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APUSH Ch 36 Cold War Overview w/ mrklaff video (8 min)
APUSH Ch 36 Cold War Overview w/ mrklaff video (8 min)
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When was the Cold War?
1900-1917 (Pre WWI)
1920-1941 (Interwar)
1945-1991 (Post WWII)
2001-?? (Post 9-11)
2
The __?__ Blockade / Airlift was a strategic / logistic struggle over the city.
Gdansk
Berlin
Beijing
Amsterdam
3
Before WWII America's general overall foreign policy was based on ...
Monroe Doctrine
Isolationism
Containment
Marshall Plan
4
What nations were generally seen as the 'leaders' of the Cold War?
Norway and Soviet Union
Soviet Union and United States
France and Great Britain
Great Britain and Norway
5
What Wisconsin Senator was known for making unsubstantiated claims of communist infiltration?
Alger Hiss
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Joseph McCathy
6
The western military / defensive alliance created after WWII by the United States.
Axis Powers
Warsaw Pact
Triple Alliance
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
7
What policy did the U.S. develop towards the USSR and communism?
Isolationism
Marshall Plan
Containment
Truman Doctrine
8
After WWII America's offer of financial aid to rebuild Europe was known as ...
Isolationism
the Marshall Plan
Containment
the Monroe Doctrine
9
Who was president when the Soviet Union collapsed?
Ronald Reagab
Bill Clinton
Lyndon Johnson
George H.W. Bush
10
The two 'proxy' or 'puppet' wars between the USA and aggressive communist nations were...
Iraq and Korea
Korea and Vietnam
WWII
WWI
11
What nation is the largest remaining part of the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics?
Ukraine
Russia
Kazahkistan
Belarus
12
President during the start of the Korean War.
Kennedy
Johnson
Truman
Eisenhower
13
The Cold War also focused on economic differences- The USA was __?__ and the USSR was __?__
Capitalistic / Traditional
Capitalistic / Communist
Mercantilistic / Traditional
Communist / Mercantilistic
14
What Cold War situation galvanized the counter-culture (hippie / anti-war) movement?
Cuban Crisis
Korean War
Vietnam War
Berlin Crisis
15
President at the end of the Vietnam War.
Truman
Johnson
Kennedy
Nixon
16
What type of American spy plane, piloted by Gary Powers, was shot down by the Soviets in 1960?
Aeroflot
B52
U2
Blackbird
17
What is the animal that is featured on this review video?
Eagle
Falcon
Bull
Lion
18
President during the building of the Berlin Wall, the Bay of Pigs, and the Cuban Missile Crisis
Kennedy
Nixon
Johnson
Eisenhower
19
After WWII America's offer of military aid to support democratic nations from communism.
Containment
the Marshall Plan
the Truman Doctrine
Isolationism
20
The Easter / Soviet Bloc military / defensive alliance created after WWII by the USSR.
Axis Powers
Triple Alliance
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Warsaw Pact
21
The USA and USSR competed in a technological competition involving rockets known as the ...
Application Competition
Proxy War
Space Race
Tech Challenge
22
The USSR was the first to launch a man-made satellite named __?__.
Mercury
Apollo
Sputnik
Titan
23
Presidents Kennedy and Reagan both gave speeches condemning this symbol of the Cold War.
The Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Blockade
The Red Sqaure
24
What was the name of the Nixon program designed to ease tensions between the US and USSR?
Communism
Detente
Vietnamization
Absolution
25
Who was on HUAC , Vice-president, and later President?
Alger Hiss
Dwight Eisenhower
Joseph McCathy
Richard Nixon
26
Who was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union?
Alger Hiss
Richard Nixon
Joseph McCathy
Dwight Eisenhower
27
Who was the Soviet leader that promoted change through
glasnost
and
perestroika
?
Gorbachev
Brezhnev
Andropov
Khrushchev
