True or False: At the time, the Vietnam War was the longest war in American history.
True
100
What War did Russia lose war in 1905, causing anger and humilitation throughout the country.
The Russo-Japanese war?
100
What is McCarthyism?
a campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy
100
Name the leader who claimed an "iron curtain" had fallen over Europe
Winston Churchill
100
How many class periods are there on wednesdays at Westside Hig school
4
200
What was another name given to the Vietnam War?
Second Indochina War
200
What political party gained control of Russia after overthrowing the Provisional Government.
What is the Bolshevik party?
200
What led to McCarthyism?
Fear of communist influence in the United States
200
The Soviets blockaded this city because they did not like the idea of a western government in the middle of their zone
What is the blockade of Berlin (in June, 1948)
200
What is serverd in vendo land on Mondays
chick-fil-a
300
The National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF) was more commonly known as:
The Viet Cong
300
This man succeeded Lenin as leader of the Soviet Union. Who is he?
Joseph Stalin
300
The growth of McCarthyism in the early 1950s was based on
1.
public fear concerning the spread of communism
2.
outrage over government corruption
3.
dissatisfaction with the results of World War II
4.
opposition to the policy of containment
The public fear concerning the spread of communism
300
what is a curtain
What is iron
400
When did the US officially declare war on Vietnam?
They never declared war on Vietnam
400
What is the name of Lenin's mix of capitalism and communism?
the New Economic Policy?
400
During McCarthyism who were Americans expressing their hatred for?
Communists
400
was the iron curtain theoretical or literal
What is both
400
Who is the best teacher at westside?
Ms.Comeaux
500
Peace agreement that if followed in 1956 could have avoided the Vietnam War.
Geneva Accords
500
3 reasons for the overthrow of the Russian monarchy.
high casualties in World War I, loss of Russo-Japanese war, Rasputin's influence.
500
How many government employees lost their jobs as a result of McCarthyism?