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Truman Years
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The purpose of NATO was to form...
to protect its members from attack
a Communist alliance
an alliance between Asian countries
an alliance to fight World War II
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The Warsaw Pact involved...
France
The Soviet Union
The United States
Great Britain
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The purpose of the Truman Doctrine, The Marshall Plan, The Korean War was to...
Provide military aid to prevent war
help war torn countries
prevent the spread of communism
Limit democracy
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Why did Truman fire MacArthur?
He criticized Truman
all of the above
his pride and arrogance
He wanted to use nuclear weapons to end the Korean War
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The iron curtain symbolized
where people could live and what they could buy
the diff between the communist and non-communist coutries
a battle in the Cold War
a country where people vote for leaders
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The Truman Doctrine attempted to "contain" Communism by...
sending aid to rebuild war torn countries
dropping bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
sending military aid to countries like Greece and Turkey
secretly allying with satellite nations in Eastern Europe
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A race between nations to build more powerful weapons
arms race
market economy
communism
nuclear war
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This led to the creation of NASA
First cosmonaut in space
Firing of MacArthur
arms race
Sputnik
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US along with the allies created a plan for a new international organization to keep peace.
Axis Powers
NATO
VE Day
United Nations
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Berlin was divided into East &West. West Berlin was blockaded. Why did the US use Berlin Arlift
it dropped supplies to the people
All of the above
stopped the Soviet Union from making West Berlin communist
it prevented the blockade from being effective
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The Berlin airlift...
was how the allies won the war over Hitler
dropped needed supplies to West Berlin
was a way to feed poor people in war torn Berlin
dropped needed supplies in East Berlin
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One medical invention during World War II was ...
eradication of polio
mustard gas
morphene
penicillin
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He was an anti-communist and a senator who alleged that there were communists in the US gov't
Douglas MacArthur
Mao Zedong
Carl S Halvorsen
Joseph McCarthy
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At the Yalta Conference...
The leaders agreed to drop the atomic bombs on Japan
The allies agreed to divide Germany
Truman announced the Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine
Germany and Japan were represented in negotiations
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U.S. foreign policy after WWII
Neutrality
Isolationsim
Containment
Imperialism
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The Marshall Plan aided...
only countries who fought with the allies
military widows and children
victims of the atomic bomb
war torn European countries
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Truman and his staff agonized over dropping the bomb
no, Truman actually was not aware of its power
no, they were confident it was the only way to end the war
yes, Truman said not but was over ruled
yes, Truman originally did not want to use it
