Title: The Cold War
1The Cold War
- The period of political tension and mistrust
between Western and Eastern nations following
WWII.
2Between what two nations was the Cold War
primarily between?
- United States
- Soviet Union
3What policy gave money to countries threatened by
Communist expansion?
4What plan gave 13 million to war-torn Europe to
prevent the spread of Communism?
5What term refers to a country that in
economically and politically dependent on another
country?
6In what city was the wall built that divided East
and West?
7What event was a result of the Soviets
establishing a blockade around the western half
of Germany?
8What is the term describing the competition to
build up armies and weapons?
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10What policy held that huge arsenals of nuclear
weapons on both sides prevented war?
11What other race led to intense competition
between the United States and Soviet Union?
12The Soviet union reached space first with an
unmanned satellite known as what?
- Sputnik
- U.S. citizens now feared that the Soviet Union
was ahead of the United States in missile
technology.
13The United States reached the moon first in 1969.
Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
14What organization was formed after WWII to
protect Western European nations if any of them
were attacked?
- NATO
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
15The Soviet Union countered this treaty by
creating it own alliance agreement know as?
16Who took control of the Soviet government during
the first years of the Cold War?
17A civil war in what country led to increased
tensions between the Soviet Union and Great
Britain.
18Name the event in which the United States tried
to overthrown the Cuban Government.
19What event caused a near nuclear war between the
U.S. and U.S.S.R.?
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21What theory stated that if one nation fell to
Communism the surrounding nations would do the
same?
22U.S. fears about Communism spreading increased
when what nation fell to Communism?
23What process did Khrushchev put into place to
help the Soviet Union move forward?
24In what system is the government responsible for
providing citizens with services and a minimal
standard of living?
25Which President was assassinated on November 22,
1963?
26What movement became a serious issue in the
United States during the 1960s and 70s?
27Who was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement?
28Which U.S. President signed the Civil Rights Act?
29What term describes a society preoccupied with
purchasing goods?
30Which U.S. Senator led the Red Scare which was
a movement to expose Soviet subversion?
31At which University were 4 students killed during
an anti-war protest?
32What two wars resulted from tension between the
Soviet Union and United States
33Which Communist nation was able to stay outside
the reaches of Soviet control?