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What was the main purpose of US foriegn policy in the decade following WWII?
Stop the spread of Communism
Defend China
Imperialism
Invade Russia
2
Reaganomics involves
lower taxes
reduction in the military
high government spending on domestic issues
a lot of government regulations
3
Which is the best description of the Marhsall Plan of 1947
a plan to remove the communist from US government posts
using money to influence western European countries
a plan to defeat the USSR in the arms race
a plan to send military supplies to anti-communists in China
4
Why did OPEC place an embargo on oil to the US
The Mujahideen took control
Eisenhower sent troops to Vietnam
Jimmy Carter
Nixon gave military aid to Israel
5
Which group of countries were Warsaw Pact members?
Mexico, Canada, and the US
Ethiopia, Angola, and the Sudan
East Germany, Hungary, and Poland
West Germany, France, and England
6
Which nation was not involved in the Korean war?
Japan
China
North Korea
The US
7
Which two countries staged a 1953 military coup in Iran that restored the Iranian monarchy
US and Great Britain
Egypt and Israel
USSR and Afghanistan
France and Germany
8
After the Korean war, North Korea and South Korea
merged and became Korea
stayed separate and still are today
declared war on Vietnam
became communist
9
The Cold War lasted about...
75 years
44 years
23 years
10 years
10
The US has what type of economy?
Socialist
Collective
Capitalist
Totalitarian
11
Brown v. Board led to
racism against Latin-Americans.
desegregation of schools.
the upholding of Plessy v. Ferguson.
12
Winston Churchill said that European countries living under Soviet domination were
The Iron Curtain
The Evil Empire
Axis of Evil
The Great Evil
13
Which groups are in conflict over claims to Palestinian territory?
Turks and Kurds
Arabs and Jews
Italians and Algerians
Syrians and Greeks
14
What was the largest cause of divisiveness on the American home front?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam War
Berlin Airlift
Korean War
15
Which of the following WAS NOT a Cold War president of the US?
Theodore Roosevelt
Harry S Truman
Dwigh D Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
16
The Cold War was a war of ideas between
Democracy and Fascism
Communism and Fascism
Communism and Totalitarianism
Communism and Democracy
17
Who was the president of the US at the end of the Cold war
Harry Truman
Ronald Reagan
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
18
In an effort to promote the flow of ideas and information to improve Russian lives
Detente
Glasnost
Perestrioka
Collectivization
19
an economic/political system where industry are controlled by private owners for profit is
socialism
autocracy
theocracy
capitalism
20
a government that owns resources and does not allow private property is known as communism
True
False
21
What country was likely a member of the Warsaw Pact?
US
France
Brazil
Russia
22
The best example of Brinkmanship is the
moon landing
Berlin Airlift
Vietnam War
Cuban Missile Crisis
23
The Atom Bomb was invented by the US during an emergency program known as the
Manhattan Project
Marshall Plan
Nuclear Project
Los Alamos Project
24
How did the Vietnam War end?
Communist forces captured Saigon
Ho Chi Minh was removed from power
Soviet Union took control of all of Vietnam
Vietnam was divided into two seperate countries
25
The 1970s were known for
stagflation
trust of government
domestic unity
a strong economy
26
in the 1950's senator Joseph McCarthy won national attention when he
Claimed that 100s of government employees were communists
ran for president against Harry S Truman
Volunteered to join the fight in North Korea
was convicted as a USSR spy
27
What country was likely an original member of NATO.
Japan
United Kingdom
Brazil
Russia
28
What type of economy did the Soviet Union have?
Collective
Totalitarian
Capitalist
Socialist
29
a form of government in which people choose leaders by voting is known as democracy
False
True
30
What was the purpose of the House Un-American Activities Committee
To hunt down communists around the world
to provide opportunities for military veterans
To hunt down communists in the US
to spy on communists in Canada
31
During the Cold War which two countries were super powers?
USSR AND CHINA
US AND GREAT BRITAIN
USSR AND US
US AND CUBA
32
What was the significance of the Berlin Wall?
Protect the USSR from invasion by the US
Protect western Europe from Soviet invasion
Kept Communist Berlin isolated.
Kept Soviet spies out of West Berlin
33
What event is considered to be the beginning of the Cold War?
Truman Doctrine
Joseph Stalin
Franklin Roosevelt
Monroe Doctrine
34
What was a result of the Potsdam conference?
Japand was allowed to maintain an active military force
a democratic government was adopted in Yugoslavia
war criminals were tried in the US
Allies discussed what to do with Europe, eg divide Germany.
35
Hawks were
people for the Vietnam War
people against the Vietnam War
36
Which of the following was established for the purpose of mutual defense and led by the US
UN
League of Nations
Warsaw Pact
NATO
37
Which US president would help other countries, such as Greece & Turkey, fight communism
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Truman
Kennedy
38
Democratic nations tried to stop the spread of Communism through a policy known as
Occupation
Imperialism
Isolationism
Containment
39
Democratic leader in Vietnam
Mao Tse Tung
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ho Chi Minh
40
is a process whereby societies come under or adopt Western culture is known as
westernization
capitalism
communism
globalization
41
Name the USSR leader at the beginning of the Cold War
Stalin
Lenin
Winston Churchill
Gorbachev
42
What led to the start of the Vietnam War?
Civil war from Cambodia spread into Vietnam
Soviet Union sent troops to North Vietnam
South Vietnam invaded North Vietnam
US sent troops to Vietnam
43
Most Communists governments could be described as...
Repressive
Fair
Nice
Lovely
44
Who was the president at the beginning of the Cold war?
Winston Churchill
Harry Truman
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
45
Vietnamization was the
withdrawal of troops from Vietnam.
widespread usage of napalm.
escalation of troops in Vietnam.
46
Which US president deliberated over his decision in regards to the Cuban Missile Crisis
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Roosevelt
47
Which technological innovations contributed most to the start of the Space Race
Nuclear Energy
Fiber Optic Wires
Bio-fuels
Satellites
48
A scandal that rocked the US Presidency in the 1970s was known as...
Whitewater
Watergate
Deflategate
49
The US and the USSR each engaged in a continual build up of nuclear weapons. This was known as
The Arms Race
The Detente
The Space Race
The Human Race
50
Many countries with democratic governments formed an alliance known as
Warsaw Pact
NATO
UN
Axis
51
The destruction of the Berlin Wall symbolized what?
the end of the Vietnam War
the fall of capitalism
the fall of Communism
the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis
