Cold War II

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What was the main goal of the United States during the Cold War? Options: To spread communism, To strengthen ties with Vietnam and Korea, To destroy the Soviet Union and its allies, To contain communism and promote democracy

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To contain communism and promote democracy

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What was the main goal of the Soviet Union during the Cold War?

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To spread communism to other countries

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An "arms race" can be described as ...

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a race between nations to acquire the most powerful weapons

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What is the term used to describe the invisible line that separated communist Eastern Europe from democratic Western Europe?

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Iron Curtain

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Which term means the idea that when one nation falls to communism, then another one will and so on, and so on?

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Domino Theory

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The U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism is known as...?

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Containment

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This event saw the U.S. send airplanes to deliver much needed supplies to a German city for over a year.

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Berlin Airlift

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Which of the following was a contest between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. to gain technological superiority and the goal was to reach the moon?
Options: Korean War, Berlin Airlift, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, Space Race

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Space Race

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What is brinkmanship?

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U.S. foreign policy of threatening to use all out military aggression against enemy

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Mutually Assured _______ is the idea that full-scale use of nuclear weapons by both sides would lead to complete annihilation of both sides.

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Destruction