US landed a person on the moon.
The US and USSR almost started a nuclear war.
The USSR broke apart into Russia and the Soviet Union.
The US almost started a war with Cuba.
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Born in 1894, leader of the USSR, and wanted to put nuclear missiles on Cuba... Who was he?
Adolf Hitler
Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
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___ is when the gov't controls the economy, all goods are shared by the people.
Socialism
Communism
Capitalism
Free enterprise
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Why was the Berlin Wall built?
To keep the USSR from invading Germany
To stop Germany from invading Great Britain
To keep East Germans from entering West Germany
To keep Americans from entering Russia
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The US and other democratic countries wanted to make sure communism wasn't spread by forming...
NATO
The Freedmen's Bureau
The United Nations
NAFTA
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Created in response to NATO, the Eastern Bloc signed and agreed to be under Soviet control
Iron Curtain
Western Bloc
Warsaw Pact
Eastern Bloc
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The political tension and military rivalry between the US and USSR
Cold War
Red Scare
Nuclear Arms Race
Berlin Airlift
