Which one of the following was not an outcome of the US Marshall Plan for post WWII Europe?

Total acceptance - all European nations received US recovery aid

What was the best reason for the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba?

He began to nationalize US owned sugar & tobacco industries

What was the purpose of the CIA during the Cold War?

The CIA did all of these things during the Cold War

Which is a reason from WWII that helped cause the start of the Cold War?

Stalin was upset that the US didn't inform him of the Manhattan Project

What was the United States role in the Suez Crisis in 1956?

Threatened economic sanctions vs invading nations & made peace plan w/UN

One immediate cause of the Cold War was that after WWII ended, Stalin did not allow______?

Free elections in Eastern Europe after Hitler's defeat

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1
Because of Soviet missiles being spotted in Cuba, the US tried to remove Castro from power with the Bay of Pigs invasion
False
True
2
______________ led his rebel forces and defeated the Nationalists and took control of China & made it Communist in 1949
Jiang Jieshi
Joseph Stalin
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Zedong
3
Which one of the following was not an outcome of the US Marshall Plan for post WWII Europe?
Diplomacy - it created allies & helped stop Communism for the US
Humanitarian aid - it provided for people's immediate needs
Total acceptance - all European nations received US recovery aid
Economic - US industry provided all materials for rebuilding
4
Which US President during the post WWII 1940's made a commitment to stop the spread of communism?
Dwight D Eisenhower
Franklin D Roosevelt
Harry S Truman
John F Kennedy Jr
5
What was the best reason for the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba?
He began to nationalize US owned sugar & tobacco industries
He allowed the USSR to place ICBM's on his island
He overthrew the US backed Cuban president Fulgencio Batista
He was a brutal leader, unfair to the people of Cuba
6
Which Cold War event did not involve President John F. Kennedy?
Berlin Wall constructed
Cuban Missile Crisis
U-2 spy plane incident
Bay of Pigs invasion
7
Which of the following Cold War events happened second?
Korean War
Hungarian Revolution
Berlin Airlift
Cuban Revolution ends
8
Which Cold War event did not involve Nikita Khrushchev?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Hungarian Revolution
Sputnik
Korean War
9
What was the purpose of the CIA during the Cold War?
The CIA did all of these things during the Cold War
To use subversion against leaders/governments who were against US interests
To support pro-American leaders/governments in foreign nations
To use information to help nations become more favorable to US interests
10
Which is a reason from WWII that helped cause the start of the Cold War?
British not attempting to help the surrounded Soviets at Leningrad
American claim that D-Day was delayed on purpose to hurt the USSR
Stalin was upset that the US didn't inform him of the Manhattan Project
The Soviets entering the war against Japan
11
Sputnik was the first successful man-made satellite launched by NASA
False
True
12
Which one of the following alliances was not a Cold War alliance?
SEATO
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Axis
13
What was the United States role in the Suez Crisis in 1956?
Threatened economic sanctions vs invading nations & made peace plan w/UN
Used their CIA in an attempt to remove Egyptian President Nasser
Warned the USSR not to intervene in the conflict
Supported Israel, Britain, & France in their invasion of Egypt
14
One immediate cause of the Cold War was that after WWII ended, Stalin did not allow______?
Free elections in Asia after Japan's defeat
The Western allies to occupy their promised zones in Germany
The USSR to join the United Nations
Free elections in Eastern Europe after Hitler's defeat
15
The 38th line of latitude was used to divide which response?
North & South Korea
West & East Germany
Egypt (at the Suez) & Israel
China & Taiwan

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