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1
What term did Winston Churchill use to describe the division of power in Europe?
NATO vs. Warsaw
Berlin Wall
Atlantic Wall
Iron Curtain
2
What does this map indicate?
North Carolina invading South Carolina
North Vietnam invading South Vietnam
North Dakota invading South Dakota
North Korea invading South Korea
3
Senator from Wisconsin who accused many government officials of being communist spies.
Douglas MacArthur
A. Mitchell Palmer
John MacArthur
Joseph McCarthy
4
The nuclear triad consists of ICBMs, Bombers, and:
Infantry
Drones
Submarines
Tanks
5
Who was the pilot of the U-2 spy plane shot down over the Soviet Union?
Paul McCarran
Francis Gary Powers
Rudolph Abel
Alger Hiss
6
What was NOT one of Eisenhower's four responses to various crises?
Covert Operations
Sending troops
Building a wall for containment
Massive Retaliation
7
What was the first artificial satellite put into orbit?
Telstar
Explorer
Sputnik
Voyager
8
The nuclear strategy that would result in the annihilation of the attacker and defender?
Fail Deadly
Mutual Assured Destruction
Brinkmanship
Launch-on-Warning
9
HUAC stands for:
House Un-American Activities Committee
Hartley Urbanization and Construction
Heating, Utilities, and Air Conditioning
Hollywood United Against Communism
10
What crisis did Eisenhower respond to by sending 5,000 Marines for support?
Guatemala
Suez Canal
Iran
Lebanon
11
What battle was a major turning point in favor of the United Nations in Korea?
Seoul
Chosin Reservoir
Pusan
Inchon
12
Federal employees were screened for "loyalty" under what program?
Loyalty Review Program
McCarran Act
PATRIOT Act
Executive Order 9066
13
Greece and Turkey were given military, political and economic aid under the:
Truman Doctrine
Reagan Doctrine
Nixon Doctrine
Eisenhower Doctrine
14
Facing nuclear threats, children in schools were taught to:
Stop, look and listen
Run for their lives
Duck and Cover
Stop, drop and roll
15
What plan sought to provide humanitarian aid to rebuild European countries after WWII?
McCarthyism
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
McCarran Act
16
The "Red Scare" of communism swept across America in two waves during the:
1910s and 1920s
1930s and 1950s
1920s and 1950s
1920s and 1940s
17
1950s legislation enacted to investigate subversive activities and restrict traveling abroad.
McCarthyism
Alien and Sedition Acts
PATRIOT Act
McCarran Act
18
Where did the "Big Three"--Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin--discuss post-war matters in 1945?
Potsdam
Tehran
Cairo
Yalta
19
How many zones was Germany divided into after World War II?
3
5
4
2
20
What does this picture represent?
Ash from a volcanic eruption
Jet Stream
Fallout
Acid Rain
21
What did the Central Intelligence Agency use to overthrow communist gov'ts in the Cold War?
Predator drone strikes
Cyber-hacking
Covert Operations
Overt Operations
22
Executed for espionage and selling atomic secrets to the Soviets.
Joseph McCarthy
Alger Hiss
Rosenburgs
Sacco and Vanzetti
23
What is the term for a state of conflict that does NOT involve direct military action?
Cold War
Proxy War
Total War
Nuclear War
24
What line of latitude is the border between North and South Korea?
38th Parallel
18th Parallel
48th Parallel
28th Parallel
25
Playing "chicken" with nuclear weapons
Brinkmanship
Minimal deterrence
Decapitation strike
Mutual Assured Destruction
26
Military defense alliance formed between the U.S. and western European allies after WWII.
League of Nations
SEATO
Warsaw Pact
NATO
27
What general was fired by President Truman for insubordination?
Eisenhower
Marshall
MacArthur
Patton