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| Which countries remained under Soviet control after the end of WWII? |
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| Czechoslovakia, Hugary, Bulgaria |
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| Who first spoke of the "iron curtain"? |
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| In order to try to gain control over West Berlin, the Soviet Union: |
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| set up a total blockade cutting that section of the city |
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| In China's civil war, the United States backed: |
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| General MacArthur chose what port city for a counterattack against North Korea? |
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| How did the American public view General MacArthur after president Truman fired him? |
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| What event in 1956 threatened the flow of Middle Eastern oil to Europe? |
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| What was the Eisenhower Doctrine? |
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| The United States would use force to help any Middle Eastern nation threatened by communism |
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| The Marshall Plan generated economic growth by: |
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| stimulating foreign demand for American Products |
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| The National Defense Education Act allocated federal funds to train: |
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| The flight of the urban middle cclass to the suburbs: |
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| hurt cities economically because the middle class paid a large share of the taxes |
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| wrote a popular book about how to raise children |
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| In The Other America, Michael Harrington exposed problems dealing with: |
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| After WWII, many American cities began to decline because of the: |
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| flight of the middle class white families |
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| The National Security Act: |
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| Which of the following is not a correct statement about the Suez crisis? |
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| The CIA organized a plot to overthrow the leader of Egypt |
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| The Interstate Highway and Defense Act of 1956 contributed to: |
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| Why was Doublas MacArthur fired as a commander of UN forces in Korea? |
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| for challenging the authority of the President |
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| What was the U-2 incident? |
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| a US spy plane was shot down over the soviet union |
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| Who used the pseudonym X? |
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| The firs politician to skillfully use the new medium of television to save its political career was: |
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| Russian satelite launched in 1957 that was the first |
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| Gamel Abdul Nasser was head of which of the following countries? |
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| Each of the following was a part of the Taft-Hartley Bill except: |
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| unions had the right to donate as much as they wanted to politicians |
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| The Nationalists lost the civil war in china because of all of the following except: |
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| communist spies in the US state department |
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| The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was to: |
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| restrict the spread of communism |
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| When an armistice was signed ending the Korean war, |
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| North and South Korea were still divided along the 38th parallel |
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| ----- is best known for investigating communism in the film industry. |
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| Which of the following was a similarity between US intervention in Iran and Guatemala? |
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| All of the following contributed to economic recovery after WWII except: |
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| John Foster Dulles formulated the policy of brinkmanship while holding the position of: |
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| The Rosenbergs were accused of: |
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| passing atomic secrets to the soviets |
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| What justification was used ot explain why the US refused to intervene in the Hungary Uprising of 1956? |
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| the threat of nuclear war outweighed Hungarian suffering |
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| Which of the following is claerly not a tru statement about the Arab-Israeli conflict? |
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| both groups were promised support for a nation by france |
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| Which US president signed the executive order to integrate the armed forces in 1948? |
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| When the UN partitioned Palestine following WWII which of the following resulted? |
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| Which of the following was not a reason for Eisenhower's election victory in 1952? |
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| his plan to overturn many New Deal programs |
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| What did William Levitt do to change the face of America? |
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| mass production of suburban homes |
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| british promise to support arab nations |
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| belife that communism must be contained |
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| gave 13 billion to european nations struggling against communism |
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| period of time where the fear of communist takeover from within the US spread |
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| Nixon and Kruschev arguing over morals of women in Russia vs US |
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| John foster Dulles: if you destroy us, we'll destroy you |
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| response to warsaw pact; military alliance group of nations against the spread of communism |
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| democrats who left the party because they were unhappy with all the civil rights work truman was doing |
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| communist attack from within |
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| tapes hidden in a pumpkin by Nixon to be used against Alger Hiss |
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| jews who wanted to establish a jewish community in israel |
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