Cold War

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The Cold War was mostly a competition between the United States and...

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Soviet Union

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Which war did Americans protest by creating posters?

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Vietnam War

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The United States signed a declaration of war to invade Vietnam after which president refused to wage war against Cuba and Vietnam itself?

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John F. Kennedy Jr.

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What did Winston Churchill mean when he said an "iron curtain" descended across Europe?

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the separation of Communist and capitalist nations

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What did Americans fear most about the Cuban Missile Crisis? Options: The Soviets would invade Cuba and then wage war against America, The spread of communism, Russia would target America with their nukes, Russia would drive up the price of exports into America

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Russia would target America with their nukes

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Who were the leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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John F Kennedy & Nikita Khrushchev

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What were the opposing forms of government during the Cold War? Options: communism & dictatorship, democracy & capitalism, communism & socialism , capitalism & communism

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capitalism & communism

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What event in the 1960's brought the world close to a nuclear war? Options: The space race, Berlin War, The Cuban Missile Crisis, The arms race

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The Cuban Missile Crisis

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Why was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) formed in 1949? To strengthen the relationship between America and Russia, To fly supplies to West Berlin, To set up banking systems in communist countries

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To stop the spread of communism

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The United States opposed the Soviet Union's Iron Curtain by establishing an initiative called ____________ to stop the spread of communism.

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Containment