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3. Question 1 - 10 At Yalta, the leaders agreed to recognize the Polish government that the Soviets had set up if Stalin agreed to do what?

4. Answer 1 – 10 Hold free elections as soon as possible.

5. Question 1 - 20 What policy did George Kennan urge the U.S. to adopt in response to communism?

6. Answer 1 – 20 Containment

7. Question 1 - 30 How did the Allies respond to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin?

8. Answer 1 – 30 Berlin Airlift

9. Question 1 - 40 What did the Rosenbergs do?

10. Answer 1 – 40 Gave atomic secrets to the Soviets

11. Question 1 - 50 What was the Marshall Plan?

12. Answer 1 – 50 Gave economic aid to Western Europe to prevent them from turning to communism.

13. Question 2 - 10 Who fought in the Korean War?

14. Answer 2 – 10 United Nations (U.S.), South Korea, North Korea and China

15. Question 2 - 20 What are NATO and the Warsaw Pact?

16. Answer 2 – 20 NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization. U.S. and democratic nations. Warsaw Pact – Soviet Union and communist nations.

17. Question 2 - 30 What was the “Iron Curtain”?

18. Answer 2 – 30 The bloc of communist satellite nations in Eastern Europe that separated the Soviet Union from the democracies in Western Europe.

19. Question 2 - 40 Describe how the Berlin Airlift was an example of containment.

20. Answer 2 – 40 Stalin wanted to force NATO out of West Berlin so that communists could take over. U.S. and Britain airlifted supplies to maintain their presence in West Berlin.

21. Question 2 - 50 How did the U.S. respond when the Soviets started placing nuclear missiles in Cuba?

22. Answer 2 – 50 Blockaded Cuba Agreed not to invade Quietly removed our missiles from Turkey

23. Question 3 - 10 Who started the second red scare when he claimed that communist spies had infiltrated the U.S. government?

24. Answer 3 – 10 Senator Joseph McCarthy

25. Question 3 - 20 What was the U-2 incident?

26. Answer 3 – 20 Soviets shot down an American spy plane. Pilot - Francis Gary Powers

27. Question 3 - 30 What was Eisenhower’s policy of going to the edge of war to force the other side to back down called?

28. Answer 3 – 30 Brinkmanship

29. Question 3 - 40 Who wrote the “long telegram” and came up with the idea of containment?

30. Answer 3 – 40 George Kennan

31. Question 3 - 50 How did Ronald Reagan help to win the Cold War?

32. Answer 3 – 50 Arms Race with the Soviet Union – Soviet economy collapses.

33. Question 4 - 10 What was the era of confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union called?

34. Answer 4 – 10 The Cold War

35. Question 4 - 20 “We cannot defend the nation in a way which will exhaust our economy.... [The United States] must be prepared to use atomic weapons in all forms.” Who probably said this?

36. Answer 4 – 20

37. Question 4 - 30 What is the Military Industrial Complex?

38. Answer 4 – 30 Relationship between the military (government) and the defense industry.

39. Question 4 - 40 Who was the first man on the moon?

40. Answer 4 – 40 Neil Armstrong

41. Question 4 - 50 What were the first words spoken on the moon?

42. Answer 4 – 50

43. Question 5 - 10 What was the name of the mission that landed the first man on the moon?

44. Answer 5 – 10

45. Question 5 - 20 How many people watched the first moon landing on television?

46. Answer 5 – 20 530 Million

47. Question 5 - 30 What are Russian astronauts called?

48. Answer 5 – 30 Cosmonauts

49. Question 5 - 40 Who was the second man to set foot on the moon?

50. Answer 5 – 40 Buzz Aldrin

51. Question 5 - 50 Who had to stay with the Columbia while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin completed their 2 hour and 36 minute moonwalk?

52. Answer 5 – 50 Michael Collins… poor guy