Cold War Test Review

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The ________________ was the imaginary line that separated Democracy and Communism in Europe
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When Kennedy became president, he continued Eisenhower's policy of support for which country?
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Aimed to improve the economy of European countries that were damaged during WWII - had to be a democratic country to receive aid.
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Which country supported the Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh?
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Containment was a policy of blocking Communist Expansion
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Which U.S. President first sent combat troops into Vietnam?
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Sending aid and supplies by air to West Berlin
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Race between the United States and the Soviet Union to the first country to have the best technology and supremacy in space exploration
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How did the Cold War impact daily life for Americans?
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Which President won the 1968 Presidential election by promising "peace with honor" in Vietnam?
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Race between the Soviet Union and the U.S. to have the best nuclear war power during the Cold War
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What are examples of tactics that the United States used against the Vietcong?
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What term did Winston Churchill use to refer to the barrier between Communism and Democracy?
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The belief that if one country fell to communism, then the neighboring countries would fall to communism as well
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At the end of the Korean War a ___________ was established.
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Communist response to NATO - formal alliance of 7 European countries led by the Soviet Untion
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Fall out shelters were built as protection from __________?
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A formal military alliance formed to guard against Soviet attack
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Peace Keeping Organization
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A subculture that has values and behaviors different from mainstream society
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Created a policy of containment, which had the goal of keeping communism from spreading
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Why were Senator McCarthy's investigations during the Red Scare questionable?
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Incident between the U.S., Soviet Union, and Cuba. The U.S. found out that the Soviet Union had nuclear missiles in Cuba
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_________________ was a teen idol who was famous for his Rock n' Roll music and shocked many adults with his dance moves.
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Joseph McCarthy was a politician who threatened to expose communists during the Cold War
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What did Winston Churchill mean when he referred to the "Iron Curtain"?
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Truman's plan of blocking communist expansion
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term meaning to accuse someone of disloyalty to the United States without having any evidence
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Overall, about how many Americans in the armed forces died during the Vietnam War?
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Which country did North Korea invade to start the Korean War?