Cold War PM

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What is an economic system where individuals and businesses control property production, and prices?
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Why was the Berlin Wall built?
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Who was the leader of North Korea during the Korean War?
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What was the name given to the Vietcong and North Vietnamese surprise attacks on South Vietnamese cities during the Vietnamese New Year?
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What was the name given to the Cold War policy of containing communism within the borders of the Soviet Union?
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What is the name given to the theory that if one country falls to communism others will follow?
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What is the name given to the basic facilities, services, and installations needed for the functioning of a society, such as transportation, power lines, and public institutions?
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What was the Soviet policy of speaking openly about their problems called?
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Which of the following is an economic system in which the government regulates everything?
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Who was the leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?
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When was JFK assassinated?
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Which of the following people were tried and convicted of selling atomic technology to the Soviets?
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Who was the leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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Who was the leader off the Soviet Union at the start of the Cold War?
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What was the policy of reducing tensions between the United States and Soviet Union called?
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Who was the president of the U.S. during the Korean War?
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Which of the following was a military alliance between the Soviet Union and its allies?
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Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?
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Who was the senator from Wisconsin who accused and investigated people of being communist?
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Which president of the United States helped establish NASA?
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Who was the first American to perform a space walk of EVA?
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Who was the president of the United States at the beginning of the Cold War?
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Who was the leader of South Korea during the Korean War?
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What was the agreement between the United States and Soviet Union to limit their production of nuclear weapons?
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What was a military alliance between the United States and many western European countries?
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What was the first country to put a satellite into space?
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What was the name for president Reagan's weapons systems proposal to destroy Soviet missiles from space?
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Who was the first person to step foot on the moon?
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Who is the person that many suspect shot JFK?
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Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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Who was the first person to orbit the Earth?
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Who was the first person to perform a space walk or EVA?
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What was the American plan to funnel billions of dollars to European nations to help rebuild their economies after WWII?
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Who was the communist leader of China towards to the beginning of the Cold War?
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Who was the president of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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What was the name given to the effort to prevent West Germany from falling into Soviet hands after Stalin placed a blockade on the country?
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Who led U.N. troops to defend South Korea during the Korean War?
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Which of the following changed the role of Americans to active fighters in the Vietnam War?
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Which of the following is an association of nations that together maintain the safety of all members?
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Which country was the first to put a living object into space?