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Grade 9 Modern Era
What was the Bay of Pigs?
  1. The name of where the U.S. fleet was stationed.
  2. The U.S. nuclear testing site.
  3. A Soviet Union code name.
  4. A failed invasion to overthrow Castro.
Grade 9 Modern Era
Name the Decade: Great Depression
  1. 20s
  2. 30s
  3. 40s
  4. 50s
  5. 60s
  6. 70s
Grade 9 Modern Era
Trying to keep communism within its border is known as
  1. "Anti-Communism"
  2. "Communism withdraw"
  3. "Policy of Containment"
  4. "Surronding Communism Plan"
Grade 9 Modern Era
How long did the Cuban Missile Crisis last?
  1. 17 days
  2. 13 days
  3. 10 days
  4. 15 days
Grade 9 Modern Era
This Cold War situation took the world to the "brink" of war when the Soviets were placing atomic weapons in Cuba.
  1. Bay of Pigs in Cuba
  2. Cuban Missile Crisis
  3. Tet offensive
  4. Kennedy resolution
Grade 9 Modern Era
Which of the following is NOT true concerning the Berlin Wall?
  1. It was a very complex system.
  2. It completely surrounded West Berlin
  3. East Berlin residents could freely come and go
  4. It was heavily guarded.
Grade 9 Modern Era
How did the United States find out about missiles in Cuba?
  1. A U2 spy plane took photographs.
  2. U.S. was tipped off by Turkey.
  3. The U.S. recorded a seismic blast.
  4. The Soviet Union threatened they would place them there if the missiles in Turkey were not removed.
Grade 9 Modern Era
Why was Turkey an important player in the Cold War?
  1. It's location relative to the Soviet Union
  2. It's supply of Nuclear warfare that it provided to the United States
  3. The trust the Soviet Union instilled in them
  4. The Soviet Union was bombing them and the United States was forced to retaliate
Grade 9 Modern Era
The Cold War officially came to an end in 1989 when
  1. the Soviets removed weapons from Cuba
  2. the Berlin Wall came down
  3. Stalin died
  4. Russian became a Democracy
Grade 9 Modern Era
When Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon and said "The long national nightmare is over," he was referring to the end of the
  1. the Vietnam War
  2. Watergate Scandal
  3. The Cold War
  4. THe Savings and Loan
Grade 9 Modern Era
Built in 1961, this became a symbol of the Cold War and prevented Germans from escaping from East to Western Europe.
  1. The Great Wall
  2. The Iron Curtain
  3. The Berlin Wall
  4. containment
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