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Cold War Facts
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Social Studies
8th Grade
02/12/2015

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Where did the "Big Three" Allied leaders met?
Definition
in Yalta, Soviet Union
Term
Who was Nikita Khrushchev was Soviet leader in the 1950s.
Definition
A Soviet leader in the 1950s.
Term
Berlin airlift was the result of what?
Definition
The Berlin blockade
Term
Who did China fight with?
Definition
China fought on the side with North Korea
Term
The Soviet Union agreed to enter war against Japan for what?
Definition
In return for some territories.
Term
Who is Mao Zedong?
Definition
A Communist leader of China
Term
What was outlawed by the Taft-Hartley bill
Definition
The closed shop
Term
What is Truman Doctrine?
Definition
A policy of containment
Term
Serviceman's Readjustment Act was?
Definition
It provided unemployment
& health benefits for GIs
Term
Who claimed Palestine?
Definition
The Jewish & Arabs both
Term
Who wrote 'The Affluent Society'?
Definition
John Kenneth Galbraith
Term
Who did Joseph Welch opposed?
Definition
Joseph McCarthy
Term
Who held a small port city called Pusan?
Definition
South Korean
Term
Who opposed NATO?
Definition
Warsaw Pact
Term
Who was Joseph McCarthy?
Definition
a communist instigator
Term
Television helped bring the downfall of who?
Definition
Joseph McCarthy
Term
Who wrote "The Organization Man"?
Definition
William H. Whyte
Term
What happen when North Korea invaded South Korea?
Definition
gained control over Seoul
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in what year did 50 nations signed the charter creating the United Nations?
Definition
In 1945
Term
Who was Douglas MacArthur?
Definition
A UN commander in Korea
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