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4 Democratic countries formed this organization to support each other economically.

5 What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)? $100

6 Following this concept meant keeping Soviet influence within existing borders.

7 What is containment ? $200

8 Under this policy, the US supported any nations threatened by communism using $ or any other means possible.

9 What is the Truman Doctrine? $300

10 The crisis in Berlin evolved when this occurred.

11 What is when the countries controlling the zones in western Germany decided to unite them? $400

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13 A nation with the ability to influence economic and political events around the world is called this.

14 What is a “superpower” ? $???

15 In 1950 3,548,000 of these contributed to the youth culture.

16 What is a “babyboomer” ? $100

17 These homes were mass produced utilizing building strategies used in WWII.

18 What are Levittown homes? $200

19 The suburbs grew for these two reasons.

20 What are the need for space and A-bomb fears of city life ? $300

21 The growth of automobiles affected society in these three ways.

22 What are drive-ins and diners as well as the Interstate Highway Act? $400

23 For returning soldiers this provided Federal funds for education, businesses and new homes.

24 $500 What is the GI Bill?

25 The Korean War ended right where it began at this location.

26 $100 What is the 38 th parallel?

27 This is the art of pushing a dangerous situation to the limit of safety to get a more favorable outcome.

28 $200 What is brinksmanship?

29 This post Bay of Pigs plan included using the CIA to disrupt Cuba’s economy and assassinate Castro.

30 $300 What is Operation Mongoose?

31 This general questioned Truman’s plans in Korea and was fired as a result.

32 $400 Who is Douglas MacArthur?

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34 This South Korean leader was an US ally during the Korean War.

35 $??? Who is Syngman Rhee?

36 This was the Soviet leader during the 1950s and Cuban Missile Crisis.

37 $100 Who is Nikita Khrushchev?

38 This man was found guilty of giving the USSR A-bomb secrets; he received 14 years.

39 $200 Who is Klaus Fuchs?

40 This person led a successful communist revolution in China in 1949.

41 $300 Who is Mao Zedong?

42 This man created a plan to rebuild Europe after WWII using $17 billion in aid.

43 $400 Who is George Marshall?

44 This U-2 pilot claimed to be a weather man when he crashed in the USSR.

45 $500 Who was Gary Powers?

46 The successful launch of this satellite put fear in the hearts of Americans.

47 $100 What is Sputnik?

48 This man started “witch hunts” in America, ruining the lives of many with false accusations.

49 $200 Who is Joe McCarthy?

50 The conference at Yalta contributed to the Cold War in this manner.

51 $300 What is by allowing Stalin to keep all territory his troops had recovered during the war.

52 The 1960 presidential election is historic for this reason.

53 $400 What is the influence of the TV debates and voter fraud in Texas and Illinois?

54 The A-bomb affected average American life in the 1950s this way.

55 $500 What is bomb shelters, suburbs, and/or “duck and cover” ?

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57 These three results were outcomes of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

58 What are: 1.a “hotline” is set up between the US and USSR. 2. Khrushchev loses power in USSR 3. Missiles out of Cuba-US takes away missiles in Turkey 4. Castro separates himself from US/USSR 4. the “ wet foot dry foot ” policy and the embargo of Cuba still exist today


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