What first caused people to suspect that communists had infiltrated the U.S. State Department?

When Pres. Truman created the loyalty review system via Executive Order.

U.S.-Soviet relations (between Eisenhower and Khrushchev) appeared to be thawing out in 1960 until this occurred:

an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the U.S.S.R.

A Southern Democrat opposed to desegregation.

What was the objective of the Marshall Plan?

to help rebuild Europe so countries wouldn't turn to communism

What impact did NSC-68 have on U.S. foreign policy?

it led to increased military and defense spending

Which of the following was NOT agreed to at the Yalta Conference?

The United States will drop an atomic bomb on Japan.

In his Farewell Address, what did President Eisenhower warn against?

the military-industrial complex

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1
Communist countries, such as the U.S.S.R., are more accurately described as
socialist dictatorships
free market republics
fundamentalist theocracies
absolute monarchies
2
What was the outcome of the Korean War?
the United Nations won
North Korea (i.e., the Communists) won
South Korea won
it was a stalemate
3
What first caused people to suspect that communists had infiltrated the U.S. State Department?
When Pres. Truman created the loyalty review system via Executive Order.
When Joe McCarthy claimed he had a list of Communists working at State.
When the Marshall Plan was approved.
When Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for spying.
4
What red-baiting politician did John F. Kennedy defeat in the 1960 presidential election?
Barry Goldwater
Dwight Eisenhower
Joe McCarthy
Richard Nixon
5
What president desegregated the military by issuing an Executive Order in 1948?
Harry Truman
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
6
Who accused George Marshall of treason?
President Harry Truman
Secretary of State Dean Acheson
Senator Joe McCarthy
General Douglas MacArthur
7
U.S.-Soviet relations (between Eisenhower and Khrushchev) appeared to be thawing out in 1960 until this occurred:
the Cuban Missile Crisis
construction of the Berlin Wall began
the Bay of Pigs fiasco
an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the U.S.S.R.
8
What are communists fundamentally opposed to? (Choose the BEST answer)
elections
democracy
capitalism
freedom of expression
9
Who was the communist leader of Cuba during the Cold War?
Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Salvador Allende
Rafael Trujillo
10
Which of the following would NOT be considered a Soviet satellite state?
Poland
Greece
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
11
What is a Dixiecrat?
A Southern Democrat opposed to desegregation.
A Southern Republican in favor of desegregation.
A Southern Democrat who supported Civil Rights.
A Southern Republican who opposed Civil Rights.
12
President Eisenhower preferred this strategy, which involved using the CIA:
mutual assured destruction
nuclear proliferation
massive retaliation
covert action
13
TRIVIA: Who is considered the father of the atomic bomb?
Alan Turing
Edward Teller
Robert Oppenheimer
Albert Einstein
14
This symbolically divided capitalist democracies from communist dictatorships across Europe:
the DMZ
the Eurozone
the Prime Meridian
the Iron Curtain
15
What was the objective of the Marshall Plan?
to help rebuild Europe so countries wouldn't turn to communism
to encourage American students to excel at science and math
to quadruple the U.S. defense budget in order to prevent Soviet expansion
to root out communists who may have infiltrated the U.S. government
16
What impact did NSC-68 have on U.S. foreign policy?
it encouraged Western Europe to reject communism
it led to increased military and defense spending
it helped instigate the Korean War
it funded the Manhattan Project
17
Which of the following was NOT agreed to at the Yalta Conference?
Germany will be divided into four zones.
Free elections will be held in Eastern Europe.
The United Nations will be created.
The United States will drop an atomic bomb on Japan.
18
Keeping communism within its existing boundaries and preventing Soviet expansion is
massive retaliation
the domino theory
containment
mutual assured destruction
19
Who came up with the idea of containment via his Long Telegram?
George Marshall
Dean Acheson
George Kennan
Paul Nitze
20
In his Farewell Address, what did President Eisenhower warn against?
China acquiring nuclear weapons
polluting the environment
a resurgence of white supremacist groups
the military-industrial complex

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