The Cold War—Good Copy

Question 1

Policy created to provide aid to nations threatened by communism in Europe (Greece & Turkey).

Accepted Answer

Truman Doctrine

Question 2

Which country got the first satellite into orbit?

Accepted Answer

Soviet Union

Question 3

Word meaning secret, not public. This is how the CIA often operates.

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Covert

Question 4

What are did the Eisenhower Doctrine apply to?

Accepted Answer

Middle East

Question 5

What was the Suez Crisis?

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conflict involving Egypt and the control of a major wateway

Question 6

What policy did the U.S. create to try to stop the spread of communism?

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Containment

Question 7

$13 billion plan to rebuild Western Europe after WWII so that it didn't become communist.

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Marshall Plan

Question 8

Secretary of State who pushed the policy of brinkmanship.

Accepted Answer

John Foster Dulles

Question 9

The dividing line between North and South Korea.

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38th Parallel

Question 10

Group of Eastern European nations whose foreign policy depended on the Soviet Union.

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Soviet Bloc (made up of satellite nations)

Question 11

Formally independent nation that is politically & economically controlled by another country.

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Satellite State

Question 12

Former British Prime Minister who warned that an Iron Curtain descended across Europe.

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Winston Churchill

Question 13

General who was fired by Truman for publicly criticizing his actions in the Korean War.

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Douglas MacArthur

Question 14

Barrier that is not physical that separates communist, Eastern Europe from Western Europe.

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Iron Curtain

Question 15

President who desegregated the military by executive action in 1948.

Accepted Answer

Harry S. Truman

Question 16

Mutual defense pact between Western European & North American nations to defend against Soviet aggression.

Accepted Answer

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question 17

Method of personal protection against a nuclear attack.

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Duck & Cover

Question 18

Theory that if one country became communist, all surrounding nations would become communist.

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Domino Theory

Question 19

Who was the leader of South Korea during the Korean War?

Accepted Answer

Syngman Rhee

Question 20

Enclosed space specifically designed to protect from radioactive debris from a nuclear attack.

Accepted Answer

Fallout Shelter

Question 21

The CIA helped the Shah return to power in what country?

Accepted Answer

Iran

Question 22

Incident in which the U.S. lied about a U.S. spy plane that was shot down by the Soviet Union.

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U2 Incident

Question 23

Campaign against accused communists in the government & institutions with no evidence.

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McCarthyism

Question 24

Economic & political theory in which a country's industry is privately owned for profit.

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Capitalism

Question 25

Period of time in U.S. history in which there was a fear of communists and other radicals.

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Red Scare

Question 26

Central American country where the U.S. covertly trained & armed an army to install a dictator.

Accepted Answer

Guatemala

Question 27

What political & economic theory argued for all property to be publicly owned?

Accepted Answer

Communism

Question 28

Alliance between Soviet Union & other communist nations in Eastern Europe.

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Warsaw Pact

Question 29

House of Representatives investigation committee that went after communists in the movie industry.

Accepted Answer

HUAC, House Un-American Activities Committee

Question 30

Policy in which the government is willing to go to the edge of nuclear war.

Accepted Answer

brinkmanship

Question 31

Policy of providing military aid to Middle Eastern nations resisting communism.

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Eisenhower Doctrine

Question 32

President who made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan in August of 1945.

Accepted Answer

Harry S. Truman

Question 33

Which country was first to create the H-bomb?

Accepted Answer

The United States

Question 34

During the Cold War, the U.S. preferred this type of government in other nations.

Accepted Answer

Any government that supported American business interests

Question 35

Asian nation that the U.S. & United Nations defended against communist invasion from the North.

Accepted Answer

South Korea

Question 36

Nuclear deterrent between the U.S. & Soviets based on each being able to damage the other.

Accepted Answer

Mutually Assured Destruction

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