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During the Cold War, what bill did the U.S. Congress pass to provide financial assistance to western European countries?
Truman Doctrine
Open Door Policy
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
What policy implemented in the Cold War said the U.S. would give military aid to a country that needed to resist communism?
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Domino Theory
Open Door Policy
During the Cold War, what policy did the U.S. follow to stop the spread of communism?
Open Door Policy
Big Stick Policy
Containment Policy
Dollar Diplomacy
Which individual/group contributed to the Red Scare by accusing American citizens of being communist spies?
McCarthy/HUAC
NAACP/Farm Workers Union
Nativists/Muckrakers
Philanthropists/Entrepreneurs
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, what did President J.F. Kennedy do when he heard that the Soviet Union was constructing nuclear missile sites in Cuba.
He launched a nuclear missile at the Kremlin in Moscow.
He gave into the demands of the Soviet & Cuban government.
He ordered a naval blockade around Cuba to prevent Soviet ships from bringing the necessary materials.
He declared war on the Soviet Union & Cuba.
What legislation helped American soldiers get an education and buy homes in the suburbs during the Cold War?
Interstate Commerce Act
Federal Housing Authority Act
Social Security Act
GI BIll
What theory caused the U.S. to enter the Vietnam War in order to stop the expansion of communism across Southeast Asia?
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
Open Door Policy
Dollar Diplomacy
What amendment was passed to lower the voting age because it was unfair that 18-20 year olds could be drafted into the army but not vote?
17th amendment
21st amendment
22nd amendment
26th amendment
What words should you immediately associate with the Cold War?
Hitler & the Nazis
Economic recession
Containment of Communism
Corruption & Industrialization
An attempt by the Soviet Union in 1962 to place nuclear missiles in Cuba directed toward the United States.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Iron Curtain
Berlin Airlift
Detente
Was there any Nuclear missile launching during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
No
Yes
What ended the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The USSR removes missiles and the US leaves Cuba alone.
The US uses all of their missiles and destroys Cuba
Cuba forfiets
JFK got tired of fighting and just made a treaty
The War Powers Act of 1973 was intended to affect the balance of power between the President and Congress by
allowing troops to be sent overseas without the president’s consent
requiring the president to remove all United States troops from Southeast Asia
permitting the president to enter treaties without Senate approval
placing limitations on the president’s ability to keep troops in hostile situations
The hostage crisis of 1979 played a major role in President Carter's loss of his re-election bid?
False
True
What two countries were involved in the Iranian Hostage Crisis ?
North & South Africa
Iran & United States
Iran & Iraq
China & Japan
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