Flashcard section 19.1

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The geographic region which was the focus of the beginnings of the Cold War was: Eastern Europe, Western Germany, East Asia, The Middle East

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Eastern Europe

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Winston Churchill coined the term ____ to describe the division between the Soviet-dominated countries of Eastern Europe and the American-dominated countries of the West.

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iron curtain

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Which of the following was not an anti-communist force (or heavily criticize communists)? Joseph McCarthy, HUAC, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Nikita Khrushchev

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Nikita Khrushchev

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The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 involved: A failed US-backed invasion of Cuba, A naval blockade of Cuba by the US to force the removal of Soviet missiles, A battle of wills between US President John F. Kennedy and Soviet premier Leonid Brezhnev, US missiles placed in Cuba over the objection of the Soviet Union

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A naval blockade of Cuba by the US to force the removal of Soviet missiles

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Which country fell to communist forces in the late 1950's?

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Cuba

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To counter the formation of NATO by the United States, the Soviet Union created: SEATO, The Warsaw Pact, The Korean DMZ, Detente

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The Warsaw Pact

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The US policy of ____ sought to limit the spread of communism by allowing it only in areas already under Soviet control.

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containment

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Which doctrine stated that the United States would support countries threatened by Soviet communism?

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Truman Doctrine

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How did the US respond to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin?

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Mounted an around-the-clock airlift of supplies to West Berlin

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According to the theory of _______ , if either the US or USSR launched a nuclear attack, the other side would retaliate in kind, and both sides would be destroyed.

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MAD