How was the Korean War a significant gain for race equality?

Whites and Blacks served in the same military units

In the United States, how would the periods of the Red Scare and the McCarthy Era be BEST described?

Persecution of people holding anti-American political view

What does the term Iron Curtain refer to?

Geographic & political divisions between Communist and capitalist nations

How were American and Soviet post war goals different?

Contianment and Spread of Communism

What was the cause of the Korean War in the 1950s?

North Korea’s invasion of South Korea

What was the significance of the thirty-eighth parallel?

It divided Korea into two halves, North and South.

What common purpose was shared by the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and the Eisenhower Doctrine?

To carry out the United States policy of preventing the spread of communism

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1
How was the Korean War a significant gain for race equality?
Whites and Blacks served in the same military units
Chinese and Koreans served in the same military units
Chinese and Americans served in the same military units
Korean and Americans served in the same military units
2
Post WWII what organization was dedicated to solving international problems?
The Justice League
League of Nations
The United Nations
Warsaw Pact
3
In the United States, how would the periods of the Red Scare and the McCarthy Era be BEST described?
They were periods of severe economic depression.
Persecution of people holding anti-American political view
They were periods of great growth in arts, literature, and music.
They were support of groups holding diverse political viewpoints.
4
True or False: Did the McCarran-Walter Act reestablish the immigration quota of the 1920s?
False
True
5
What does the term Iron Curtain refer to?
The systematic communist take over of Eastern Europe
Lack of faith that the Soviet would be able to uphold their end of bargin.
Geographic & political divisions between Communist and capitalist nations
None of the Above
6
How were American and Soviet post war goals different?
Iron Curtian
Contianment and Spread of Communism
Free trade around the world
Marshall Plan
7
What was the cause of the Korean War in the 1950s?
D. South Korea’s invasion of North Korea
North Korea’s invasion of South Korea
Chinese communists invaded South Korea
The Soviet Union’s threat to blockade Japan and South Korea
8
What was the name of the first object in space?
V2 Rocket
Sputnik
Apollo 11
Jupiter 2
9
What was the Bay of Pigs?
Invasion of Haiti
Invasion of Peru
Invasion of Cuba
Invasion of Puerto Rico
10
What does M.A.D. stand for in the cold war era?
Motivated and Determined
Multiple Administrative Domain
Mutual assured destruction
Magnetic Anomaly Detector
11
What was the significance of the thirty-eighth parallel?
It was the place to which Chinese Nationalists fled.
It was the location of Korean War peace talks.
It formed Korea’s border with China.
It divided Korea into two halves, North and South.
12
What common purpose was shared by the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and the Eisenhower Doctrine?
To ensure the survival of the newly independent nations of Africa and Asia
To carry out the United States policy of preventing the spread of communism
To limit the proliferation of nuclear weapons
To provide medical aid to Latin American nations
13
Under the Marshall Plan, how many counties received aid from the United States?
17
50
5
25
14
Who was the first man on the moon?
Buzz Aldrin
Yuri Gagarin
Neil Armstrong
Vladimir Komarov
15
Who did the House Un-American Activities Committee begin to investigate?
Politicians
Labor Unions
The Military
Hollywood

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