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The Cold War 1945-1991
The Cold War 1945-1991
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Questions about the Cold War Era #coldwar
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1
Korea is divided today (Communism on the north, not communism in the south) at
the 38th parallel
the 39th parallel
The Berlin Wall
Iron Curtain
2
This president was the last American president to be assassinated in office
Lincoln
McKinnley
Kennedy
Reagan
3
How did the United States respond to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin?
The Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Express
The Berlin Convoy
The Berlin Experiment
4
The space race was won with the landing of man on....
Mars
Pluto
Earth
the moon
5
This event was the greatest threat to peace since WW2 and almost resulted in thermonuclear war
The launch of Sputnik
The Berlin Airlift
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Berlin Wall
6
The belief that all of Southeast Asia would come under communist control if Vietnam became communist was called?
Communist Theory
The Red Scare
The Domino Theory
Truman Doctrine
7
Who was the president who spoke in front of the Brandenburg gate and announced he was a "jelly donut?"
John F. Kennedy
Harry Truman
Ronald Reagan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
8
Which country joined the North Koreans in the Korean War?
China
Soviet Union
United States
Japan
9
Which president won the Cold War?
Reagan
Bush Jr
Clinton
Bush Sr
10
The main goal of the ___ was to stop the spread of communism.
Truman Doctrine
Iron Curtain
Marshall Plan
Warsaw Pact
11
Which president was responisble for the failed Bay of Pigs invasion?
Johnson
Truman
Kennedy
Eisenhower
12
Which of the following was not a way that the cold war was fought?
Arms Race
Space Race
The Olympics
USA & USSR firing missiles at one another
13
The American policy for dealing with communism was?
Political Posturing
Isolation
Containment
Nuclear Attacks
14
The Berlin Wall came down in what year?
1989
1991
1988
1990
15
Who became the leader of the Soviet Union 3 years after Stalin's death? He was responsible for putting missiles in Cuba.
Khrushchev
Putin
Gorbachev
Yeltsin
16
Who won the Korean War?
North Korea
Neither side, it was a stalemate
Japan
South Korea
17
This senator held a "witch hunt" in the early 1950's to root out communism in the USA
Nixon
Kennedy
McCarthy
Johnson
18
What was the name of the first sattelite launched into space?
Spudknick
Mutknick
Sputnik
Steve
19
This treaty included the United States, Canada, Britain, France and Turkey to combat communism spreading?
Warsaw Pact
Axis Powers
NATO
SEATO
20
Kennedy was assassinated in which city?
Dallas
Miami
Washington DC
Houston
21
Who won the Vietnam War?
North Vietnam
The United States
China
South Vietnam
22
The Cold War was named because
It happened during the winter
It was fought in the snow
No one knows.
Neither the U.S. or the USSR ever fired a shot
23
Who was the leader of communist Cuba?
Fidel Castro
Eduardo Cruz
Marco Rubio
Mao Zedong
24
The Soviet Union collapsed in what year?
1990
1989
1991
1992
25
How many countries were created from the former Soviet Union?
12
10
14
15
26
Which war did the U.S. pull out of due to protesting at home?
Korean
Vietnam
World War II
Cold War
27
This structure was the physical representation of divide during the Cold War.
The Berlin Wall
The Korean DMZ
Trump's Wall
The Iron Curtain
28
These spies were executed for selling atomic secrets to the Soviets
The Gergarins
The Jeffersons
The Jetsons
The Rosenbergs
29
Which country was over East Germany after World War II ended?
Soviet Union
United States
France
Great Britain
30
This man assassinated JKF (According to the official history)
Lee Henry Oswald
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Lee Harvey Oswald
George Herbert Walker Bush