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Current Issues Final Exam Review
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1
The Eisenhower Doctrine expanded the Truman Doctrine to include Australia.
True
False
2
President Nixon's resigning his position as President began with a
DWI
Assault and Battery
Burglary
Murder
3
Many Western European countries after WWII came under the control of the Soviet Union
False
True
4
The inspiration for the USA entering the space race was
The launching of Sputnik
The dropping of the Atomic Bombs
As a gift to Nakita Kruchef
to develop a shield against ICBMs
5
The Domino Theory stated that
If one country would fall to communism, then others would soon follow
Communism would fail worldwide
Communist forces would fail in Asia
Cold War conflicts would not involve other countries
6
In the Korean and Vietnam wars, no declaration of war was ever issued by Congress.
False
True
7
Cutting the tax rates of business owners, assuming they would build the economy with jobs and better goods
Mondalenomics
Supply side economics
Rise up economics
Complete Portioning
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Truman Doctrine, Berlin Airlift and NATO were all reactions to
Expansion of communism
Rise of Ultranationalism
starvation of the Italian people
Expansion of Capitalism
9
During the 1950s and 1960s, which civil rights leader advocated black separatism?
Pope Urban II
Malcom X
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Elijah Mohammed
10
World War II led to worse economics conditions in the USA
True
False
11
What did the Tet offensive in 1968 tell the American Public?
The war in Vietnam would be over soon
The Vietnam war will unite Northern and Soutern parts of the country
The Vietnamese people were willing to help in fighting Communism.
The Vietnam War would take a lot longer
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in the 80s the selling of weapons to Iran and giving the $ to anti-communist forces was the basics
DC and Moscow Affair
New York & New Jersey problem
Bagdahd-Montevideo incident
Iran-Contra Affair
13
Executive order 9981
Order to intergrate the military in 1948
Expanded the power of the FBI
Enforced Morgan vs Virginia
Order to intergrate educational facilities
14
The D-Day invasion forced the Germans to
force Italy to surrender
Fight the war on 2 fronts
stopped Soviet advances into Eastern Europe
drop the Atomic bomb on Paris
15
What would make the USA in the 1950s support a dictator in another country?
Open elections chose the dictator
The USSR supports them
That dictator is an anti-communist
The dictator supplies manufactured goods to the USA
16
Levittown and the growth of the American suburbs owes its success to
the bombing of pearl harbor
Executive order 11730
The GI Bill
the Great Depression
17
The role of the Marshall Plan after WWII was to
Promote militarism
rebuild economies to prevent the spread of communism
Rebuild the Warsaw Pact Countries
Force Germany to repay all war debts
18
A result of President Nixon's use of the diplomatic strategy of DETENTE.
Protecting the Shah of Iran
development of NASA
Opening diplomatic relations with China
increasing Atomic ICBM production
19
A direct result of the Bay of Pigs invasion of 1961 was
Latin America was cleared of communism
Cold War tensions increased between the USA and the USSR
Fidel Castro was removed from power
Detente was a great success
20
What is internment?
forcing people to pay for supplies for the war
sending people to war against their will
the imprisonment of a large number of people with a fair trial
the detention of large numbers of people without trial
21
The Manhattan Project
Created the Corona Virus
designed better weapons for the D-Day invasion.
built satelites to spy on the Axis Powers
developed the Atomic Bob for the Allies
22
The fall of the Berlin Wall was a sure sign that the Truman Doctrine was wrong
True
False
23
The atom bomb was no 'great decision.' It was merely another powerful weapon" Who dropped the Atom Bomb?
President Kennedy
President Roosevelt
President Truman
President Cleaveland
24
Casen that made segregated facilities were constitutional
Brown vs Topeka Board of Education
Miranda v Arizona
Gregg vs Georgia
Plessy vs Ferguson
25
President Roosevelt enacted Executive Order 8802 because
To mandate fair hiring practices in government and defense jobs
Move American Naval forces from Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific
to end segregation in the military
To give women the right to vote
26
What reason did Japan have for attacking Pearl Harbor, HI?
Wanted to wage a war on 2 fronts
US imposed an embargo to stop Japanese imperialism in Asia
Unhappy about internment of Japanese-Americans
Revenge for the US helping Great Britain
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Why was China's fall to communism under Mao Zedong so signifigant?
China was the last free nation in Asia
China became a technology giant immedietly.
China could support Communist movements in Asia
Chineese Taiwan was Asia's last hope
