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A review for the AHCP Chapter 16 Test
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1
NASA coordinated space-related efforts between which 2 organizations?
Military and American Science
Federal Government and NASA
American Finance and American Science
CIA and Military
2
What was NATO created for?
To combat the formation of SEATO
To combat Socialism
To combat Communism
To combat the Kardashians
3
According to this, the U.S. would provide aid to any Middle-Eastern country fighting communism?
Smith Act
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Eisenhower Doctrine
4
Who was the leader of American forces in the Korean War?
Douglas MacArthur
George Kennan
John Foster Dulles
Dwight Eisenhower
5
John Foster Dulles created this theory.
Mutually Assured Destruction
Containment
Massive Retaliation
Brinkmanship
6
When Joseph McCarthy began accusing those in government of being homosexual, this was known as?
Lavender Scare
Blue Scare
Pink Scare
Red Scare
7
What was the Warsaw Pact created for?
To combat the formation of SEATO
To combat Socialism
To combat Communism
To Combat the formation of NATO
8
What was the motto attributed to President Eisenhower’s defense budget that actually decreased?
Stop the buck here
The buck is the duck with a truck that don't suck
Bigger bang for the buck
The buck stops here
9
Which leader did the United States support in the Chinese Civil War?
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Mao Zedong
Jiang Jieshi
Nikita Khrushchev
10
According to this, the U.S. would provide $13 billion dollars for the rebuilding of Europe?
Eisenhower Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Smith Act
11
According to this theory, if there was going to be war, it would probably be nuclear.
Brinkmanship
Mutually Assured Destruction
Massive Retaliation
Containment
12
Who claimed that Alger Hiss was selling U.S. intelligence secrets?
Richard Nixon
Julius Rosenberg
Whittaker Chambers
Joseph McCarthy
13
Which United States President ended the Korean War?
Harry Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
14
Who was US President Eisenhower’s Secretary of State?
John Foster Dulles
George Kennan
Richard Nixon
Douglas MacArthur
15
At which conference did Joseph Stalin promise free elections in Eastern Europe?
Potsdam
Tehran
Casablanca
Yalta
16
When did the U.S.S.R. successfully detonate an atomic bomb in Siberia?
October 4th, 1957
September 11th, 2001
September 4th, 1929
September 2nd, 1949
17
This theory is defined as having enough weapons to destroy the opposing side.
Massive Retaliation
Brinkmanship
Mutually Assured Destruction
Containment
18
What was the nickname of the 1956 Olympic water polo match between U.S.S.R. and Hungary?
Sharks in the Water
Water in the Blood
Commie's in the Water
Blood in the Water
19
Where did Jiang Jieshi and the Chinese nationalists flee to?
Taipei
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Tong Jong
20
What was Harry Truman’s motto for facing problems head-on?
The buck is the duck with a truck that don't suck
Bigger Bang for the Buck
Stop the buck here
The Buck stops here
21
Which future US president used the Alger Hiss spy case as a leaping point to national fame?
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Gerald Ford
22
George Kennan created this theory.
Containment
Massive Retaliation
Brinkmanship
Mutually Assured Destruction
23
According to this, it is unlawful to teach about overthrowing the federal government.
Smith Act
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Eisenhower Doctrine
24
Which group of left-wing directors, producers and writers were accused of being communist?
Bollywood 10
Hollywood 10
Blacklist
Hollywood 7
25
Which 2 countries did the CIA created revolutions for new governments?
Egypt and Iran
Guatemala and Iraq
Iran and Guatemala
Afghanistan and Guatemala
26
The 38
th
parallel divided which country?
Russia
China
Vietnam
Korea
27
Which leader did the U.S.S.R. support in the Chinese Civil War?
Jiang Jieshi
Nikita Khrushchev
Mao Zedong
Gamal Abdel Nasser
28
What was President Truman’s policy on the Korean War?
Limited War
Brinkmanship
Containment
Mutually Assured Destruction
29
Who became the premier of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics after Joseph Stalin died?
Vladimir Putin
Nikita Khrushchev
Mikhail Gorbochav
Leonid Brezhnev
30
The Iron Curtain was the division between which 2 Geo-political groups?
Communist W. Europe and Democratic E. Europe
Pro Bigfoot Oregon and Anti Bigfoot Ohio
Democratic W. Europe and Communist E. Europe
Communist North and Democratic South Korea
31
Which government agency used the Federal Employee Loyalty Program to screen employees?
FBI
US Army
HUAC
CIA
32
According to this, the United States would provide aid to Greece and Turkey?
Eisenhower Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
Smith Act
Marshall Plan
