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The Cold War 1945-1991
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Questions about the Cold War Era #coldwar
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1
The American policy for dealing with communism was?
Nuclear Attacks
Political Posturing
Isolation
Containment
2
1000's of new homes were built in Levittown which was a _________
small city
Suburb
military base
large city
3
These spies were executed for selling atomic secrets to the Soviets
The Jetsons
The Jeffersons
The Rosenbergs
The Gergarins
4
Who won the Korean War?
North Korea
South Korea
Neither side, it was a stalemate
Japan
5
The main goal of the ___ was to stop the spread of communism.
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Iron Curtain
Warsaw Pact
6
This provided counseling, loans and other benefits for veterans.
The Landrum-Griffin Act
The Taft-Hartley Act
The GI Bill
The Marshall Plan
7
Who became the leader of the Soviet Union 3 years after Stalin's death?
Khrushchev
Putin
Gorbachev
Yeltsin
8
This event was the greatest threat to peace since WW2 and almost resulted in thermonuclear war
Cuban Missile Crisis
The launch of Sputnik
The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Airlift
9
Which president was responisble for the failed Bay of Pigs invasion?
Kennedy
Johnson
Truman
Eisenhower
10
To label someone's activities as ___ would be to suggest that the person is making unsupported accusations
McCarthyism
brinkmanship
infiltration
containment
11
This senator held a "witch hunt" in the early 1950's to root out communism in the USA
McCarthy
Nixon
Johnson
Kennedy
12
This plan gave billions in aid to Europe to stave off communism post WWII
Truman Doctrine
Johnson Plan
Marshall Plan
Eisenhower Doctrine
13
____ is best known for investigating the film industry
HUAC
The CIA
The UN
NATO
14
Most Americans in the 1960s relied on _____ as their primary source of entertainment
televisions
cellphones
movies
radio
15
This structure was the physical representation of divide during the Cold War.
Trump's Wall
The Berlin Wall
The Korean DMZ
The Great Wall
16
What was the name of the first sattelite launched into space?
Sputnik
Mutknick
Spudknick
Steve
17
Which committee in Congress was established to investigate communist activities?
Bob
Communist Hunters Committee
Ways and Means Committee
House Unamerican Activities Committee (HUAC)
18
This treaty was established by the USSR to combat NATO
Warsaw Pact
SEATO
Central Powers
NORAD
19
This treaty included the United States, Canada, Britain, France and Turkey to combat the USSR
SEATO
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Axis Powers
20
Which of the following was not a way that the cold war was fought?
The Olympics
USA & USSR firing missiles at one another
Space Race
Arms Race
21
The space race was won with the landing of man on....
the moon
Earth
Pluto
Mars
22
How did the United States respond to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin?
The Berlin Express
The Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Experiment
The Berlin Convoy
23
When you falsely accuse someone without evidence it is called...
brinkmanship
McCarthyism
infiltration
containment
24
Most _____ enjoyed the prosperity of the postwar period.
Latinos
African Americans
Mexican Americans
white Americans
25
Who was the leader of communist Cuba?
Marco Rubio
Fidel Castro
Eduardo Cruz
Mao Zedong
26
With more $ to spend, this became a way of life for Americans
social conformity
planned obsolescence
consumerism
a 40 hour work week
27
When the USSR exploded an atomic bomb the US intensified its efforts to develop____
a space satellite
a hydrogen bomb
NATO
an atomic bomb