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Review for Chapter 26 Exam
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Which of these is NOT an example of the Second Red Scare?
Alger Hiss conviction
the election of Dwight D. Eisenshower
the McCarthy Hearings
The Rosenberg Trial and execution
2
What was the reason that President Truman decided to use atomic bombs on Japan?
Japan was developing an atomic weapon.
Germany would surrender if Japan was defeated.
Too many Allied soldiers would die.
Japan and the USSR were forming an alliance against the USA,
3
Which two countries participated in the Berlin Airlift to provide supplies for nearly a year?
Ukraine and Czechoslovakia
United States and Great Britain
Germany and Soviet Union
France and Japan
4
Making accusations of treason with no hard evidence
Blacklisting
espionage
McCarthyism
Trumpism
5
Which of these is an example that best illustrates the Cold War Policy of Containment?
Korean War
Recognizing the state of Israel
Nuremberg Trials
Support of Mao Zedong in China
6
What were the names of the Japanese cities where the atomic bombs were dropped?
Yokoska and Asakusa
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Chiba and Yamamoto
Kawasaki & Kyoto
7
In 1948 Pres. Truman signed Executive Oder 9981 to do what?
force Native Americans to live on reservations
create government jobs for returning soldiers
ban racial segregation in the armed forces
send Japanese Americans to internment camps
8
US foreign policy to stop the spread of communism
Capitalism
Arms Race
Containment
Cold War
9
What is the name for the Jewish homeland that was formed by the UN in former British held area.
Iraq
Jordan
Kuwait
Israel
10
First artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957
Sputnik
Challenger
Laika
Apollo
11
One purpose of the GI Bill (Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944) was
end racial segregation in the military.
replace the draft with an all-volunteer military.
give educational aid to returning veterans.
maintain troop strength to WWII levels.
12
Truman's containment policy...
keep Soviets from traveling
a policy of US isolationism
support people resisting the spread of capitalism
support people resisting the spread of communism
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Made US look like we had fallen behind in scientific achievement
Cuban Missile Crisis
US placing missiles in Turkey
Launch of Sputnik by the USSR
U-2 Spy Plane Incident
14
When countries were trying to stock pile weapons during the Cold War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Star Wars
Arms Race
Nuke Wars
15
US's economic system?
nazism
communism
socialism
capitalism
16
What was the main purpose of the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan and the Berlin Airlift?
spreading democracy to developing nations
stopping the political and military expansion of the USSR
controlling Nazism in Europe
spreading communism
17
Superpowers
Turkey and Greece
China and Japan
Great Britain and France
Soviet Union and USA
18
The Marshall Plan...
plan to defeat Germany
plan to defeat Japan
plan to aid Europe after the war
plan to defend against nuclear attack
19
Which country came to the aid of Communist North Korea during the Korean War?
China
Soviet Union
Vietnam
United States
20
Isolation of the Soviet Union from the rest of the world
Isolationism
DMZ
Cold War
Iron Curtain
21
Theory that if one nation falls to communism others will follow
Domino Theory
Lincoln Log Theory
Lego Theory
Tree in the Forest Theory
22
Why was NATO created?
Protect nations from USSR aggression
promote trade with eastern Europe
share funds of the Marshall Plan
protect North America
23
Which of the following was the result of the post WWII urban-suburban pattern shift?
An increase in the number offarms
Movement of factories to rural areas
Expansion of highway system and car ownership
A decline in the number of middle income families.
24
American life in the 1950s was one of
declining importance of media.
decrease in automobile ownership.
conformity.
increase in number of elderly people.
25
Economic system where whole community collectively owns & controls property, goods & production
socialism
nazism
communism
capitalism
26
After WWII, the Marshall Plan was proposed as a way to
bring Nazi war criminals to justice.
improve diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.
remove all weapons of war from Europe.
help European nations recover economically.
27
Who was Senator that said they could identify communist in govt. and society?
Richard Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Joseph McCarthy
Douglas MacArthur
28
1945-1991 conflict between the US and the USSR
World War III
The Not So Hot War
The Cold War
Berlin Crisis
29
The Berlin Airlift was in response to
Germany refusing to pay war reparations
War crime trials at Nuremeburg
Elephants being dropped into Vietnam
The Soviet Unions blockade of West Berlin
30
Stalin's reason for the Berlin Blockade
US military in Japan
Marshall Plan
merging of French British and US zones in Germany
US use of atomic bomb in Japan
31
Soviet Union's and North Korea's economic system?
taoism
capitalism
communism
socialism
32
Which if these is a valid conclusion concerning the US's involvement in the Korean War?
Americans will support war, whether declared or undeclared.
Policy of containment was applied to Asia as well as Europe.
UN economic sanctions are better than military action.
America emerged as the winner in the Korean War.
33
Which of these factors led to an increase in suburban neighborhoods?
decrease in construction of homes and schools.
increase in number of women in the workforce.
decrease in number of home loans.
a rise in birth rates.
34
A belief that becomes popular and gains followers
Cold War
communism
ideology
fad
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Buffer zone between North and South Korea
Nuke zone
No man's' land
Demilitarized zone
Dead zone
