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What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?
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To support countries that rejected Communism
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Which two groups fought a civil war in China before and after WWII
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Nationalists & Communists
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The Bay of Pigs was a failed attempt to overthrow who?
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Fidel Castro
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What was the Strategic Defense Initiative?
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A system to protect the U.S. against enemy missiles
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Who did the Marshall Plan aid?
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Any European country that needed it
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What event increased U.S. spending on education and technology?
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Soviet launching of space satellite
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What action did General MacArthur take during the Korean War that immediately led to his discharge?
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Attempted to use the press and Congress to go over the president’s head
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Who were the Vietcong?
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Pro- Communist South Vietcong
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Which leader won China’s civil war ?
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Mao Zedong
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What alliance did the European Communist nations create in response to NATO?
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Warsaw Pact
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What did the region described as being “behind the iron curtain” include
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Soviet Union and its Satellite Nations
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What led the Soviets to blockade West Berlin?
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A reunification of the three Western zones of Germany
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Which of the following worked together to produce similar goals? A.Truman Doctrine and Containment B.NATO and the Warsaw Pact C.Marshall Plan and the iron curtain D.Détente and brinkmanship
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A. Truman Doctrine and Containment
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What exiled leader led the religious opposition to Western influences in Iran?
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Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini
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When did Chinese troops enter the war in Korea?
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When fighting neared China’s border – Yalu River
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What idea was used to justify U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War era?
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Domino Theory
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The U.S. and U.S.S.R. had a dangerous standoff over the presence of Soviet missiles in what country?
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Cuba
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Islamic revolutionaries held more than 60 Americans hostage for over a year in what country?
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Iran
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What economic system was used to reshape China’s economy after the civil war?
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Communism
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This was the alliance between the U.S., Canada, and ten Western European nations.
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NATO
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This was the name of the first satellite to be launched into space.
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Sputnik
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This was the term used by Winston Churchill to represent the division between a mostly Democratic Western Europe and a Communist Eastern Europe
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Iron Curtain
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This was an organization of nations set up after WWII, it included both of the superpowers
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United Nations
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This is the name of the policy that aimed to prevent the spread of communism by blocking Soviet influence
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Containment
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This names a dispute between the Soviet Union and the United States that resulted from the shooting down of a spy plane.
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U-2 incident
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