Cold War and Civil Rights Movement

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This type of government is ran by the people.

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Democracy

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This is a type of government where the government has complete control of the country.

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Communism

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What did Winston Churchill mean by the term “Iron Curtain” used in 1946 when describing conditions in Europe?

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There was a division between the communist Eastern Europe and Western Europe.

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How did the US respond to the blockade on Western Berlin? This was when we could not get any supplies to this area.

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Berlin Airlift

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Was the Cold War an actual war?

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No

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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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What did Americans fear most about the Cuban Missile Crisis? Options: The Soviets invading Cuba, The spread of communism, A nuclear war, WWIII

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A nuclear war

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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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Who was the dictator leader of the Soviet Union during the beginning of the Cold War?

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Joseph Stalin

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What is the name for a race between two nations to build bigger weapons?

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arms race