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Widespread panic & fear that communism was attempting to destroy America from outside & within
The Red Scare
The Red Danger
The Red Menace
The Green Scare
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MacArthur disobeyed orders from Truman & pushed too close to the Yalu River provoking the...
Mongols
Japanese
Chinese
Soviets
3
Another way to refer to secret gov't operations is...
low key
covert
conversion
fringe
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Which American president was convinced Stalin had ambitions of world dominance after Potsdam?
Wilson
F. D. R.
Eisenhower
Truman
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What type of government & economy was established in the Soviet Union by Lenin & Stalin (1917)?
communism
monarchy & free market
oligarchy & socialism
democracy & free market
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The Marshall Plan was...
economic aid to countries in Western Europe.
open door trade policies between European countries
a plan to buy East Germany from the Soviets
military alliances formed in Europe after WWII.
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What made the Red Scare of the 50s more tense than the 20s for many Americans?
Spy cases in America
Soviets get atomic bomb
China fell to communism
Bigfoot turned out to be communist
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Which Middle Eastern country was the C.I.A. used to overthrow a leader to benefit the U.S.?
Iran
Iraq
Syria
Afghanistan
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Stalin blockaded
a city
then the Americans & western Europeans flew supplies in during...
the Frankfort Airlift
the Munich Airlift
the Berlin Airlift
the Sauerkraut Airlift
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Churchill called the metaphorical boundary between communism & democracy in Europe the...
Iron Shades
Steel Curtain
Iron Curtain
Lead Drapes
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Name for the world-wide rivalry between the Soviet Union (communism) & the U.S.(capitalism)...?
Hot War
Silent War
Cold War
Spy Wars
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Which city in communist East Germany was divided into democratic West & communist East?
Munich
Nuremberg
Frankfort
Berlin
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The Korean War started when...
China invaded South Korea
South Korea invaded North Korea
North Korea invaded South Korea
Japan invaded South Korea
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The American policy of keeping communism within it's existing borders was called...
restraint policy.
confinement policy.
internment policy.
containment policy.
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When the fighting ended in 1949 which side won the Chinese Civil War?
Kim Jong il
Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Minh
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Eisenhower's response to communist aggression would be overwhelming & maybe nuclear was called
crushing retaliation
massive retaliation
massive reply
devastating retaliation
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Eventually U.N. troops led by America repelled the North Koreans under the leadership of...
General Patton
General Sherman
General Eisenhower
General MacArthur
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The idea that only by almost going to war could we avoid war came to be known as...
brinkmanship
cold battle tactics
mutual alliance
massive retaliation
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Who replaced Stalin, after his death, as head of the communist party in the Soviet Union?
Nikita Krushchev
Vladimir Lenin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Vladimir Putin
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After World War II the Korean Peninsula was divided into...
Communist North & Democrats South
Democratic West & Communist East
Communist West & Democratic East
Democratic North & Communist South
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Which country was divided into a democratic West and a communist East?
France
Germany
Russia
Austria
22
The senator who gained power by claiming to have a list of communists within the American gov't
Reagan
McCarthy
MacArthur
Nixon
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Who was the Soviet leader during the start of the Cold War?
Lenin
Krushchev
Stalin
Gorbachev
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How did Eisenhower get the Chinese to sign an armistice (cease fire) to end fighting in Korea?
He used the C.I.A. to overthrow China's gov't
He threatened to use the atomic bomb
He threatened to use extra-terrestrial technology
He used billions of dollars to pay them off
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Term coined for unfounded wild accusations used to manipulate people who are afraid.
Stalinism
McCarthyism
MacArthurism
Trumanism
