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- Q1drills performed by American school children in preparation for a Soviet attackdive-and-hidelive-and-prosperduck-and-coverup-and-over30s
- Q2wrote the novel Tomorrow! to educate the public about the horrors of atomic warGeorge OrwellPhilip WylieErnest HemmingwayJ. Edgar Hoover30s
- Q3seized by the Egyptians, who intended to use its profits to fund other projectsBerlin, Germanythe Straits of Hormuzsatellite nationsSuez Canal30s
- Q4deadly radiation left over after a nuclear blastacid rainfalloutleftoverswaste30s
- Q5military alliance formed in Eastern Europe by the Soviet UnionNATOLeague of NationsUnited NationsWarsaw Pact30s
- Q6FBI director who urged HUAC to hold public hearings on Communist subversionJ. Edgar HooverJoseph McCarthyJames ComeyJohn Scopes30s
- Q7type of American spy plane shot down by the Soviets in 1960F-4R-15U-2B-5230s
- Q8general in charge of occupied Japan, fired by President Truman for insubordinationDouglas MacArthurGeorge PattonHirohitoChester Nimitz30s
- Q9Communist countries of Eastern Europe that were dependent on the Soviet Uniondemilitarized zonesatellite nationsWestern NationsUnited Nations30s
- Q10separated North Korea and South Korea after the armistice that ended the Korean WarBerlin WallGreat Walldemilitarized zoneautonomous zone30s
- Q11The United Nations was officially organized in 1945 and had a Security Council responsible for international peace and security. The Security Council could ask its members totake military action to uphold a UN resolutioncontain Communist expansionchoose members for the General Assemblynegotiate agreements on trade and development30s
- Q12At the Potsdam Conference in July 1945, President Harry Truman took a firm stand against heavy reparations and insisted thatGermany’s industry had to be allowed to recover.the United States had a right to use the atomic bomb.Europe’s economy had to be rebuilt.the Soviets’ concerns about security were unreasonable.30s
- Q13In 1946 what did Winston Churchill describe as an “iron curtain” falling across Eastern Europe?the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)the adoption of the Declaration of Liberated Europethe industrialization of Eastern European nations under the Marshall Planthe establishment of pro-Soviet Communist governments in Eastern Europe30s
- Q14In the document known as the Long Telegram, U.S. diplomat George Kennan expressed his opinion that the Soviet Union had major economic and political weaknesses and proposed a policy ofconfrontation with the Sovietsproviding aid to European nationsengaging in covert operationscontainment of Soviet expansion30s
- Q15In response to Communist aggression in Greece and Turkey, President Truman outlined a policy known as the ______________, which pledged the United States to fight the spread of communism worldwide.Truman DoctrineMarshall PlanNorth Atlantic Treaty OrganizationBerlin Airlift30s