Cold war

Question 1

gives aid to Greece and Turkey

Answer 1

Truman Doctrine

Question 2

gives aid to Western Europe

Answer 2

Marshall Plan

Question 3

gives aid to the Middle East

Answer 3

Eisenhower Doctrine

Question 4

military alliance among the Western Allies

Answer 4

NATO

Question 5

military alliance among the Soviet Allies

Answer 5

Warsaw Pact

Question 6

US policy to stop the spread of communism

Answer 6

Containment Policy

Question 7

Space program created in response to Sputnik

Answer 7

NASA

Question 8

Act increase math and science requirements for school aged children

Answer 8

NDEA National Defense in Education Act

Question 9

failed military attempt to overthrow Castro

Answer 9

Bay of Pigs

Question 10

American pilot, Gary Powers, gets shot down over the Soviet Union and spends 5 years in prison

Answer 10

U2 Incident

Question 11

to bring the country to the brink of war without actually going to war

Answer 11

Brinkmanship

Question 12

Soviet attempt to cut West Berlin off from supplies

Answer 12

Berlin Blockade

Question 13

US response to the Berlin Blockade which we airlifted supplies into West Berlin

Answer 13

Berlin Airlift

Question 14

Built by the Soviets during the Kennedy years

Answer 14

Berlin Wall

Question 15

political, social and economic system where the government controls everything

Answer 15

communism

Question 16

line that divides western control from strict Soviet control

Answer 16

Iron Curtain

Question 17

icy rivalry with no bloodshed between the US and the USSR following WWII

Answer 17

Cold War

Question 18

speech by Nixon in an attempt to convince the American people that he has not taken bribes or gifts while in office. Checkers was the name of their dog which was a gift.

Answer 18

Checkers Speech

Question 19

names of suspected communists

Answer 19

Blacklists

Question 20

started by Kennedy to aid poor countries as an attempt to combat communism

Answer 20

Peace Corp

Question 21

direct phone line between the US and USSR following the Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 21

Hot Line

Question 22

killing of millions during Stalin’s reign

Answer 22

Purges

Question 23

belief that if one country falls to communism, others will too

Answer 23

Domino Theory

Question 24

neutral area that separates conflicting forces

Answer 24

Buffer Zone

Question 25

E. European nations whose economies and societies are controlled by the Soviets

Answer 25

Satellite Nations

Question 26

first Soviet satellite into orbit

Answer 26

Sputnik

Question 27

North Korea invades South Korea to spread communism

Answer 27

Korean War

Question 28

civil war to determine if the country would be communist or a democracy

Answer 28

Chinese Conflict

Question 29

increase GNP, prosperity and defense spending

Answer 29

Post War economy

Question 30

Divide Germany and Berlin into 4 zones. The west will combine their zones

Answer 30

German status

Question 31

first computer

Answer 31

UNIVAC

Question 32

Soviets were constructing launching pads to support nuclear missiles which would decrease US response time to 2 minutes

Answer 32

Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 33

another name for the Berlin Airlift

Answer 33

Operation Vittles

Question 34

79 million babies born between 1945 and 1965

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Baby Boom

Question 35

popular TV comedy

Answer 35

I love Lucy

Question 36

King of Rock and Roll in the 1950s

Answer 36

Elvis Presley

Question 37

41,000 miles of highway built

Answer 37

Highway Act of 1956

Question 38

Election where the Chicago Tribune printed a paper claiming Dewy as the winner

Answer 38

Election of 1948

Question 39

limits the president to two terms

Answer 39

22nd Amendment

Question 40

presidential disablity

Answer 40

25th Amendment

Question 41

fear of communism following WWII

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Red Scare

Question 42

female sex symbol of the 1950s

Answer 42

Marilyn Monroe

Question 43

total years of the Cold War

Answer 43

1945-1989

Question 44

total years of the Korean War

Answer 44

1950-1953

Question 45

we took over the military and created a democratic nation there

Answer 45

Japan

Question 46

place where the Nationalists fled following the war

Answer 46

Taiwan

Question 47

president who beat Dewy in the 1948 election

Answer 47

Truman

Question 48

President during much of the 1950s

Answer 48

Eisenhower

Question 49

General who publicly criticized Truman for not allowing him to use nuclear weapons in China

Answer 49

MacArthur

Question 50

Senator who wrongly accused people of being communists

Answer 50

McCarthy

Question 51

sold atomic intelligence to the Soviets

Answer 51

Rosenbergs

Question 52

Eisenhower's running mate who delivered the Checkers Speech

Answer 52

Nixon

Question 53

invented the polio vaccine

Answer 53

Jonas Salk

Question 54

leader of Cuba who became friends with the Soviets

Answer 54

Castro

Question 55

leader of the Soviet Union following Stalin's death

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Khrushchev

Question 56

Communist leader of China

Answer 56

Mao Zedong

Question 57

Democratic leader of China

Answer 57

Chiang Kai-shek

Question 58

authorized the Bay of Pigs which was a complete failure

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JFK

Question 59

author of the Baby and Child Care Book, a popular parenting book

Answer 59

Dr. Spock

Question 60

Communist leader of Vietnam

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Ho Chi Minch

Question 61

Democratic leader of Vietnam

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Ngo Dinh Diem

Question 62

battle where Vietnam defeats the French

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Dien Bien Phu

Question 63

tactic used by Buddhist monks to protest Diem's religious persecution

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self immolation

Question 64

phrase used by the Department of Defense to teach people how to protect themselves against a nuclear attack

Answer 64

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