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Brinksmanship was the idea that
President that took over for Harry Truman
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President that took over for Harry Truman
FDR
Richard Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ronald Reagan
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Brinksmanship was the idea that
The US needed to develop more nuclear subs
The USSR was on the brink of conquering all of Europe
The US was on the brink of peace with the USSR
We would never back down from the USSR even if it meant war
3
Americans in the 1950s fully embraced Liberal political policies
True
False
4
Bomb developed by Truman in response to the USSR developing an atomic bomb
Napalm
Big Boy
Mustard Bomb
Hydrogen Bomb
5
Which of the following was NOT an accomplishment of Eisenhower's administration?
NASA
Expansion of Social Security & Unemployment
Interstate highway system
Passage of the Taft-Hartley Act
6
Why would the US want Germany to recover economically?
Potential political alliances
All of the above
Deter Communist efforts
Germany could buy American goods
7
Outside of providing economic relief, the Marshall Plan helped
Keep countries away from Communist rule
The US gain an entryway into Asia
Calm down the Arms Race between the US and USSR
Improve relations between Capitalists and Communists
8
At Yalta, the soviets agreed to
enter the war against Japan
allow American troops to enter Berlin first
withdraw their influence over eastern European countries
rule all of Germany
9
the Marshall Plan was meant to
help European economies affected by WWII
raise funds for the development of nuclear war heads
improve relations between the US and USSR
increase communist control in North Korea
10
Only hired Union Workers
Socialist Shops
Closed Shop
Right to Work Shops
Union Shop
11
Who opposed Eisenhower during both of his presidential elections?
Richard Nixon
JFK
Storm Thurmond
Adlai Stevenson
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This congressman gave the HUAC credibility.
Joseph McCarthy
Adlai Stevenson
Alger Hiss
Richard Nixon
13
Put to death for espionage
Wittaker Chambers
Rosenberg's
Klaus Fuchs
Alger Hiss
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Taft-Hartley Act gave more power to the Unions
True
False
15
NATO
Alliance between Eastern European countries like Poland
A US alliance with many Middle Eastern Sheikhs
An alliance between the US and Mexico post-WWII
Alliance between Western countries like the US & GB
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Leader of the Chinese Communist Party
Xi Jinping
Zhao Zhiyang
Jiang Jieshi
Mao Zedong
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McCarthy was exposed as a fraud when he claimed he knew of Communists in the
Judicial Branch
CIA
Navy
Army
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Famous General fired by Truman during the Korean War
George Custer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
George Patton
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Truman's Fair Deal was opposed by Republicans and
Independents
Socialists
Dixiecrats
Communists
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The North Koreans were aided by _____ troops during the Korean War
USSR
Chinese
UN
US
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The Chinese Civil war was a war between the Nationalists and the _______ rebels
Buddhist
Democratic
Communist
Christian
22
During the Berlin Airlift, allied pilots were landing almost every 45 seconds with supplies
True
False
23
JFK was the first US President to be this religion.
Baptist
Catholic
Athiest
Luthern
24
Harry Truman's support of existing and emerging Democratic countries was outlined in the
Bay of Pigs Address
Truman Doctrine
Yalta Lecture
Communist Manifesto
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The potential Communist take over of this country and Turkey caused the Truman Doctrine
Czechoslovakia
Moldova
Iran
Greece
26
All of the following are reasons for the outbreak of the cold war except
USSR's plan to spread communism
Korean War
Stalin hated Capitalism
Truman hated Stalin
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Created the CIA
The National Security Act
The National Intelligence Act
The Democratic Protection Act
The Central Authority Act
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The Warsaw Pact
Alliance between the Soviet Union & Eastern Euro. Countries
Alliance between the US, Great Britain and France
Promise to not build the Berlin Wall
Alliance between the US and Poland
29
Senator that gained a political following accusing others of being Communists
Richard Nixon
Joseph McCarthy
Alger Hiss
John Dewey
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The launching of this ignited the space race
The Discovery
Millenium Falcon
Sputnik I
Operation Star Wars
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After WWII, the Soviet Union
Wanted to aid in German economic recovery
Wanted to prevent China from getting a seat in the UN
Came to the aid of the Nationalist party in China
wanted to cripple Germany economically
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Made the idea of Communism much more popular in Cuba
An increase in private business ownership
The popularity of Catholicism
Widespread Poverty
A large middle class
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Policy of not allowing Communism to expand beyond its existing borders
Democratization
Containment
Brinksmanship
Protection Plan
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Dixiecrats were
All of the Above
Democrats that opposed Truman's Fair Deal
Democrats from the South
Democrats that opposed Civil Rights Reforms
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Was accused of being a ring-leader for a group of Communist spies in the US in the 1950s
John Chambers
Vladimir Lenin
Alger Hiss
Joseph McCarthy
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American citizens were genrally unconcerned about the idea of a nuclear war during the 50s
False
True
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The Korean War began when the South Koreans invaded the north Korean capital of PyonYang
False
True
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The city of Berlin was located in the French-ran part of Germany post WWII
True
False
