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1
To stop the spread of communism, the United States adopted a policy toward the Soviet Union of
appeasement
foreign aid
containment
protection
2
Postwar birthrates rose in the late 1940s and 1950s creating a
shortage of diapers
"Baby Boom "
More working women
Student revolt
3
Who was the nationalist leader of N. Vietnam, whose goal was to remove French rule?
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Pol Pot
4
The "Four Olds" attacked by the Red Guard were?
old people, old ideas, old culture, old beliefs
old ideas, old culture, old customs, old habits
old beliefs, old policies, old customs, old habits
old family structures, old beliefs, old customs, old weapons
5
Which country experienced an "economic miracle" after WWII?
France
Costa Rica
Great Britain
West Germany
6
Who was the US president when the Berlin Wall came down Nov. 9, 1989?
Carter
Reagan
Nixon
Bush
7
Churchill's phrase "iron curtain" came to represent the division between
Europe still having Allied and Axis powers after the war
Europe and the US
democratic nations and communist nations
Europe and Germany was forevr changed by the Nazi regime
8
Which US president improved relations with China and brought home the troops from Vietnam?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
Lyndon B. Johnson
9
US fears about the spread of communism were increased when ___became a communist nation in 1949
China
South Korea
Yugoslavia
East Germany
10
The 38th parallel marked the boundary between
North Korea and South Korea
China and Taiwan
China and Mexico
North Korea and China
11
Which of the following caused of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union
reduction in military supplies
conflict between them
the founding the United States
a competition for political influence over other countries
12
Which US president escalated the Vietnam War by sending US troops to stop the communist victory
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
13
In 1970, four students at ___were killed by the Ohio national guard in an antiwar demonstration
Rice University
Ohio State University
Kent State University
Berkeley
14
Who was the US President at the beginning of the Cold War?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Richard Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
15
Who enacted the policy of
destallinization
?
Gorbachev
Lenin
Yeltsin
Khrushchev
16
The Berlin Wall was built in order to
prevent food from entering Poland
prevent smuggling of arms
stop the flow of supplies from West Germany to West Berlin
prevent East Germans from defecting to West Germany
17
The oppressive military regime known as the Khmer Rouge ruled which nation
North Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Malaysia
18
The communist rebel forces in Southern Vietnam were known as
PLO
Viet Minh
Hamas
Viet Cong
19
Approximately how many innocent Cambodian people were murdered during the Pol Pot genocide?
500,000
100,000
1,000,000
2,000,000
20
The Marshall Plan was designed to
prevent Soviet involvement in Angola
develop a military strategy to defend Canada
Make Western European nations stronger under Soviet control
restore economic stability to European nations after WWII
