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The Cold War was mainly a non-military struggle for world-wide economic and political influence and control between...
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Soviet Union & Germany
Italy & Japan
Great Britain & United State
United States & Soviet Union
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The goal of the Soviet Union was to spread...
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communism
peace
freedom
democracy
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The Cold War was mainly a non-military struggle for world-wide economic and political influence and control between...
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The goal of the Soviet Union was to spread...
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Which policy did the U.S. government use to respond to the Cold War tensions of the 1950s?
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The fear of communism became known as “McCarthyism” after Senator Joseph McCarthy used mass media to spread which claim?
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After WWII, the capital of Germany, Berlin, was divided into two sectors. East Berlin was controlled by which country?
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This structure was built by the Soviets to separate the communist and democratic portions of Berlin. People were forbidden to cross over to the Western side. This structure was known as the...
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Which event signified the collapse of the communist control of Eastern Europe and the end of the Cold War?
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Which of these events was the closest the United States and the Soviet Union actually came to fighting each other during the Cold War?
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The Space Race began when the Soviet Union successfully...
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Although the Soviets were the first to put a man into outer space, the United States was the first to...
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Which war ended in a stalemate and the peninsula still divided into a communist North and a democratic South?
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Which of the following does NOT describe the Vietnam War?
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Which trend in home building was made possible by the availability of the automobile?
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Which of the following is NOT an effect of consumers having more money to spend?
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What was the significance of the Supreme Court ruling in the Brown v. Board of Education decision?
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The civil rights movement experienced several leaders. Which statement INCORRECTLY describes a civil rights leader?
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Which U.S. President introduced a civil rights bill to Congress in the 1960s?
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In 1964, Congress passed the ____________ which prohibited segregation in public places, provided for the integration of schools, and made employment discrimination illegal
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In 1965, the passage of the ___________ was significant to the civil rights movement because it prohibited the use of literacy tests to determine who could vote.
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Which organization was formed at the end of WWII and has representatives from fifty nations who work together to find peaceful solutions to international issues?
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Which organization is a military alliance that originally was established in response to the growing threat of the Soviet Union following WWII?
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Which organization plays a major role in determining the price of petroleum products as well as the rate of petroleum production?