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Where and when was the United Nations established?
San Francisco in 1945
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When did Harry S. Truman become president?
1945
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Why did Harry S. Truman become president?
FDR died
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What region was a combination of French, English, and American zones?
West Germany
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What was the Soviet union zone that included divided Berlin?
East Germany
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What part of Berlin was a combination of French, English, and American zones?
West Berlin
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What part of Berlin was the Soviet Union zone?
East Berlin
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What were nations dominated by the Soviet Union called?
Satellite nations
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What was the United States policy to stop extension of communist rule to other countries?
containment
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What was Winston Churchill's phrase for the division of Europe into East and West?
Iron Curtain
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What is a war fought by economic, cultural, political and any other means short of war between the United States and the Soviet Union?
Cold War
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What was the military aid for Greece and Turkey to stop the spread of communism?
Truman Doctrine
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When does communism grow best?
in the soil of poverty
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What provided aid to all European countries that needed it?
Marshall Plan
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What happened as a result as the Marshall Plan?
the Communist party lost appeal and the Soviets refused the aid
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What was the process of flying food and supplies into Berlin when the Communists cut the ground transportation?
Berlin Airlift
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What organization was set up to help each other if the one was attacked?
NATO
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What does NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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What was the Communist equivalent of NATO?
Warsaw Pact
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Who was the corrupt leader of the Nationalist government and rules Southern and Eastern China from 1944 to 1947?
Chiang Kai-shek
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Who was the leader of the Communists that took over and ruled Western and Northern China from 1944 to 1947?
Mao Zedong
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Where did Chiang go to prevent issues?
Taiwan
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Who did South Korea ask for help during the Korean War?
United Nations
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Where were the UN troops pushed to?
Pusan
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Where did the UN troop counterattack with a landing?
Inchon
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Where did the Chinese troops attack and push the UN troops?
Seoul
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Where did the Korean War become a stalemate?
the 38th parallel
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Who tried to stop MacArthur from attacking China?
Truman
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Peace talks at what city helped to end the Korean War?
Panmunjom
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After the Korean War, what set of beliefs spread through the United States?
Anti-Communism
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What board investigated employees government and to dismiss those who were found to be disloyal?
The Loyalty Review Board
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What did HUAC stand for?
House Un-American Activities Committee
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What did HUAC do?
investigated communist activities among the American people
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Who refused to cooperate with HUAC and were then sent to prison?
Hollywood Ten
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Who was accused of spying for the Soviet Union and was found guilty of perjury?
Alger Hiss
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What two people were accused of giving information on the atomic bomb to the Communists, pled the 5th, and were executed for espionage?
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
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Who led a witch hunt for communists in the US and made accusations about the US Army in 1954?
McCarthy
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What types of oaths were common in the US during the Cold War?
loyalty oaths
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What policy described the tactic of going to the verge of war to persuade the enemy to retreat?
The Policy of Brinkmanship
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Who carried out the Policy of Brinkmanship?
Foster
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Who returned to power in Iran because of U.S. money in covert operation by the CIA?
Shah
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What piece of American land was given to peasants?
Guatemala
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How did Egypt take over control of the Suez Canal?
the Suez War
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What countries sent troops to fight in the Suez War?
Britain, France, and Israel
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What doctrine said that the US would defend the Middle East against an attack by any communist country?
Eisenhower Doctrine
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Who took over the group of leaders that ran the USSR after Stalin's death?
Khrushchev
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Khrushchev lived a peaceful coexistence and competed economically and scientifically. (True/False)
True
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What was the first satellite put into space by the USSR?
Sputnik
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Who was captured as a result of the U-2 Incident?
Powers
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Who lied about how and why the U-2 spy plane was shot down?
Eisenhower
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Who cancelled all summit talks and the invitation to visit the USSR as a result of the U-2 Incident?
Khrushchev
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What bomb did the US develop after the Soviets developed their A-bomb?
H-bomb
