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The Cold War
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11th Grade
06/13/2013

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Which countries remained under Soviet control after the end of WWII?
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Czech, Hungary, Bulgaria
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Who first spoke of the Iron Curtain?
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Winston Churchill
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One goal of the Marshall Plan was to
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Make European countries strong enough to start buying American goods
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In order to try to gain control over West Berlin, the Soviet Union
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Set up a total blockade cutting off that section of the city
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NATO and the Warsaw Pact were expamples of
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Military alliances made for collective security
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In China's civil war, the US backed
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The Nationalists, led by Jiang Jieshi
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In 1950, what event began the conflict on the Korean peninsula?
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The North Korean army invade south of the 38th parallel
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General MacArthur chose what port city for a counterattack against North Korea?
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Inchon
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John Foster Dulles, Eisenhower's secretary of state,
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promoted the policy of brinkmanship
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The CIA participated in the Cold War by
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Carrying out secret operations in other cities
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What was one place on the glove where the Cold War was hot and US soldiers fought and died?
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Korea
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were charged, convicted, and executed specifically for
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Passing secrets about nuclear science to the Soviets
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Where did Senator McCarthy first annount that the State Department was infested with communists?
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At a campaign rally
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What led Senator McCarthy to his downfall?
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The broadcast of the McCarthy hearings on television
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Which two countries were memebers of NATO?
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Italy and the UK
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In response to NATO, with whom did the Soviet Union form the Warsaw pact?
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Eastern European Nationals
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Which is a reason for communist victory in China?
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The Nationalists were reluctant to fight
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Why did the US send several billion dollars to aid the Nationalists in CHina?
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Beacuse leaders feared that a Nationalist defeat would create a communist superpower
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What event in 1956 threatened the flow of Middle Eastern oil to Europe?
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Khushchev becoming leader of the USSR
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What was the Eisenhower Doctrine?
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The US would use force to help any Middle Eastern nation threatened by Communism
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What was HUAC responsible for?
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Holding hearings about communist ties to the entertainment industry
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What was a result of the Hollywood Ten trial?
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Movie executives blacklisted entertainers with alleged communist ties after hearings
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McCarthyism
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Term used to describe extreme, reckless charges
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Limited War
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War to achieve specifc goals rather than the total defeat of the enemy
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George Kennan
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American diplomat who stressed the need to contain communism within its current borders
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Red Scare
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Fear of Communism, in and out of the US
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Mutually assured destruction
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Having so many weapons that both sides would be totally destroyed in an all-out war
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