The Cold War

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The Cold War

• The period of political tension and mistrust
  between Western and Eastern nations following
  WWII.

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Between what two nations was the Cold War
primarily between?

• United States
• Soviet Union

3
What policy gave money to countries threatened by
Communist expansion?

• The Truman Doctrine

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What plan gave 13 million to war-torn Europe to
prevent the spread of Communism?

• Marshall Plan

5
What term refers to a country that in
economically and politically dependent on another
country?

• Satellite state

6
In what city was the wall built that divided East
and West?

• Berlin

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What event was a result of the Soviets
establishing a blockade around the western half
of Germany?

• Berlin airlift

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What is the term describing the competition to
build up armies and weapons?

• Arms Race

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What policy held that huge arsenals of nuclear
weapons on both sides prevented war?

• Deterrence

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What other race led to intense competition
between the United States and Soviet Union?

• The Space Race

12
The Soviet union reached space first with an
unmanned satellite known as what?

• Sputnik
• U.S. citizens now feared that the Soviet Union
  was ahead of the United States in missile
  technology.

13
The United States reached the moon first in 1969.
Who was the first man to walk on the moon?

• Neil Armstrong

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What organization was formed after WWII to
protect Western European nations if any of them
were attacked?

• NATO
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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The Soviet Union countered this treaty by
creating it own alliance agreement know as?

• The Warsaw Pact

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Who took control of the Soviet government during
the first years of the Cold War?

• Nikita Khrushchev

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A civil war in what country led to increased
tensions between the Soviet Union and Great
Britain.

• Greece

18
Name the event in which the United States tried
to overthrown the Cuban Government.

• The Bay of Pigs

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What event caused a near nuclear war between the
U.S. and U.S.S.R.?

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

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What theory stated that if one nation fell to
Communism the surrounding nations would do the
same?

• Domino Theory

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U.S. fears about Communism spreading increased
when what nation fell to Communism?

• China

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What process did Khrushchev put into place to
help the Soviet Union move forward?

• De-Stalinization

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In what system is the government responsible for
providing citizens with services and a minimal
standard of living?

• Welfare State

25
Which President was assassinated on November 22,
1963?

• John F. Kennedy

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What movement became a serious issue in the
United States during the 1960s and 70s?

• Civil Rights Movement

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Who was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

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Which U.S. President signed the Civil Rights Act?

• Lyndon B. Johnson

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What term describes a society preoccupied with
purchasing goods?

• Consumer Society

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Which U.S. Senator led the Red Scare which was
a movement to expose Soviet subversion?

• Joseph McCarthy

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At which University were 4 students killed during
an anti-war protest?

• Kent State University

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What two wars resulted from tension between the
Soviet Union and United States

• Korean and Vietnam

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Which Communist nation was able to stay outside
the reaches of Soviet control?

• Yugoslavia