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The Cold War
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5th grade social studies
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Theory that if one nation comes under communist control, neighboring nations will too
Berlin Wall
The Domino Theory
The Red Scare
The Anti-democracy theory
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Why was the Berlin Wall built?
To keep the USSR from invading Germany
To keep Americans from entering Russia
To keep East Germans from entering West Germany
To stop Germany from invading Great Britain
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President Truman's promise to help any country tried to turn Communist...policy of containment
Western Bloc
Truman Doctrine
North Atlantic Treaty Policy
Warsaw Pact
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The political tension and military rivalry between the US and USSR
Nuclear Arms Race
Cold War
Berlin Airlift
Red Scare
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A barrier created after WWII by the Soviets to isolated West Berlin from the rest of Germany
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Airlift
Iron Curtain
The Red Scare
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Churchill used this to describe the political barrier between the USSR and Western Europe was:
Warsaw Pact
Western Bloc
Iron Curtain
Truman Doctrine
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What was the Truman Doctrine?
The Space Race
The anti-war movement
A program to develop the hydrogen bomb
A policy to contain the spread of communism
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The US and other democratic countries wanted to make sure communism wasn't spread by forming...
The United Nations
The Freedmen's Bureau
NATO
NAFTA
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Group formed to investigate and find Communists hiding in America
NATO
House Un-American Activities Committee
Truman Doctrine
Red Scare
10
What role did the US play in the Korean Conflict?
The US and its allies fought to defend the north.
The US joined the fight to keep communism from spreading.
The US went to Vietnam to fight the Korean Communists.
The US and its allies did not participate in the fighting.
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Created in response to NATO, the Eastern Bloc signed and agreed to be under Soviet control
Eastern Bloc
Western Bloc
Warsaw Pact
Iron Curtain
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Government owns major industries, but people can own stores and businesses.
Communism
Socialism
Free enterprise
Capitalism
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The competition between the US and USSR to explore space
Nuclear Arms race
Warsaw Pact
Space Race
NATO
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The Vietnam War became so unpopular that...
The Korean War started.
Pres. Johnson decided not to run for a second term.
The world economy declined.
Bill Clinton was elected.
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Why was the Cuban Missile Crisis one of the MOST important events of Kennedy's presidency?
The US and USSR almost started a nuclear war.
The US landed a person on the moon.
The US almost started a war with Cuba.
The USSR broke apart into Russia and the Soviet Union.
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Why were the US and USSR on opposite sides of the Cold War?
The USSR was an Axis power during WWII
The US dropped bombs on the USSR
The USSR had dropped bombs on the US
They believed in different systems of government and economy
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Individuals are free to own a business of their choosing. Consumers control the economy.
Capitalism
Socialism
Free enterprise
Communism
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___ is when the gov't controls the economy, all goods are shared by the people.
Socialism
Communism
Capitalism
Free enterprise
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Born in 1894, leader of the USSR, and wanted to put nuclear missiles on Cuba... Who was he?
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin
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US senator, wanted to find communists in the US, and took part in the Red Scare...Who was he?
Joseph McCarthy
General Eisenhower
General MacArthur
Charles Lindberg
