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Question 1

How did the U.S address Stalin’s blockade of West Berlin to avoid breaking out into another war

Accepted Answer

Truman made a huge airlift to give necessary food & supplies

Question 2

Potsdam Conference was when the ‘Big Three’ decided how to divide Germany & European countries

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false

Question 3

In 1949, Congress gathered to provide $1 billion to where

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NATO

Question 4

What was the outcome of Suez Crisis?

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United States becomes the World Police

Question 5

When was the falling domino theory introduced by Eisenhower?

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April 1954

Question 6

What act required all employees to receive a background check before being hired?

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Loyalty Order

Question 7

What role did the UN play in US foreign affairs?

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allowed presidents to indirectly declare war by peace motive

Question 8

Truman’s Fair Deal would

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Ensure civil rights for all Americans

Question 9

All of these are examples of economic hegemony except

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Monroe Doctrine

Question 10

Russia launched Sputnik in 1957

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false

Question 11

How many deaths were ultimately responsible by the actions of Stalin?

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20-25 million

Question 12

Which act resulted in the most financial aid than previous legislations?

Accepted Answer

National Defense Education Act

Question 13

How much money did congress provide to NATO members in 1949?

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$1 billion

Question 14

CIA stands for Central Intelligence Agency.

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true

Question 15

The US and Great Britain believed that the liberated nations of Eastern Europe should do what

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hold free elections to determine their futures

Question 16

What did the GI Bill of Rights do?

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gave veterans benefits so they wouldn’t struggle

Question 17

Who was involved in the joint attack on Egypt?

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Israeli, British, French

Question 18

The U.S. had capitalist ideologies and the Soviets had communist ideologies.

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true

Question 19

One of the factors of the U.S. going into Korea was to stop communism

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true

Question 20

Which one of these is a reason for the Kennan’s Containment Policy?

Accepted Answer

COMMUNISM

Question 21

Which helps countries with finance operations & influenced how countries were developed postwar

Accepted Answer

IMF (international monetary fund)

Question 22

Yalta was the conference that decided the fate of postwar Germany

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false

Question 23

Why did the Red Scare prove to be a tool for Republicans to attack Truman administration

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They thought Democrats were soft on communism

Question 24

What idea did Eisenhower believe about communism?

Accepted Answer

Falling Domino Theory

Question 25

Nasa was created in response to the soviets landing the first man on the moon

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FALSE

Question 26

What were the two opposing pacts in the start of the cold war?

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NATO & Warsaw Pact

Question 27

Geneva Accords separated Germany into two zones to be governed by the U.S.S.R& N.A.T.O allies

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false

Question 28

True or False: CIA intervention in Israel prevented communist control

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false

Question 29

The International Monetary Fund was NOT created..

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To avoid helping countries with financial aid

Question 30

The GI Bills helped WWI veterans

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false

Question 31

How did the Cold War influence American policies during the 1950s?

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Reaffirmed their position as a world superpower

Question 32

Why did the Truman administration piled up a heavy burden of political liabilities?

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all of the above

Question 33

The Domino Theory theorized:

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political events in 1 country will reflect on bordering ones

Question 34

The Korean War did NOT

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Begin with South Korea as the initial aggressor

Question 35

The space race involved which two political powers?

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USSR and USA

Question 36

George Kennan

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Avoided writing about the relationship between the USSR & US

Question 37

Which of the following did not increase consumer spending in the fifties?

Accepted Answer

INCREASING MONEY SUPPLY

Question 38

The Truman Doctrine was made on

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March 12, 1947

Question 39

The baby boom resulted in ___

Accepted Answer

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Question 40

What is another name for the GI Bill?

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Serviceman’s Readjustment act of 1944

Question 41

The Cuban Missile Crisis was all except:

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when cuba launches missiles against communist powers

Question 42

Richard Nixon's speech was significant because:

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He it secured his Republican ticket

Question 43

Who first suggested the idea of containment?

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George Kennan

Question 44

T/F George Kenan saw the Soviet Union as a political threat rather than an military threat.

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true

Question 45

How did Truman try to contain Communism?

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He created the Truman Doctrine

Question 46

Who was the first American president during the Cold War?

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Truman

Question 47

The president's program of containing communism in Europe was the…

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truman doctrine

Question 48

Taft-Hartley Labor Act enabled the ability of maintaining a job without higher education.

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false

Question 49

What was the purpose of containment?

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To stop the spread of communism

Question 50

The National Security Act was created to oversee:

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all answer choices

Question 51

Math and Science was encouraged to be taught in schools due to what action of the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

The presence of the Sputnik satellite in Earth’s orbit

Question 52

The political unification of West Germany and its economy recovery:

Accepted Answer

Infuriated Stalin who was determined to keep Germany weak

Question 53

What is“containing”communism in Eastern Europe & providng economic/military aid to any nations

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Truman Doctrine

Question 54

The Brown v. Board of Education supreme court case…

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Stopped segregation in public schools

Question 55

THE IRON CURTAIN IS AN ACTUAL WALL

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 56

What two countries helped food and supplies into west Berlin with the Berlin Air lift?

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Britain and USA

Question 57

Financial aid programs were created 4 Latin american countries to dull the appeal of communism

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true

Question 58

Which of these do not relate to the berlin airlift

Accepted Answer

Dropped bombs on Berlin

Question 59

The Arms Race was between Russia and United States

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 60

What US Cold war strategy exerted political, economic and military pressure on Soviet expansion

Accepted Answer

Containment.

Question 61

Which of the following was not included in the Taft-Hartley Labor Act?

Accepted Answer

Increased minimum wage

Question 62

Sputnik:

Accepted Answer

First satellite made by the Soviet Union

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