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| The article in Foreign Affairs that called for the policy of containment to be used against the Soviets was authored by.. |
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| George Kennan, under the pseudonym "X" |
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| The major goal of the Marshall Plan was to.. |
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| enable governments in Western Europe to work together to design and carry out a broad program of postwar economic reconstruction - US financial aid |
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| The major goal of the Taft-Hartley Act.. |
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| originally: Labor-Management Relations Act - limited a union's power to conduct boycotts, to compel employers to accept "closed shops" in which only union members could be hired; and to conduct a strike that the president deemed against the national interest - it made union leaders sign that they aren't part of the Communist Party |
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| The 1949 military and political alliance linking Western European nations with the United States was.. |
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| North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
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| In 1949, Mao Zedong forced Jiang Jieshis forces off mainland China to the offshore island of.. |
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| Which of the following occurred in 1949? |
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| (pick the asnwer that isn't listed here)China falls to communism, NSC-68 drafted, Soviet Union explodes atomic device, truman unveils his fair deal |
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| National Security Council Document 68 (NSC 68) endorsed which of the following? |
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| the more vigorous use of covert action, economic pressure, propaganda and military buildup |
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| The war in Korea was caused by... |
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| Korea was physically divided by an agreement of the victorious allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War |
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| The couple arrested, tried, convicted, and executed (in 1953) for espionage were named.. |
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| Julius and Ethel Rosenberg |
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| Bernard Baruch's plan for limiting atomic power included.. |
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| Called for all members of UN nations of nuclear research to halt atomic research + devlopment in exchange for all u.s. nuclear weapon to be destroyed |
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| Harry Truman's policy in regard to the Soviet Union was based on his belief that.. |
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| If the soviet caused one country to fall to communism a domino effect would occur |
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| According to the popular view of the containment policy.. |
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| containment linked all lefist insurgencies whereever they occurred to a totalrian movement controled from Moscow that directly threatned the US |
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| The Central Intelligence Agency was.. |
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| an agency reporting to the government and responsible for providing national intelligence assessments |
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| Truman responded to the Berlin blockade by.. |
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| create Berlin aircraft and carry suplies to west Berlin |
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| The North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
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| formed by Cananda, U.S, and other European nations. NATO pledged that an attack on one was an attack on all. NATO cooperates on economic, political, and military powers |
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| According to the Truman administration's definition, freedom means.. |
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| free elections, freedom of speech and religion, and freedom of political oppression |
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| General Douglas MacArthur was fired by Truman because MacArthur |
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| he made public statements that contradicted administration policies |
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| The US anti-Communist crusade caused the federal government to.. |
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| support corrupt opressive racist govs. on other countries |
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| The House Un-American Activities Committee |
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| formed to expose alleged communist infiltration in hollywood |
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| A plan for the international control of atomic power was proposed by presidential aid and special representative to the united Nations.. |
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| In the post war years commitment to "national security" served to.. |
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| The Truman Doctrine was first applied when the President asked Congress to extend aid to the governments of.. |
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| President Truman's loyalty program.. |
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| system of loyalty boards empowered to determine if a gov employee belonged to any organization involving communism. people judged as so lost their jobs immediately |
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| The US-backed government of Syngman Rhee in South Korea was.. |
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| In the post-war ears, in South Africa the US supported.. |
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| Anticommunism was used to.. |
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| stop the spread of communism |
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| Alger Hiss was charged with.. |
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| having links to a communist party |
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| Eisenhower's "New Look" argued that.. |
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| The defense of the U.S. would rely less on ground forced and more on cheap air power |
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| The US corporation that worked closely with the CIA in undermining the Guatemalan government in 1954 was.. |
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| Multinational uniteed fruit company |
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| _________ overthrew Fulgencio Batista and became the Communist ruler of Cuba. |
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| The Eisenhower Doctrine can best be described as.. |
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| The Communist leader of the Vietnamese war for independence from France was.. |
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| According to President Eisenhower in 1961, the greatest danger to the US was.. |
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| The growing influence of the military - industrial complex |
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| The 1957 Gaither Report advocated.. |
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| urged an immediate increase of about 25 percent in teh pentagons budget and longer intercontinental ballistic missiles and expanding military forces |
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| The program that sent Americans overseas to work on developmental projects was the.. |
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| In 1961, a US-backed Cuban military force attempting to overthrow Fidel Castro was defeated at.. |
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| After great deliberation during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, President Kennedy ultimately ordered Cuba to be.. |
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| The president of South Vietnam during the Eisenhower and Kennedy years was an American-educated seminarian named.. |
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| The president first associated with the idea of "flexible response" was.. |
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| French involvement in Vietnam ended with their defeat at. |
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| Eisenhower's administration fought communism by.. |
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| In the 1950's, US policy in Latin America.. |
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| "Yankeephobia;" after Fidel Castro's takeover, the USA imposed an economic boycott on Cuba, and CIA began formulating an invasion to unseat Castro. This caused the Eisenhower administration to review US policies that were generating ill will in Latin America- this recommended greater emphasis on encouraging democratic political processes, protection of human rights, and economic growth in Latin America. |
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| The National Liberation Front in Vietnam was.. |
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| included: groups that resented Diem's dependence on the US, communists who demanded more extensive land reform, and politicians who decried Diem's corruption and cronyism. |
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| John F. Kennedy's foreign policy included.. |
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| raising the defense budget, creating the Peace Corps, and giving $20 billion loans to Latin American countries for land reform and other economic development measures |
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| dominant Soviet leader who denounced Stalin's despotism and talked of "peaceful coexistence" with capitalist nations. Held "summit" meetings with USA - eased Cold War tension |
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| When Hungarian rebels led by Imre Nagy rebelled against the Stalinist regime the US.. |
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| The worst fiasco of the Kennedy administration was.. |
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| The Bay of Pigs incindent |
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| In 1953, the CIA staged a coup in Iran that.. |
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| overthrew Mohammed Mossadegh's government and restored Shah Reza Pahlavi to power |
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| The mastermind behind the pro-US government in South Vietnam |
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| The congressional act that was tantamount to a declaration of war against North Vietnam was the.. |
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| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution - North Vietnam engaged in "unprovoked aggression" against US forces |
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| The campaign of sustained bombing launched by Lyndon Johnson against North Vietnam in 1964 was known as.. |
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| Operation Rolling Thunder |
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| The North Vietnamese military attack of 1968 that destroyed the myth of American progress in Vietnam was the.. |
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| The SALT I talks, begun in 1969, were held between.. |
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| In 1972, President Richard Nixon broke with the past with his dramatic and historic visit to.. |
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| In 1970, President Richard Nixon escalated the war in Indochina by invading _______, a supposedly neutral nation. |
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| Four students were killed by National Guard troops in 1970 at the ____ campus during an antiwar demonstration. |
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| The official withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam occurred after the 1973 _____ Peace Accords. |
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| During the Vietnam War, the Johnson administration evaluated the success of the US war effort on the basis of.. |
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| Which of the following best characterizes the reason the US sent ground troops to Vietnam and became involved in the Vietnam War? |
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| Bundy predicted inevitable defeat of South Vietnam without an increase in US military. - mostly for Johnson's political acceptance, that if Communism took over south Vietnam it would endanger his Great Society programs - US withdrawal would set off a "domino effect" encouraging communism in Latin America |
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| Lyndon Johnson's policy in Vietnam |
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| Richard Nixon's policy of detente toward the Soviet Union and China was characterized by.. |
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| Conservatives believed that the US "lost" the Vietnam War because.. |
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| The primary reason for SALT I's negligible impact on the arms race was.. |
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| it said nothing about the number of nuclear warheads that one missile might carry |
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| The Soviet Union invaded which one of the following countries in 1979? |
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| In 1983, the US overthrew the government of what small Caribbean nation? |
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| Throughout the 1980's, the Reagan administration attempted to overthrow the leadership of what Latin american nation? |
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| In December 1989, US forces entered what Latin American nation in order to arrest its president? |
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| In 1994, President Clinton sent US troops into ______ in order to reinstate its democratically elected leader. |
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| In 1993, a bomb ripped through ______ in New York City, evidence that terrorism had reached the US. |
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| One of the most damaging problems of the Carter administration was its failure to win the release of US hostages from.. |
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| The end of the Cold War and the fall of Eastern European communism occurred during the presidency of.. |
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| In response to the Khmer Rouge Seisure of the US ship Mayaguez, Gerald Ford.. |
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| ordered a rescue mission and bombing strikes against Cambodia to rescue the crew |
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| Reagan's "Star Wars" program |
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| a space-based shield against any missile hurled toward the US |
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| Which of the following was not true of the Iran-Contra affair? |
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| (Pick what is NOT here) Reagan administration had sold arms to Iran and channeled the profits from these deals to the contra forces in Nicaragua; Reagan lied about knowing anything about it; North and several others connected to the Reagan administration were convicted of felonies, but later Bush pardoned 6 former Reagan-era officials connected to the controversy |
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| "Operation Just Cause" was aimed against.. |
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| The "Bush Doctrine" (George W.) |
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| Declared that the US now assumed the authority to wage preventive war against any force, including any foreign nation, that endangered American security |
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| President George W. Bush's popularity soared.. |
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| with the announcement of the Bush Doctrine, and his tax-cuttings |
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