1. Politics of the 1950s Review Game

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The alliance of nations in democratic Western Europe was called ______. The alliance of nations in communistic Eastern Europe was called _____.

3. 2.
Who was the leader of the USSR during WWII? Who took over after him?

4. 3.
Who was President of the United States when the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan? Who was President after him?

5. 4.
Which act forbade communists or communist sympathizers from obtaining passports or traveling abroad in 1950?

6. 5.
In preparation for an atomic blast, schools and businesses encouraged people to ______ & ______. Why would this be ineffective?

7. 6.
The line that separates N. Korea and S. Korea is currently called the __________ and runs along the _________ latitude line.

8. 7.
What was the name of the plan that, in 1947, provided billions of dollars in aid for rebuilding the economies of Western Europe?

9. 8.
Who is this man? What did he claim to know? How did this create chaos in the US?

10. 9.
The term, ______, refers to the effort to weaken a society secretly and overthrow its government.

11. 10.
What is this object & why was it so important? What organization was founded by the US only 1 year later?

12. Who was the man who led the communist revolution in China?
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Who was the man who led the communist revolution in China?

13. 12.
The practice of threatening nuclear attack in order to force an opponent to back down is known as ______.

14. 13.
The leader of the US forces in the Korean War was ______. Why was he removed from his post?

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