The Cold War

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What were the defining characteristics of the Cold War? Options: Prohibition, Flappers, Jazz; Arms Race, Space Race, Red Scare; Holocaust, Nazi Germany, Pearl Harbor; Poverty, Unemployment, Dust Bowl

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Arms Race, Space Race, Red Scare

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What foreign policy guided American presidents during the Cold War to stop the spread of communism?

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Containment

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What American policy provided Western European countries financial assistance so they could recover from WWII?

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Marshall Plan

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What individual/group contributed to the Red Scare and accused American citizens of being communists?

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Joseph McCarthy & HUAC

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What happened as a result of the launch of Sputnik in 1957?

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It started the space race, U.S. began to invest more money into math & science education, and the U.S. started NASA.

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During what event did the U.S. bypass a Soviet blockade without provoking a military conflict?

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Berlin Airlift

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What wars were fought during the Cold War as a result of containment and the Domino Theory?

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Korean & Vietnam War

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What does the ‘Iron Curtain’ symbolize? Options: The division between East Germany and West Germany, The division between East Berlin and West Berlin, The division between communist Europe and noncommunist Europe, The division between North Korea and South Korea

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The division between communist Europe and noncommunist Europe

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What two nations were in competition with each other during the Cold War?

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United States and Soviet Union

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What are Proxy Wars?

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Indirect conflicts between the 2 superpowers