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How did the different political systems cause the Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union?
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Who was involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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How does the ideology of the Cold War relate to the breakdown of wartime alliances after the end of World War 2?
Popularity: 117

What were the US cold war policies and practices in international relations in the late 1940s to the mid 1950s?
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What is an Iron Curtain country?
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How did the cold war relate to the vietnam war?
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How did Soviet actions after World War 2 affect American foreign policy?
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Why were the US and Western Europe against the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe?
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What are the lasting effects of the Cold War?
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How did the Cold War affect the European nations?
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What were the goals of U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War?
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Was gunpowder used in weapons during the Cold War?
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How did Stalin try to take over Berlin and how was he prevented by the West in 1948-49?
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What events started and ended the Cold War?
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What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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Did containment during the Cold War work?
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How did racial discrimination in America during the Cold War make the US' actions abroad seem a contradiction?
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Why did the Cold War affect so many people?
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How did the Cold War go global?
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What weapons were used in the Cold War?
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What was the U2 incident during the Cold War?
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Did Eisenhower say that 'we fought the wrong enemy' meaning the US should have fought the Russians in World War 2?
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Why did the Soviets need spies in the 1950s?
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What was the main reason the US went into the Cold War?
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What events led to the Cold War?
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Who were the major powers in the Cold War?
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What was George F Kennan's role during the Cold War?
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How did the Cold War influence the Kennedy and Johnson administrations?
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What countries in the Cold War used nuclear weapons?
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How did the Cold War affect the American homefront?
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Did France ask the US for money to rebuild after World War 2?
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Should the Allies have attacked Russia at the end of World War 2 and driven Russia back to her pre-war borders?
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How did the Cuban missile crisis end?
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Was the arms race a necessary part of American Cold War policy or a waste of resources?
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In what ways was Mikhail Gorbachev a positive influence in the Cold War?
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What impact did the Berlin Airlift have on the people of Germany and Eastern Europe?
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When was the Berlin Airlift?
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Did the US succeed in containing communism?
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How did the Teheran Yalta and Potsdam Conferences lead to the eruption of the Cold War?
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When did the Cold War occur?
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How did World War 2 lead to the Cold War?
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What was the significance of Winston Churchill's iron curtain speech?
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What was the aim of US for applying containment strategy during cold war?
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What happened in Europe in the Cold War?
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How was the policy of containment applied during the Cold War?
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What were the nuclear weapons the countries used in the Cold War?
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Did the aftermath of World War 2 lead to the Cold War?
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What was the ideology of the Cold War?
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When did hostilities between the US and USSR start?
Popularity: 54

What is a satellite nation?
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How was communism considered a threat to democracy?
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How did the US react during the Cold War?
Popularity: 54

What happened during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Popularity: 54

How do you learn about the Cold War?
Popularity: 53

What was the total number of casualties in the Cold War?
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What impact did Joseph McCarthy have on American society?
Popularity: 51

What does USSR mean?
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When was the construction of the Berlin wall started?
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What were the McCarthy hearings?
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What was the Cold War?
Popularity: 47

What two superpowers were involved in the Cold War?
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What was the impact of the Cold War on developing nations?
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To what extent did building the Berlin Wall disrupt the distrubution of water natural gas electricity and municipal services?
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What were significant events in the Cold War?
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What was the Berlin Wall dividing?
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What happened in the Cold War?
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Did the development of nuclear weapons in both the United States and Soviet Union serve to increase or decrease the likelihood of war?
Popularity: 44

What impact did the Cold War have on the United States?
Popularity: 43

How was the world different during the Cold War?
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What are the major forces in the Cold War?
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