Cold War Post War REVIEW GAME

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Cold War / Post War REVIEW GAME
CATEGORIES Cold War Era 50s America Civil
Rights and Vietnam
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Cold War Era

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Cold War EraLEVEL 1

• What European country was divided into 4ths after
  WWII?
• Germany
• NATO was created to contain which government?
• Soviets

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Cold War EraLEVEL 1

• What former country was split in half at the 38th
  parallel?
• Korea
• Who commanded the UN troops during the Korean
  War?
• Douglas MacArthur

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Cold War Era LEVEL 2

• What is the name of the bill that provides
  veterans with money to go to college?
• G.I. Bill
• Who led a communist overthrow of the government
  in China?
• Mao Zedong

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Cold War EraLEVEL 2

• A cease fire and the creation of a demilitarized
  zone at the 38th parallel ended which war?
• Korean
• Winston Churchill described the division between
  Eastern and Western Europe as an _____
• Iron Curtain

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Cold War Era LEVEL 3

• Name 3 world leaders that were present at the
  Yalta Conference
• Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin
• What did President Kennedy do when he discovered
  that the Soviets were storing missiles in Cuba?
• Ordered a blockade of Soviet ships

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Cold War EraLEVEL 3

• The ______ was a program of economic aid to help
  rebuild Europe after WWII.
• Marshall Plan
• Name the capitals of North and South Korea at the
  time of the Korean War.
• Pyonyang and Seoul

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Cold War EraLEVEL 4

• What is the name of the CIA-led invasion of Cuba?
• Bay of Pigs
• What Pact created an alliance between the Soviet
  Union and other Communist nations?
• Warsaw Pact

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50s America

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50s America LEVEL 1

• What political group did Americans fear during
  the Red Scare?
• Communists
• ____ was the U.S. Senator who attacked Communists
  during the Red Scare.
• Joseph McCarthy

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50s America LEVEL 1

• The HUAC tried and executed _______ for allegedly
  spying for the Soviet Union.
• Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
• The first satellite was launched into space by
  the Soviet Union. What was its name?
• Sputnik

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50s America LEVEL 2

• Americans built ___ ____ during the 1950s to
  protect themselves from nuclear fallout.
• Bomb Shelters
• What happened to the Hollywood 10?
• They were blacklisted

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50s America LEVEL 2

• The U.S. believed that if communism took over one
  nation, it would take over others. This was known
  as the ______ theory.
• Domino
• Between the telephone, assembly line, and
  computer, which was invented in the 1950s?
• Computer

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50s America LEVEL 3

• The 1950s experienced a so-called Baby Boom.
  What does this mean?
• Birthrates rapidly increased
• In the Korean War, which major country supported
  and fought with South Korea?
• The United States

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50s AmericaLEVEL 3

• Commercials and advertising helped create a _____
  society in the 1950s.
• Consumer
• Name the Senate committee that investigated the
  Red Scare.
• HUAC

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50s America LEVEL 4

• What name was given to the newly created
  cookie-cutter towns that were created by
  William Levitt?
• Levittowns
• What happened to Alger Hiss?
• He was imprisoned for perjury

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Civil Rights / Vietnam

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Civil Rights / Vietnam LEVEL 1

• In 1957, nine black students integrated Central
  High School. What city is Central High located
  in?
• Little Rock, Arkansas
• What African American group did Malcolm X lead?
• The Black Muslims

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Civil Rights / Vietnam LEVEL 1
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• Rosa Parks refusal to give up her seat led to a
  large boycott of ________
• City Buses
• Name the group led by Cesar Chavez that fought
  for better wages and conditions for migrant
  workers.
• United Farm Workers

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Civil Rights / Vietnam LEVEL 2

• The Vietnam War ended when the Communists
  captured what city?
• Saigon
• Who was the leader of Communist North Vietnam?
• Ho Chi Minh

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Civil Rights / Vietnam LEVEL 2

• In 1970, the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a
  group of protesters at what College?
• Kent State
• In 1968, the Vietcong attacked U.S. troops
  throughout Vietnam on a Vietnamese Holiday.
  These attacks are known as the ______.
• Tet Offensive

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Civil Rights / Vietnam Level 3

• What international agreement divided Vietnam
  into North and South?
• Geneva Accords
• What is the name of the piece of legislation that
  ended discrimination against African Americans?
• Civil Rights Act of 1964

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Civil Rights / Vietnam LEVEL 3

• Who was the American commander in Vietnam during
  the war?
• William Westmoreland
• How did Jim Crow Laws affect African Americans in
  the South?
• Were harmful by taking power from them (i.e.
  literacy test)

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Civil Rights / Vietnam LEVEL 4

• What Resolution gave President Johnson the
  authority to increase American involvement in
  Vietnam?
• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
• What was the name of the group that fought for
  Native American Rights?
• AIM

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Civil Rights / Vietnam LEVEL 4

• Who did the group La Raza Unida fight for during
  the Civil Rights Movement?
• Hispanics

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