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Cold War Section 1
Cold War Section 1
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Start of Cold War, Korean War, McCarthyism
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What is a mixed economy?
Economic decisions are made by consumers and business owners
Central planners make business decisions like how to produce
Combined market economy with government involment
Decisions about resource are made by habit, or custom
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Father of communism
Adam Smith
Karl Marx
Bismarck
Joe Stalin
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What was the Iron Curtain?
Barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West
A curtain made of iron threads
Bed Bath & Beyond's newest sale item
A barrier separating Berlin
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The Berlin Airlift brought what into West Berlin?
Jazz Records
Paratroopers
Food and Supplies
Ammunition
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__________ was President when the Korean War ended.
Truman
Reagan
Nixon
Eisenhower
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Soviet Union response to NATO –created with its own satellite countries.
Korean war
Warsaw pact
Marshall plan
Truman doctrine
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What is McCarthyism?
A belief in "innocent until proven guilty"
The belief in fair trials as the founding fathers wanted
A campaign against alleged communists in the government
A campaign to remove the KKK from our government
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After being pushed back to the Pusan Perimeter, where did MacArthur invade?
The DMZ
Inchon
The Yalu River
The 38th Parallel
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How did the Marshall Plan benefit the United States economically?
European nations could buy from American farms and factories
The inflation rate increased and spending decreased
America was forced to borrow money to pay debts
Unemployment rates increased in urban areas
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When was the Marshall plan?
1492
1648
1989-1991
1948-1951.
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HUAC thought Hollywood was making movies that secretly supported Communism
True
False
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What were the Cold War drills done at school called?
Kiss your butt goodbye
Drop and Roll
Dodge Dip Duck Dive and Dodge
Duck and Cover
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How did the Korean War start ?
North Korean Communist army crossed the 38th Parallel
The U.N. invaded South Korea
The U.S. put missiles in South Korea pointed at China
South Korean army invaded North Korea
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Describe socialism:
Government has complete control of all aspects of your life
Type of centrally-planned economy
Theory based on the lack of a currency
Economic theory situated between capitalism and communism
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Why did the U.S. and Britain start the Berlin Airlift in 1948?
Russia bombed Great Britain
Russia had blocked all export and import from West Berlin.
Russia was invading France
Russia was helping North Korea to conquer South Korea
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What is McCarthyism?
Practice of making accusations of treason without evidence
A term named after Senator Joe McCarthy, a respected warlock
The 1920s belief that all Italians are terrorists
The surfacing of treason in 1950's Salem, Massachusetts
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Communism, socialism, and capitalism are examples of:
technology
economic systems
population growth
political systems
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As South Korea was pushed to Pusan the United Nations decided to use ______ against North Korea
Appeasement
Negotiations
Atomic weaponry
Military intervention
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The Truman Doctrine was originally designed to
use United Nations to eliminate threats posed by Soviets
contain Communism by giving aid to Greece and Turkey
stop the use of nuclear weapons
rebuild Korea by extending economic aid
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The US has a ___ economy.
mixed
command
traditional
free market
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How did the Marshall Plan help Western Europe?
Give them supplies by dropping packages into the country
Provided them with 17 billion dollars to rebuild the economy
Aided them with war supplies
It showed them how much better things were in Eastern Europe
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The purpose of both The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan was to?
Form an alliance
Prevent the spread of Communism
Declare War
Form a Treaty
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What are the dates of the Korean war?
2001-2008
1939-1945
1950-1953
1914-1918
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father of capitalism
Adam Smith
Bismark
Karl Marx
Henry Ford
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Why did Communist China join the Korean War?
The United Sates bombed China.
South Korea bombed China.
American troops moved too close to Manchuria.
North Korea promised China control of South Korea.
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A command economy...
is what the US has today
results from free market competition
has complete government control over production & prices
has a military that sells weapons to consumers
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Why did people build bomb shelters during the 1950s?
Cubans had nuclear missles
Congress passed law requiring all people to build shelters
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
feared nuclear attack from the USSR
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HUAC stand for
Housing and Urban Access Committee
House Un-American Activities Committee
Hurts Unless Anyone Calls
Help Us Activate Cards
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Why did the Korean War ultimately end in stalemate?
UN forces were unable to penetrate North Korean territory
Soviet forces threatened to enter the battle
Chinese entered the war and forced UN troops to retreat
South Korean government wasn't supported by Korean people
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Why was the Korean Conflict an example of the Cold War?
USA supported North AND South Korea the 1st year of the war
USA supported South Korea and USSR supported North Korea.
USSR and Japan both supported North Korea.
France invaded North Korea in 1945.
