One of the causes of the Cold War pertained to the fact that the leaders of the two main nations involved in the Cold War hated each other. Who were the two leaders whose hatred for one another made the Cold War worse?
Truman and Stalin
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Who was the first leader of Cuba after it became communist?
Fidel Castro
100
The Soviet Union became upset when the U.S. announced that it would not allow communism to spread and further. What was this statement/promise that the U.S. made known as?
the Truman Doctrine
100
What two nations did the U.S. fight against in the Korean War?
North Korea and later China
100
What was the name of the group that the Soviet Union formed in response to the U.S. forming NATO?
the Warsaw Pact
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Pertaining to WWII, what did the U.S. and the Soviet Union both believe about their own nation (and them both having this belief helped cause the Cold War)?
that their nation was the reason that the Allies won WWII
200
Who had a huge impact on music and on the culture of young people in the U.S. in the 1950s?
Elvis Presley
200
The Soviet Union blocked off its roads in East Germany in order to make it more difficult for the U.S. to get supplies to West Berlin. What was that event called?
the Berlin Blockade (or Berlin Airlift is ok)
200
Before the Korean War, Korea was divided in half. The location in Korea where it was divided is called what?
the 38th Parallel
200
What is a government called that appears to be independent but is secretly being told what to do by another nation/leader?
a puppet government
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One cause of the Cold War pertained to the fact that Stalin wanted to control the nations along the Soviet Union's western border. Why did he want to control those nations?
to use them as a shield in case the Soviet Union was attacked from that direction again (it had already happened twice in its history)
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Who was the first leader of China after it became communist?
Mao Zedong
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What was the full name of the group of nations that the U.S. formed but did not invite the Soviet Union to join?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
300
The U.S. achieved its goal in the Korean War. What was its goal?
to prevent communism from spreading to South Korea
300
Who did the U.S. Government officially blame and punish for giving the Soviet Union the secrets for how to build an atomic bomb?
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (the Rosenbergs is ok)
400
What was the group of African American students who attended Little Rock High School with the protection of the military called?
the Little Rock Nine
400
Name the person who is seen as the "leader" of the Second Red Scare in the U.S. and name the person who led the U.S. troops in the Korea for the first part of the Korean War.
Joseph McCarthy; Douglas MacArthur
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What showed the U.S. that it was not as technologically advanced as the Soviet Union in the 1950s?
when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik
400
In the first part of the Korean War, the U.S. was winning but then a stalemate developed. What caused a stalemate to develop?
China got involved in the war
400
Besides the Soviet Satellite nations, name the five other communist nations that existed at the end of the 1950s.
the Soviet Union, China, North Korea, North Vietnam, Cuba
500
One cause of the Cold War was the fact that the U.S. was very afraid of communism spreading after WWII. Why was the U.S. so afraid of this happening specifically after WWII (be specific)?
because over 50 new nations were created after WWII ended and most of those nations were poor and might become communist
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Who became leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin died?
Nikita Khrushchev
500
Answer all parts of the question: The Cold War was made worse when Berlin was split up.
1. What were the two parts of Berlin called?
2. Who controlled each part of Berlin (be specific)?
3. Which part of Germany were both parts of Berlin in?
West Berlin (which was controlled by the U.S., Britain, and France) and East Berlin (which was controlled by the Soviet Union) were both in East Germany
500
Why did North Korea attack South Korea in the first place (be specific)?
because within 5 years of Korea being divided up, they were supposed to be reunited and 5 years had passed and they still were not reunited and so North Korea attacked South Korea to try to force reunification
500
List the 6 nations that were known as the Soviet Satellites.
Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria