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HIST: The Cold War (1)
HIST: The Cold War (1)
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Quiz on early Cold War.
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An economic system in which private individuals own the means of production and trade.
Traditional
The military industrial complex
Socialism
Capitalism
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An international organization created at the end of WWII to promote peace.
League of Nations
United Nations
European Union
COMECON
3
British Prime Minister during WWII & early Cold War
Winston Churchill
Charles DeGaulle
Mr. Peanut
Neville Chamberlin
4
Government agency that investigated communist activities in American society.
HUAC
McCarthyism
MAD
NAACP
5
A fancy word for spying
Laisse Faire
MI6
James Bond
Espionage
6
Trying to overthrow your own government.
Treason
Espionage
Backstabbing
Snitch
7
US General who was fired by Harry Truman for decisions he made in the Korean War.
Dwight Eisenhower
Colonel Mustard
George Patton
Douglas MacArthur
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To prevent someone from working in a certain field or area.
Blackmailed
Yellow-Tailed
Bluenamed
Blacklisted
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The US agency created to explore space.
CIA
ABC
NSA
NASA
10
US policy to stop the spread of Communism around the world.
Stoppage
Red Scare
Containment
McCarthyism
11
Invisible line that separates North and South Korea.
Great fence of Korea
Maginot line
Line in the sand
38th Parallel
12
US President who took over when Franklin Roosevelt died.
Harry Truman
Ronald Reagan
Henry Wallace
Dwight Eisenhower
13
Belief that US should support countries with economic and military aid to stop Communism.
the Roosevelt Corrolary
Monroe Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
Operation Freedom
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Fear of atomic war.
Nuclear fear
Fallout 3
Radiation phobia
Atomic anxiety
15
An economic system in which the businesses and trade are owned by the government.
Theocracy
Obamacare
Communism
Democracy
16
US supplied the people of Berlin by plane, after
the USSR blockaded the city.
the USSR defeated the Nazis in Germany
the U.S. declared war on Russia
the USSR took over all of Germany
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US policy to provide financial support to rebuild European countries.
Molotov Plan
Embargo Plan
UNICEF
Marshall Plan
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First Communist leader of China.
Wu Tang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
19
Man who was executed for treason because he provided the USSR with A-Bomb technology.
Elliot Ness
Clint Eastwood
Whitaker Chambers
Julius Rosenberg
20
Communist leader of Soviet Union during and after WW2.
Joseph Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Ivan the Terrible
Karl Marx
21
Conflict where the UN sent troops to stop the spread of Communism in East Asia.
Manchurian Conflict
Russo-Japanese War
Vietnam War
The Korean War
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US government official in State Dept. that convicted of perjury in spy case
James Bond
Neville Chamberlin
Alger Hiss
Richard Nixon
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The invisible line that separates Capitalist and Communist countries in Europe.
Great Wall of China
Berlin Blockade
Iron Curtain
Maginot Line
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Area where no military can be, i.e. the area between North and South Korea.
No-Man's Land
Iron Curtain
Demilitarized Zone
Thunder Dome
25
A meeting between the big three to discuss how they would rebuild Europe once they won WW2.
Berlin Conference
Yalta Conference
Berlin Airlift
Big 3 Conference
26
A time when tensions were high between the US and USSR without an actual war.
The Great Chill
The Cold War
Rocky IV
The Long Struggle
27
The contest between the US and the Soviet Union to reach the moon first.
Gemini Program
Rocket Contest
Space Oddity
Space Race
28
A meeting between the major powers after WW2 to decide how to divide up Germany.
Versailles Conference
U.N. Coneference
Brussels Conference
Potsdam Conference
29
A form of government in which the people elect their leaders.
Democracy
Autocracy
Oligarchy
Fascism
30
Group that worked in the movie industry who was blacklisted by HUAC.
The Hollywood Commies
The Hollywood 10
The Magnificent 7
The McCarthyites
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Contest between the USSR and the US to create the deadliest weapons.
S.D.I. (Star Wars)
MADD
Arms Race
Militarism
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First Soviet satellite.
Muir
Mercury
Sputnik
Vladivostock
