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Cold War & Eisenhower Era Review
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1
Which of the following is least related to the other 3?
launch of Sputnik
Landrum-Griffith Act
National Defense Education Act
NASA
2
Which of the following is least related to the other 3?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
nonviolent direct action
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Orval Faubas
3
Among anti-communists Senator Joseph McCarthy was the
only WWII hero
most effective
one who most damaged free speech
first Republican
4
What may have tipped the scales for John F. Kennedy in the election of 1960?
his TV appearance in debates with Richard Nixon
his accent
his religion
his age
5
During the 1950s the CIA engineered pro-American coups in both
Iraq & Nicaragua
Egypt & Cuba
Iran & Guatemala
Lebanon & El Salvador
6
The Eisenhower Doctrine pledged
military aide to nations fighting communism
aide to Western Europe as an extension of the Marshall Plan
aide to Japan to combat communist China
financial support to nations fighting communism
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Richard Nixon was selected as Eisenhower's running mate as a concession to
liberal Republicans
hard-line anti-communists
southern Republicans
isolationists
8
In the 1954 Brown v. Board of Ed. decision the Supreme Court
ordered immediate integration of all schools
the concept of "separate but equal" was unconstitutional
upheld Plessy v. Ferguson
declared segregation on interstate bussing unconstitutional
9
Since 1945, population in the U.S. has grown mostly in the
Northeast
Midwest
Sunbelt
Frostbelt
10
The origins of the Cold War lay in disagreements between the U.S. and U.S.S.R over postwar
Eastern Europe
the Middle East
North Africa
East Asia
11
The Taft-Hartley Act delievered a major blow to labor by
allowing the president to declare an 80 day "cool-off"
creating an inflationary spiral
banning labor's political action committees
outlawing strikes by public employees
12
Arrange the following in order (A)Marshall Plan (B)Truman Doctrine (C)NATO
A,C,B
B,C,A
B,A,C
C,B,A
13
George Kennan advised an American Cold War policy known as
limited war
detente
containment
appeasement
14
The Paris Summit conference scheduled for 1960 was aborted by the
Bay of Pigs
Suez Crisis
Sputnik launch
U-2 incident
15
President Truman's domestic agenda was nicknamed the
Fair Deal
Let's Make a Deal
Square Deal
New Deal
16
What did Mr. Linane name his beard?
The Innovator!
El Guapo
Techno-Fuzz
Beardo
17
The immediate concern that prompted the Truman Doctrine was related to events in
Egypt
Greece and Turkey
China
Iran
18
President Truman's Marshall Plan called for
military aid to Europe
an alliance to contain the U.S.S.R
financial aid to rebuild Western Europe
Economic aid for Japan
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Under the Truman Doctrine the U.S. pledged to
support nations fighting communist subjugation
maintain prosperity in America after WWII
give very limited assistance to nations fighting communism
work to liberate Eastern Europe
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In regards to postwar Germany the Big 3 all agreed
Germany would receive massive economic aide
high-ranking Nazis should be tried for war crimes
Germany should pay reparations
Germany would be reunited ASAP