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TRUE or FALSE: The use of a naval blockade during the CMC ended the conflict.
TRUE
FALSE
2
The compromise to the Cuban Missile Crisis involved...?
The execution of Fidel Castro
The agreement to end the Cold War
The removal of US missiles in Turkey (6 mo. later)
The U.S. becoming allies with the Soviet Union
3
The following political cartoon represents...?
Military Practice Exercises
McCarthyism
The invasion of Normandy in WWII
The Baby Boom
4
The Apollo-Soyuz mission is representative of which?
Detente
Reagan's SDI
Escalating tensions between JFK and Khrushchev
The landing on the moon
5
Kennedy's first year in office was disastrous because...?
His wife was assassinated
He was catholic
Marilyn Monroe affair
Bay of Pigs
6
Secretary of State Dulles' policy of "rolling back" communism involved...?
Going to war with it
Finding it and getting rid of it
Containing it
Throwing money at it
7
What does the following cartoon represent?
None of the above
Stalin taking over Poland
Berlin Blockade
Warsaw Pact taking over the Eastern Bloc
8
The Soviets were able to gain atomic knowledge after....?
Japanese shared via code
Klaus Fuchs shared blueprint from the Manhattan Project
McCarthy was out of office
The Girl Scouts sent the info in a thin mint box
9
"Keeping up with the Joneses" is very reflective of...?
Increase in consumerism
Top two are correct
Age of Conformity
Discounts
10
What did the kitchen debate do to the cold war?
Shared economic differences between the two superpowers
It was the solution to the Bay of Pigs
None are correct
Directly caused the Cuban Missile Crisis
11
A major theme of the Cuban Missile Crisis was...
Khrushchev vs. Castro
Communism vs. Capitalism
Diplomacy vs. Military Action
Warsaw vs. Bobby Kennedy
12
What did Kennedy call his action plan/era for America?
New Frontier
Revolutionary Crisis
New Deal
Munich Agreements
13
The Space Race was a way for the Americans to...?
Test nuclear weapons
Compete with the Soviets
Retrieve Soviet satellites
Succeed during the Cuban Missile Crisis
14
What was discovered about Lee Harvey Oswald after he killed JFK?
He fought for the Russians in WWII
Top two are correct
He was a Soviet sympathizer
He was planning on killing LBJ
15
The US Economy boomed after WWII for which of the following reasons?
The U.S. was being paid by Europe for war contributions
People trusted the stock market again
Rationing was over & Americans saved during the war
Communism
16
What does the following cartoon represent?
The division of Berlin
Iron curtain falling over Europe
Rejection of NATO
The Warsaw Pact
17
Levittown is reflective of...?
Conformity
Suburbia
Access to housing loans for GIs
All are correct
18
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy depended a significant amount on...?
The American Public
Ex Comm
Khruschev
Joint Chiefs
19
Comm or Cap? Goods are owned in common.
Communism
Capitalism
20
The Korean War is considered "the forgotten war" because...?
It was in the shadows of WWII
No one knew the purpose of it
No Americans fought in it
MacArthur wasn't there
21
TRUE or FALSE: The "Duck and Cover" was an effective way to protect yourself.
FALSE
TRUE
22
You could consider that the Berlin Wall was better than a ________ with the Soviets.
Alliance
None of the above
War
Misunderstanding
23
Why did Kennedy envision such a rigorous physical education program in US schools?
To defeat obesity
To ready the youth for a potential conflict
To prepare for the 1980 olympics
To win the olympics in 1962
24
How were the 1950s reflective of an Age of Conformity?
Economic struggles
Everyone was "keeping up with the Joneses"
There was a sense of rationing
None are correct
25
"The Candy Bomber" played a significant role during...?
The Berlin Wall construction
The Berlin Airlift
Stalin's 50th Birthday Bash
Yalta Conference
26
Comm or Cap? Free market trading
Communism
Capitalism
27
Which of the following would be the opposite of NATO?
Marshall Plan
Warsaw Pact
Treaty of Versailles
Open Skies treaty
28
Kennedy specifically campaigned in Texas because...
He wanted to return to his home state for a visit
His VP was from there
He needed to win that state for reelection
None are correct
29
The Interstate Highway System was built to...?
Cure the financial crisis
Provide escape routes
Connect the steel industry
Speed up production
30
US U-2 planes gathered evidence from Cuba that showed...
Offensive nuclear missiles aimed at the U.S.
Khrushchev's bomb shelter
Defensive missiles pointed at South America
Soviet Spies
31
The Marshall Plan significantly impacted...
Hiroshim
The Soviet Union
Nagasaki
European Allies
32
The GI Bill gave returning veterans from WWII ...?
None of the above
Free housing
Financial assistance
Grants for land
33
Former Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivered his Iron Curtain Speech....?
Upon Eisenhower's Assassination
None are correct
Khrushchev's Overthrow
After the Allied victory of WWII
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The House on Unamerican Activities Committee is reflective of...
2nd Red Scare
Election of 1960
Berlin Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis
