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Who was the president who used brinkmanship and the New Look policy?
Dwight Eisenhower
Franklin D Roosevelt
Harry Truman
John F Kennedy
2
Did the United States and the Soviet Union go to war with each other during the Cold War?
Yes
No
3
The Cuban Missile Crisis was:
North Korea fighting the South Koreans in Cuba
U2 Spy plane getting shot down in Alaska
13 day standoff when world was on brink of nuclear war
The division of East Berlin and West Berlin
4
Which came first, Berlin Airlift or the Berlin Wall?
Wall
Airlift
5
The Iron Curtain established what?
Satellite nations that formed a buffer zone
Countries could pick their own government within buffer zone
a literal heavy curtain
A group of countries located in Asia
6
McCarthyism can best be described as
Witch hunt for communists but having no proof of guilt
Being a Republican Senator from Wisconsin
Witch hunt for capitalists
Proving Communists guilty of espionage
7
The end result of the Cuban Missile crisis was the Soviets removed their missiles in Cuba AND
US stopped helping the West Germans
the US did nothing
the US provided aid to Turkey and Greece
the US took missiles out of Turkey
8
Who held control of East Germany and East Berlin
Britain
South Korea
United States
Soviet Union
9
Before the war, Korea was split between Communist North and Capitalist South, at what parallel?
48
27
105
38
10
True/False: The Bay of Pigs was a successful invasion and the Castro was overthrown
False
True
11
We tried to "fight" communism by doing what?
Eliminate it
Contain it
Spread it
Kill it
12
Who won the 1960 presidential election
Adlai Stevenson
Richard Nixon
Bobby Kennedy
John F Kennedy
13
The New Look Policy by Eisenhower has all of the following EXCEPT
Falsely accusing US citizens of Communism
Strong economy
Threatening others with nukes
Strong military
14
What was the name of the first man made satellite in space?
Laika
Sputnik
Iron Curtain
Spitalfield
15
True/False, US dropped humanitarian aid to West Berliners when they were blockaded by USSR
False
True
16
Marshall Plan gave money/aid to what countries?
Greece and Turkey
Any country on the verge of Capitalism
Any country on the verge of communism
England and France
17
The UN was created after World War 2 and punished who for War Crimes?
Soviet Union
United States
North Korea and South Korea
Germany and Japan
18
J Edgar Hoover was what?
Secretary of State under Kennedy
Director of the CIA
Director of the FBI
Executioner of the Rosenbergs
19
Who was president at the beginning of the Korean War
John F Kennedy
Franklin D Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
20
Who was Mao Zedong
Leader of Communist North Korea
Emperor of Japan during World War II
Leader of Communist China
Leader of Capitalist South Korea
21
After the Korean War, the Korean peninsula was split at what parallel?
27
38
48
105
22
Who held control West Germany and West Berlin
Soviet Union
Britain
North Korea
United States
23
Nikita Khrushchev took over for what Soviet leader?
Vladimir Lenin
Fidel Castro
Joseph Stalin
Leonid Brezhnev
24
What was a Declaration for a Liberated Europe?
All countries had to be Capitalist
Countries voted on what they wanted to be in the UN
Countries can choose what kind of government they had
Countries would be communist after World War II
25
The Warsaw Pact was an alliance with what countries?
Communist countries
Capitalist countries
26
The loving turtle that taught us how to protect ourselves from a nuclear blast was named
Oodles of Poodles
Phineas the Ferb
Mertle the Turtle
Bert the turtle
27
Who was the NATO alliance with?
Soviet satellite nations
Communist countries
Nazi Germany
Capitalist Countries
28
The United States, Russia, Germany, Britain, and Japan are on the Security Council of the UN?
True
False
29
Truman Doctrine gave aid to what countries?
North Korea and South Korea
Germany and Turkey
Greece and Tunisia
Greece and Turkey
30
Who was the president during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
John F Kennedy
Franklin D Roosevelt
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True/False, the Soviet Union DID NOT want Germany to pay War Damages after World War II
True
False
