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What 2 countries were involved in the cold war?

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US and Soviet Union/USSR

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Why was it called the cold war?

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War never happened and there was no action.

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What big 3 countries were in the Yalta Conference?

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US, Britain, and Soviet Union

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What is the Yalta Conference?

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The big 3 countries split up Germany and each took a section and was responsible for their section.

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What was the United Nations preventing or stopping?

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Another World War occuring

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Who were the 5 permanent members of the United Nations?

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Great Britain, China, France, US, and USSR.

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Who came up with the name Iron Curtain for the establishment?

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Churchill

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What is the Iron Curtain?

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The Iron Curtain is the military, political, and ideological barrier established between the Soviet bloc and western Europe.

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What policy did the US use to protect itself from communism?

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Containment policy

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10
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What is the containment policy?

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A policy directed at blocking soviet influence and stopping the expansion of communism.

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What is the Truman Doctrine?

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Provided support for any nation rejecting communism. $400 million in aid.

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12
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The Truman Doctrine was sparked by which 2 countries?

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Turkey and Greece

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What did the Marshall plan provide?

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Provided food, machinery, and other materials to rebuild Western Europe.

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14
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What was the Marshall plan sparked by?

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Communist seizure of Czechoslovakia.

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15
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What was the Soviet Union and the US trying to prove?

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Prove who was the best.

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When did the Iron Curtain begin and end?

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1945-1990

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17
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What is the NATO?

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The military alliance in Western Europe.

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18
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What country’s side did NATO take?

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US

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19
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What type of government did Western Europe have?

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Democracy

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20
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What is the Warsaw Pact?

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The military alliance in Eastern Europe.

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21
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What country’s side did the Warsaw Pact take?

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Soviet Union

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22
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What 2 types of government did Eastern Europe have?

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Communism and Totalitarian

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23
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Why was the Berlin wall built?

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To divide East and West Berlin.

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24
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Why did citizens want to escape East Berlin?

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They didn’t like the government and if they escaped that proved the US was better.

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25
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What were East Berlin’s economy problems?

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Less people were working and buying stuff. They didn’t support the economy.

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26
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How many people escaped the Berlin Wall each month?

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10,000

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27
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Who were the CCP and KMT in China?

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CCP: Communists
KMT: Non- Communists

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28
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What Chinese group was government at the time in China?

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KMT

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29
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Why did the Chinese want CCP government?

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A lot of Chinese people were poor and wanted to be equal because that would give them more than what they had already.

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30
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Who was the leader of the KMT?

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Chiang Kai-Shek

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31
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Who was the leader of the CCP?

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Mao Zhedong

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32
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What Chinese group wins in 1949?

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CCP

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33
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What happened when the KMT lost?

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KMT (millions of Chinese mainly the rich) fled to Taiwan. Soon developed their own government.

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34
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What did the Berlin War symbolize?

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A divided world

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35
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What does ICBM stand for?

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Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

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36
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What is Sputnik?

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The first unmanned satellite

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37
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What are U-2s?

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CIA secret high attitude spy planes.

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38
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What is the U-2 incident?

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Pilot Gary Powers was captured after being shot down during a U-2 mission.

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39
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During WW2 what country did Japan take over?

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China

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40
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What is an Armistice?

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An agreement to stop fighting

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41
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What parallel did Korea divide at?

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38th

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42
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North Korea had what 2 types of government?

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Communism and Collectivism

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43
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South Korea got a lot of money and traded with what country?

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US

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44
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Who was Ho Chi Minh?

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Vietnamese nationalist who led the Indochinese communist party.

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45
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Who did the Indochinese communist party revolt against?

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The french

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46
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What happened to Ho?

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Got arrested and sentenced to death but fled to exile in Mexico.

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47
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When Ho returned what country had seized control of China?

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Japan

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48
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Ho was a founder of what league?

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Vietminh Independence League

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49
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What year did Ho find the Vietminh Independence League?

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1941

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50
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Who was in war with Vietnam?

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The French

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51
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What country did Eisenhower support?

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France

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52
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After the Dien Bien Phu, President Eisenhower fears what theory?

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Domino Theory

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53
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What was the Dien Bien Phu?

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The longest and most furious battle of the French Expeditionary Corps in the Far East.

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What is the Domino theory?

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That if other regions or countries were communists that the domino effect would happen and communism would spread.

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55
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Vietnam was divided at what parallel?

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17th

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56
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Who is Fidel Castro?

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Dictator of Cuba

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57
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Why is the US worried when Cuba becomes a communist country?

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US will think that communism will spread into the states because Cuba is only 90 miles away.

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58
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What is the Bay of Pigs?

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US tries to overthrow Castro by flying to Cuba and having the rich revolt and try to overthrow Castro.

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59
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Did the Bay of Pigs fail or succeed?

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Fail

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60
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Why did the Soviets put nuclear missiles in Cuba to attack the US?

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Cuba is close and has more access.

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61
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The US demanded the missiles to be removed. If they haven’t been removed what would have happened?

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A real war would have started

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62
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JFK promised to leave Cuba alone if what was removed and who agreed?

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Missiles and the Soviets

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63
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WW2 ends and what does Ho think about Vietnam?

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Ho thinks Vietnam will gain independence.

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64
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The Vietnam War is the Vietnamese fighting what country?

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France

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65
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Who did Eisenberg support in the Vietnamese war?

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The French

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66
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What parallel was Vietnam divided at?

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17th

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67
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Diem ruled as what?

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Dicatator

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68
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What is the Gulf of Tonkin?

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Congress allowed president to send troops.

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69
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What year did the Gulf of Tonkin begin?

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1964

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70
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How many US soldiers were in combat in 1965?

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185,000 US soldiers.

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71
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US soldiers were fighting a what type of war?

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Guerrilla

72
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In what time period did war become unpopular?

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The 1960s

73
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What did the 1969 Vietnamization allow?

A

Allowed US troops to gradually pull out Nixon

74
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What year did we get nuclear weapons?

A

1945

75
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What year did the Soviets develop their first nuclear weapon?

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1949

76
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By 1950 both US and USSR developed what bomb?

A

Hydrogen

77
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What does MAD stand for?

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Mutually Assured Destruction

78
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What is Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)?

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Each side has the ability to wipe each other out.

79
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The US became so scared of getting bombed what precautions did they take?

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Made bomb shelters in all new buildings and had bomb drills.

80
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BONUS What was the most powerful bomb?

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Tsarbomba

81
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BONUS How powerful is the Tsarbomba (compare to war equipment)?

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All war equipment combined times 10 in one Tsarbomba.

82
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How many bombs has there been since 1945?

A

2053

83
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How many bombs total could wipe out life on earth?

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15,000 bombs

84
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Who overthrows the Batista government?

A

Fidel Castro

85
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What country did we put nuclear missiles to attack the Soviet Union?

A

Turkey

86
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How long did the missile crisis last?

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13 days

87
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Afghanistan was controlled by who and why?

A

Soviets and Afghanistan was close

88
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Why were Islamic leaders mad?

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Communism says religion is evil and fake. USSR (Communists) were camping out in Afghanistan.

89
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What rebels did the US help out?

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Islamic rebels. Which now we are currently in trouble because we sent them supplies and now they are trying to terrorize us.

90
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What country lost and got dropped out of the war?

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Soviets

91
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This war did what to the Soviet’s economy?

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Put them in debt

92
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Who was the new Soviet Union leader in 1985?

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Mikhail Gorbachev

93
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What were some of the problems Mikhail Gorbachev had to solve?

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War in Afghanistan, too much spent on military and failures of communist economic system.

94
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Who in the USSR wanted independence (don’t like communism which means rebellions)

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Non-Russians

95
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What were Mikhail’s 2 ideas?

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1) Perestroika: Economic challenge (allows 9 little of capitalism to exist in the USSR) saying the system has failed and needed to recover with capitalism.
2) Glasnost: Give some people SOME freedom.

96
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USSR was weak and Eastern Europe finds it a perfect time to do what?

A

Rebel

97
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What country was first to get rid of communism?

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Poland

98
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Did Poland getting rid of communism as a country leave a domino effect?

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Yes

99
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What year was the Berlin Wall torn down?

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1989

100
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What year is Germany unified as one country?

A

1990

101
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Who did the USSR blame for their problems?

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Gorbachev

102
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What happened to Gorbachev in 1991?

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August 1991 a group kidnapped Gorbachev and tries to replace him but they were loosing and released him.

103
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When does Gorbachev resign?

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December 1991

104
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When Gorbachev resigns what else was brought to an end?

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The USSR government being communists

105
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USSR separates into how many nations?

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15

106
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What year does the Cold War end?

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1991

107
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How many years of war was there?

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almost 46

108
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What country wins the Cold War?

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US

109
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What was the Federal Highway Act in 1956?

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Congress passed the largest public works program in US history. 10 years, 40,000 miles of interstate

110
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Average income of Americans tripled from what years?

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1940-1955

111
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What led to a growing number of white-collar and blue-collar industry?

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New technology

112
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What is a white-collar?

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Business man (wear white collars such as suits)

113
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What is a blue-collar?

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Working man. (denim is blue and thats what they would wear)

114
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Early 50s rise in multinational corporations. What are multinational corporations?

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Increase in corporate profit by moving location and employing cheaper labor pool. Competitive business on the rise.

115
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What is conformity?

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Obsession with winning approval of others. All the same.

116
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What is a suburban?

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Cities and rural mix

117
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What town was one of the earliest new suburbs?

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Levittown, New York

118
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Who was the driving force behind planned residential communities?

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Bill Levittown

119
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What became increasingly popular throughout the 1950s?

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suburbs

120
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What percent did the suburbs account for new home construction?

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85%

121
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Many considered suburbs to be a sign of American tendency?

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Conformity

122
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When was the baby boom?

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From 1945-1961

123
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How many children were born during the baby boom in the US?

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65 million

124
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What was a factor of the baby boom?

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Veterans returning from was and wanted to start families quickly.

125
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What did popular culture celebrate?

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Pregnancy, parenthood, and large families.

126
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What was the assumption of a good mother?

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Stays at home and to take care of children and the house.

127
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What was there a mass production of?

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Antibiotics

128
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What did Jonas Salk develop?

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An injectable vaccine preventing polio which had been running rampant.

129
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In 1946, scientists working under a US army contract developed one of the nations first what?

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Computers

130
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What was the average annual salary?

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$3,800 (Modern: $26,364)

131
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What was the minimum wage per hour?

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75 cents per hour (Modern: $7.25)

132
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How many TVs were in 1946 in the US?

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7,000-8,000

133
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By 1957 there were only how many TVs?

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40 million

134
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What percent of families had televisions?

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80%

135
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What is the generation gap?

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The cultural separation between children and their parents.

136
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How did beatniks and beats live their lives?

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Sought to live unconventional lives as fugitives from the conforming American culture they despised.

137
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Where does the name beatniks and beats come from?

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The feeling among group members of being “beaten down” by American Culture.

138
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When did the Red Scare begin?

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September 1945

139
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How did the Red Scare begin?

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When soviet clerk Igor Gouzenko defected. He revealed a massive effort by the SU to infiltrate US government agencies to obtain info about the atomic bomb.

140
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What is subversion?

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The effort to secretly weaken a society and overthrow its government.

141
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The Red Scare incident to a public fear of what?

A

Communist Subversion

142
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What was the Loyalty Review Program?

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Was established to screen all federal employees. Rather than calming suspicion, Truman’s actions seemed to escalate/

143
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What did HUAC stand for?

A

House Un-American Activities Committee

144
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What is HAUC (House Un-American Activities Committee)?

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FBI director Hoover urged HUAC to expose anyone engaging in “Un-American” activities. FBI wiretapped thousands of telephones.

145
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Who was Alger Hiss?

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former communist

146
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What and what year was Project Verona?

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In 1946, American Cryptographers cracked the soviet spy code of the time, enabling them to read messages confirming extensive soviet spying.

147
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Who were Julius and Ethel?

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NY couple charged with heading a soviet spy ring in 1950. The couple denied charges, but were condemned to death for espionage and executed in 1953?

148
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Who was Joseph R. McCarthy?

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A senator from Wisconsin and was the ring leader of these witch hunts. Searching for disloyalty based on flimsy evidence and irrational.

149
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What was McCarthyism?

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McCarthy’s tactic of damaging reputations with vague and unfounded charges.

150
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What is a censure?

A

Formal disapproval

151
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Who was elected president in 1960?

A

John F. Kennedy

152
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JFK was the first president to be what?

A

Catholic

153
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The 1960 president debate was the first to be viewed where?

A

On TV

154
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What were the Camelot years?

A

The rich and glamorous years

155
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Who was JFK’s brother and what was his career?

A

Robert Kennedy and he was an attorney general

156
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JFK believes he must redefine what?

A

Nation’s nuclear strategy

157
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What is the Flexible Response?

A

Fight conventional wars, keep nuclear arms balanced.

158
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What is the Limited Test Ban Treaty?

A

bans nuclear tests in the atmosphere

159
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What is the New Frontier?

A

policies of the Kennedy administration

160
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What is a mandate?

A

clear voter support for JFK’s agenda

161
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By 1960, US in recession had what percent of unemployment?

A

6%

162
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What was the Peace Corps?

A

volunteer and assist developing nations; great sucess

163
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What was the Alliance for Progress?

A

economic, technical assistance to Latin America.

164
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What happened for the Soviet’s April 1961?

A

Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri A. Gagarin is the first man in space.

165
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What country had the first man to walk on the moon and when?

A

July 1969 US - Neil Armstrong

166
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What year does JFK begin to work on poverty, racial injustice, and civil rights?

A

1963

167
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Who wrote “The Other America”?

A

Michael Harrington’s

168
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What does “The Other America” by Michael Harrington bring attention to?

A

poverty

169
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When did JFK get shot and killed?

A

November 22, 1963

170
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Where did JFK get shot and killed?

A

Motorcade, Dallas

171
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Who killed JFK?

A

Oswald

172
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Who killed Oswald?

A

Ruby

173
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Who is president after JFK?

A

Johnson

174
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Who investigates and concludes Oswald acted alone?

A

Warren Commission

175
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What was Johnson’s program called?

A

Great Society

176
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Does the war on poverty increase or decrease?

A

Decrease

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