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This man's witch hunt of communists in the US caused citizens civil liberties to be threatened.
Joseph McCarthy
Alger Hiss
Richard Nixon
John Kennedy
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Policy stating that U.S. should be prepared to go to edge of war to maintain peace was called:
brinkmanship
massive retaliation
domino theory
containment
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Soviets removed their missiles to end this tense situation with the U.S.
Berlin Airlift
Space Race
Berlin Blockade
Cuban Missile Crisis
4
Confrontation and competition between the USA and the Soviet Union from 1946-1991
Cold War
Berlin Airlift
Korean War
NATO
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Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, & NATO were part of foreign policy of:
Containment
Expansionism
Isolationism
Detente
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American sponsored program to aid Eurpoean countries economically after WW2
Berlin Airlift
Warsaw Pact
Perestroika
Marshall Plan
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This term meant to respond with use of nuclear weapons and prolonged the Cold War tensions.
massive retaliation
summit
United Nations
detente
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Soviet led alliance of Eastern Europena countries. It was meant to be the USSRs answer to NATO
Warsaw Pact
Marshall Plan
Iron Curtain
Potsdam
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In the entire history of the Cold War, the closest the USA and the USSR ever got to WW3 was..
When China became communist
The Cuban Missile Crisis
When Soviets began having satellite nations in East Europe
Soviets tried to gain control of the Middle East
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The Bay of Pigs operation was ordered by President....
Kennedy
Nixon
Eisenhower
Truman
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Communist leader of China. He led the revolution to turn China communist after WW2
Ho Chi Minh
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mao Zedong
Vo Nguyen Giap
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The launch of Soviet satellite Sputnik, increased Cold War tensions prompted Khrushchev to say:
"We will be the first to put a man on the moon"
"We will be able to spy on America now"
"We will win the space race"
"We will bury capitalism"
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Americas Cold War policy to stop the spread of communism
Berlin Airlift
Iron Curtain
Containment
Glasnost
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Massive dropping of food and supplies to keep Berlin afloat
Marshall Plan
Perestroika
United Nations
Berlin Airlift
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Phrase coined by Winston Churchill referring to the divide between Eastern and Western Europe
Berlin Airlift
Marshall Plan
NATO
Iron Curtain
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American Statesman accused of being a Communist after the interception of the Venona Telegram.
Alger Hiss
George Marshall
Ethel Rosenberg
Michael Gorbachev
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Fidel Castro brought panic to America by leading a communist revolution in which country
Cuba
North Korea
Chili
Poland
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Result from HUAC or McCarthy ruining reputations of people thru false accusations of disloyalty
Airlifted
Internment
Blacklist
Reprimanded
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The U-2 incident deepened tension between the USA and the USSR. This was created because
American spy plane crashed inside Russia
KGB was created
Soviet submarine invaded US waters
Irish band toured Russia
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Created after WW2 to promote peace and humanitarian aid for the countries of the world
Marshall Plan
Iron Curtain
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
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Berlin Wall built to keep East Berliners from fleeing to West Berlin, created by Soviet Premier
Stalin
Gorbachev
Khrushchev
Yelstin
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In the Space Race, the Soviets beat America to____ but the USA beat the USSR to _____.
Space/The Moon
Space/Mars
The Moon/Space
Space/the buffet line
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The Flexible response policy was which president's Cold War approach
Nixon
Kennedy
Truman
Eisenhower
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Nationalist leader of China during WW2. He was pro-American
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mao Zedong
Vo Nguyen Giap
Ho Chi Minh
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Result of Korean War was S. Korea remained free from Northern control due to assistance from:
China
League of Nations
United Nations
HUAC
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An attack on one member nation is the quivalent to an attack on all member nations
Marshall Plan
SALT1
Warsaw Pact
NATO
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The original goal of the CIA was to.......
Provide fodder for great spy movies
Prevent communist uprising in other countries
Prevent terrorist attacks on American allies
Stop the Nazis from taking over Europe
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Where Truman and Stalin met fo the first time to determine the fate of post war Germany
Yalta
Perestroika
Potsdam
Dragnost
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Fought in the early 1950s as the first armed struggle of the cold war.
Loatian Civil War
Berlin Blockade
Cold War
Korean War