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27 Cards in this Set
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U.S. fears about the spread of communism was increased when__________ became a Communist nation in 1949.
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China
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When the Soviet launched the Sputnik I satellite in 1957, many Americans feared that....
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the soviet Union was ahead of the U.S. in the production of missiles.
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The "Bay of Pigs" refers to....
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a U.S. attempt to overthrow the Cuban Government.
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The Truman Doctrine stated that the U.S. would provide________ to nations threatened by Communist expansion.
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Money
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Which Nation joined the NATO alliance several years after it was founded?
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Turkey
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The Warsaw Pact sought to....
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Create military alliance between the Soviet Union and various Eastern European Nations.
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The Berlin Wall was built in order to....
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prevent East Germans from defecting to West Germany.
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Which Communist nation remained independent of Soviet control?
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Yugoslavia
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Which U.S. president signed into law the Civil Rights Act?
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Lyndon Johnson
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West Berlin is totally surrounded by_______ territory.
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East Germany
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The Truman Doctrine was in response to conflict in what country?
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Greece
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The hotline between the White House and Kremlin was established in response to what event?
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the Cuban Missile Crisis
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President Truman issued the Truman Doctrine because he feared the possibility of Soviet expansion into the____________.
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Eastern Mediterranean
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In 1955, Eastern European countries joined the military alliance called the___________.
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Warsaw Pact
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President ________ reached an agreement with North Vietnam that allowed the U.S. to withdraw its troops.
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Nixon
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____________ refers to the process of eliminating the more ruthless policies of Stalin.
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Destalinization
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After the death of Stalin,___________ became the chief Soviet policymaker.
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Nikita Khrushchev
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___________ was the leader of the Communist state in Yugoslavia until his death in 1980.
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Tito
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U.S. president involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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John F. Kennedy
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Communist leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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Fidel Castro
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U.S. president who resumed relations with China after the Vietnam war?
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Richard Nixon
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U.S. president who, beginning in 1964, increased the number of U.S. troops in Vietnam?
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Lyndon Johnson
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Soviet leader who built the Berlin Wall?
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Nikita Khrushchev
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U.S. diplomat who argued for a policy of containment in response to Communist expansion?
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George Kennan
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US secretary of state who compared Communist expansion to the spread of an infection?
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Dean Acheson
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Communist leader of Yugoslavia after World War II?
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Tito
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US senator responsible for the "Red Scare"?
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Joseph McCarthy
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