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1
Joseph McCarthy lost credibility after going after what government group?
Military
State Department
President Eisenhower
Justice Department
2
The Marshal Plan upset the Soviets because...
All the Above
They had the largest casualties
They didn't get any money either
They were expected to rebuild behind the Iron Curtain
3
John F. Kennedy's solution to the Cuban missile crisis was...
Bombing Cuba
Trying to assassinate Fidel Castro
naval quarantine of Cuba
bombing Moscow
4
George Kennan authored what, that influenced U.S. international policy?
Short Paper
Long Telegraph
Short Telegraph
Long Paper
5
What country joined up with North Korea in 1951?
USSR
Mongolia
China
Japan
6
The Truman Doctrine was started by what president?
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman
John F. Kennedy
Franklin Roosevelt
7
Who was the leader of South Korea?
Syngman Rhee
Kim Il Sung
8
The Soviet response to NATO was...
Berlin Blockade
Cuban Missile Crisis
Warsaw Pact
None of the above
9
Which country sent Sputnik into space and when?
USA, 1956
USSR 1959
USA 1960
USSR 1957
10
Elvis Presley is an example of
international policy
economic boom
containment
social change
11
Who won the election between the North and the South?
Syngman Rhee
Kim Il Sung
12
What year was the Truman Doctrine?
1948
1947
1946
1949
13
Changing from a military industry back to a consumer industry lead to the creating of...
Televisions and Microwaves
Rock n' Roll
Nuclear Tests
McCarthyism
14
In 1949, what even occurred in Russia that changed U.S. International Policy?
Soviets testing an Atom Bomb
Berlin Blockade
Sputnik
Berlin Airlifts
15
What organization declared war for the first time against North Korean?
Warsaw Pact
Japan
NATO
United Nations
16
McCarthy actually had names of communists in his possession.
False
True
17
Who attacked who first in the Korean War?
North Attacked the South
South attacked the North
18
The Rosenbergs where found guilty for...
treason
espionage
breaking and entering
murder
19
Who was the leader of North Korea?
Syngman Rhee
Kim Il Sung
20
What U.S. President came up with the Bay of Pigs?
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Harry Truman
21
What started the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Miami was bombed
Stalin Died
None of the above
U-2 spy plan discovering missile launch site
22
The War ENDED in 1953
False, there is only a truce, the war is cold
True
23
How did Joseph McCarthy win his first election?
By stating that his opponent was corrupt
none of the above
By stating his opponent was a communist
By stating his opponent was evil
24
Kennan's Long Telegraph started what policy toward communism?
Containment
Warsaw Pact
Marshal Plan
Truman Doctrine
25
North and South Korea was divided along what parallel?
49th
17th
38th
0
26
Executive order 9835 started...
the Manhattan Project
the Korean War
Japanese Interment
the Loyalty Review
27
A result of the GI bill and the Baby boom was
Suburbanization, or the building of new homes outside cities
MacCarthyism, or playing off of peoples fears for politics
Containment, the international policy directed at Communism
none of the above
28
When did the first men land on the moon and which country achieved it?
USSR, 1969
USA, 1969
USSR, 1960
USA, 1968
29
The committee in charge of finding communist is called
House Un-American Activities Committee
House Committee against Communism
House Anti Communism Committee
House Communism Committee
30
The Marshal Plan gave _______ dollars from 1947 t0 1951.
11 Billion
10 Billion
13 Billion
14 Billion
31
The Truman Doctrine created what international policy?
Marshal Plan, which meant to rebuild Europe
Containment, which meant to contain communism
NATO, which aimed at collective security
Berlin Airlift, which aimed at helping give food to Germans
32
What does NATO mean?
North American Trade Organization
None of the above
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North Austrian Tea Organization
33
After WWII, what major event occur which caused a social transformation?
McCarthyism
Korean War
Baby boom
Rock n Roll
34
The Truman Doctrine is...
Encouraging other countries to become communist
Declaring war on any Communist country
give aid to other capitalist countries to contain communists
Encouraging other countries to become capitalist.
35
What veteran benefit lead to the economic boom after WWII?
Marshal Plan
NATO
GI Bill
Warsaw Pact
36
What are the dates for the Korean War?
1949 to 1953
1941 to 1945
1950 to 1953
1945 to 1959
37
What collective security group was created in response to the Soviets developing "the bomb"?
HUAC
NATO
SEATO
Warsaw Pact
38
Which country lead the space race?
France
USSR or the Soviet Union
USA
Great Britain
39
The Loyalty Review targeted
Legislatures
State government employees
Federal government employees
Supreme Court Justices
40
The G.I. Bill gave...
education assistance
low interest home loans
all the above
health care
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What did Truman do to end the Berlin Blockade?
place long range bombers at the border.
stop the airlifts.
agreed to send refugees back.
give aid to USSR.
