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This was the first major military conflict between the West and the Communist
What is the Korean War?
100
What country was trying to contain communism?
What is the U.S. ?
100

What was the importance of Ronald Reagan saying his, "Tear Down the Wall" speech in front of the Berlin Wall in Berlin so important?

It symbolized the Cold War- in which Reagan was bringing to an end

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What two major actors in the Cold War competed in the Space Race?
What is the U.S. and the USSR?
100

What started the second wave of the women's rights movement in the 1960s?

the publication of The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

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October 16-28, 1962 were arguably the most dangerous thirteen days of the Cold War. During this period nuclear war seemed not only plausible, but probable. This particularly unstable time was due to this dilemma.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis.
200
What was the communist country that U.S. was most afraid of?
What is the USSR?
200
What is the name of the place where exiles tried to overthrow Fidel Castro?
What is the Bay of Pigs?
200
The Soviet Union launched this artificial satellite into space on October 4, 1947?
What is Sputnik?
200

What was commonly associated with "hippies" in the 1960s and 1970s?

Rejection of social norms- anti-war, PEACE

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What was the second major military conflict between the West and the Communists?
What is the Vietnam War?
300
This policy was instilled to fight communism and promote democracy in 1947.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
300
The resolution that was passed by the U.S. congress gave President Johnson the power to use all military means to protect South Korea from communism.
What is The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
300

What was the focus of the Great Society programs in the 1960s?

Reduce Poverty- The Great Society Program created subsidized homes for poor people. Unfortunately, those cheap housing units became crime ridden over time; defeating the purpose of its original plan

300

Why were Vietnam veterans shunned while World War II veterans were celebrated when

they returned home?

Veterans symbolized the country’s involvement in a losing war that many saw as unjust.

HIPPIES HATED THE WAR AND SOLDIERS IN GENERAL

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One of the most important causes of the Cold War between the USSR and th US after WWII was THIS KIND of conflict?
What is ideological conflict?
400
The Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine, and the fight against communism can be labeled forms of this
What is Containment?
400
The name of the U.S. spy plane that got shot down over the Soviet Union.
What is U-2?
400
President of the United States when man landed on the moon.
Who is JFK?
400

What caused a major divide in US public opinion concerning the Vietnam War during the 1960s and 1970s?

Many Americans grew to distrust elected officials due to the high number of American

deaths and misinformation coming from the American government.

500

During the Cold War, the US policy of détente led to

Decreased tensions with the Soviet Union

500

A plan, designed by the United States to aid countries who had been affected by World War II

What is the Marshall Plan

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I am what the U.S and Russia were building in competition of each other.
What are nuclear weapons?
500

What contributed the most to the collapse of the Soviet Union?

increasing costs of the arms race between the United States and the Soviet Unions


Remember: The Soviet Union could not keep up with the United States ECONOMICALLY

500

How did the NAACP seek to achieve its main goal in the 1960s?

The NAACP focused on ending the segregation of public places through the nation’s

court system.