Politics of the 1950s Review Game

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Politics of the 1950sReview Game
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• The alliance of nations in democratic Western
  Europe was called ______.
• The alliance of nations in communistic Eastern
  Europe was called _____.

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• Who was the leader of the USSR during WWII?
• Who took over after him?

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• Who was President of the United States when the
  atomic bombs were dropped on Japan?
• Who was President after him?

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• Which act forbade communists or communist
  sympathizers from obtaining passports or
  traveling abroad in 1950?

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• In preparation for an atomic blast, schools and
  businesses encouraged people to ______ ______.
• Why would this be ineffective?

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• The line that separates N. Korea and S. Korea is
  currently called the __________ and runs along
  the _________ latitude line.

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• What was the name of the plan that, in 1947,
  provided billions of dollars in aid for
  rebuilding the economies of Western Europe?

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• Who is this man?
• What did he claim to know?
• How did this create chaos in the US?

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• The term, ______, refers to the effort to weaken
  a society secretly and overthrow its government.

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• What is this object why was it so important?
• What organization was founded by the US only 1
  year later?

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• Who was the man who led the communist revolution
  in China?

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• The practice of threatening nuclear attack in
  order to force an opponent to back down is known
  as ______.

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• The leader of the US forces in the Korean War was
  ______.
• Why was he removed from his post?

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