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| What program allowed returning soldiers to get low cost loans for school or buying homes? |
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| What is the increased birthrate after World War II called? |
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| The countries that were occupied by the Soviet Union during the war and became completely reliant on them after the war were called. . . |
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| What is the "Iron Curtain"? Who coined this phrase? |
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The "Iron Curtain" is the metaphor for the separation between free West and communist East Europe. Winston Churchill coined the term.
Winston Churchill coined the phrase in a speech in 1946. |
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| What are NATO and the Warsaw Pact? |
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Military Alliances.
NATO is the Western countries including the U.S., Britain, and France.
The Warsaw Pact includes the USSR and her satellite countries. |
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| What did the U.S. do in response to the Soviet blockade of Berlin ? |
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| Airlifted supplies in for nearly a year |
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| What did the Truman Doctrine pledge the U.S. would do? |
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| Help any nation under the threat of communism. |
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| What was the outcome of the Korean War? |
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| Korea remained divided at the 38th parallel. |
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| What did the Marshall Plan do? |
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| It gave billions of dollars to help rebuild European nations to help prevent the spread of communism. |
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| What did Senator Joseph McCarthy accuse many government officials of? |
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| Who launched Sputnik, the World's first artificial satellite? |
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| How do countries compete in an Arms Race? |
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| They try to get more weapons and stronger weapons than their opponent. |
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| What barrier was built in Berlin to separate free West and Communist East? |
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| Millions of school children were given this advice in case of an Atomic Bomb attack. |
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| The idea that if one nation falls to communism, all of the nations in a region will also fall is called . . . |
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| Who was the communist leader who took power in Cuba in 1959? |
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| What did U.S. spy planes spot in Cuba in October 1961? |
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| Soviet missile bases being constructed. |
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| What is tensions between nations without actual fighting? |
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| What was the name given to the master planned community, built in the suburbs, made up of affordable houses of the same floorplan? |
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| The fear of communists/ spies among us is also called . . . |
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