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A #UShistory quiz over the #ColdWar
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1
What two countries were in conflict during the Cold War?
United States and United Kingdom
China and Brazil
United States and Soviet Union
Iceland and Antarctica
2
What kept the US economy strong after World War 2?
Labor unrest escalated
US Government controlled industrial production after the war
The demand for consumer goods
The demand for military supplies dropped sharply
3
What type of government was the Soviet Union?
Anarchy
Democracy
Communism
Theocracy
4
Why did the US get involved in Korea and Vietnam?
To contain communism
To kill their citizens
To claim it as their own
To spread communism
5
True or False: George F. Kennan created a foreign policy known as containment
False
True
6
What is America's Policy of Containment?
To stay out of the war
To influence christianity
To stop the spread of communism
To stop the spread of capitalism
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What was the goal of the United Nations?
Spread Capitalism
Create a world war
Spread communism
Keep peace in the world
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Which one below gave economic aid to European countries?
Marshall Plan
HUAC
Truman Doctrine
New Deal
9
Which is one effect of the Baby Boom today?
Increase in contraceptive use
Larger groups of people retiring
Less babies are born
Strain on global markets
10
What year did the Cold War end?
1991
1972
1978
1995
11
The confrontation between the US and USSR in 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba
Bay of Pigs
Watergate Scandal
Cuban Missile Crisis
Space Race
12
The political theory that if one nation falls to communism, the surrounding nations will too...
Great Migration
McCarthyism
Red Scare
Domino Theory
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What is a classless society?
Republic
Communism
Capitalism
Democracy
14
This action provided vital supplies to a region blockade by the Soviet Union
Berlin Airlift
Marshall Plan
Medicare
Berlin Blockade
15
How many miles is Cuba from the US?
100
50
78
90
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This president arrange 400 million dollars in aid to be sent to postwar Turkey and Greece
Obama
John F Kennedy
Truman
Jefferson
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Who won the Korean War?
United States
Korea
No one. It was a stalemate.
Soviet Union
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What was the Cold War?
A war that involved fighting
Fighting in Antarctica
State of tension without actual fighting
A war that fought in the Winter time
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Which provided political and Economic aid for Greece and Turkey?
Medicare
New deal
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
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An armed border established by the Soviet Union between Western and Eastern Europe
Great Wall of China
Berlin Wall
Berlin Blockade
Iron Curtain
