Question 1

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of East Asia that correctly identifies each of the following: 
   
French Indochina

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying...

Question 2

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Cold War

Accepted Answer

The Cold War was a period of geopolitica

Question 3

Which of the following was not one of the reasons that the 1947 National Security Act was significant?

Accepted Answer

A)  It unified the armed forces. 
B)  It created the Central Intelligence Agency. 
C)  It established the National Security Council. 
D)  It established the Department of Defense. 
E)  It required federal employees to sign a loyalty oath. 
A)  It unified the armed forces. 
B)  It created the Central Intelligence Agency. 
C)  It established the National Security Council. 
D)  It established the Department of Defense. 
E)  It required federal employees to sign a loyalty oath.

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
John Foster Dulles

Accepted Answer

John Foster Dulles was an American diplo

Question 5

Which of the following statements about American military and foreign policy between 1950 and 1953 is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  The United States pared back its defense budget from $60 billion to $13 billion. 
B)  The United States closed down many military bases around the world. 
C)  The United States began to pay some three-fourths of the cost of the French war against the Vietnamese independence movement. 
D)  The United States expanded trade with the Soviet Union and mainland China as a way of diminishing their aggressive tendencies. 
E)  The U.S. lost interest in such newly-independent Third World countries as Egypt, India, Pakistan, and the Philippines. 
A)  The United States pared back its defense budget from $60 billion to $13 billion. 
B)  The United States closed down many military bases around the world. 
C)  The United States began to pay some three-fourths of the cost of the French war against the Vietnamese independence movement. 
D)  The United States expanded trade with the Soviet Union and mainland China as a way of diminishing their aggressive tendencies. 
E)  The U.S. lost interest in such newly-independent Third World countries as Egypt, India, Pakistan, and the Philippines.

Question 6

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Korean War

Accepted Answer

The Korean War was a significant conflic

Question 7

What domestic and international events led to the Second Red Scare?

Accepted Answer

The Second Red Scare was fueled by a com

Question 8

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of East Asia that correctly identifies each of the following: 
   
Korea

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying...

Question 9

Which of the following was not a result of the labor strikes of 1945-1946?

Accepted Answer

A)  A presidential order for the army to seize mines where the miners went on strike. 
B)  A presidential threat to draft workers who struck vital industries. 
C)  A growing public support for unions. 
D)  A paralyzed economy. 
E)  A split between the president and the nation's union leaders. 
A)  A presidential order for the army to seize mines where the miners went on strike. 
B)  A presidential threat to draft workers who struck vital industries. 
C)  A growing public support for unions. 
D)  A paralyzed economy. 
E)  A split between the president and the nation's union leaders.

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Alger Hiss, and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

Accepted Answer

Alger Hiss was a high-ranking U.S. State

Question 11

MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of Europe and the Middle East that correctly identifies each of the following: 
   
Draw a line to indicate the "Iron Curtain" separating NATO countries from Warsaw Pact nations.

Accepted Answer

The answer of MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions: Choose the letter on...

Question 12

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Middle East that correctly identifies each of the following: 
   
Israel

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying...

Question 13

Which of the following operations was the CIA not responsible for in the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

A)  It helped return the deposed shah of Iran to power. 
B)  It intervened in elections in the Philippines to ensure a pro-American government. 
C)  It supported a coup in Guatemala and instituting a military dictatorship. 
D)  It intervened in East Germany and Hungary when the Soviet Union crushed popular insurrections. 
E)  It sponsored intellectual conferences and jazz concerts, subsidized magazines, and recruited college students. 
A)  It helped return the deposed shah of Iran to power. 
B)  It intervened in elections in the Philippines to ensure a pro-American government. 
C)  It supported a coup in Guatemala and instituting a military dictatorship. 
D)  It intervened in East Germany and Hungary when the Soviet Union crushed popular insurrections. 
E)  It sponsored intellectual conferences and jazz concerts, subsidized magazines, and recruited college students.

Question 14

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Jiang Jieshi versus Mao Zedong

Accepted Answer

Jiang Jieshi, also known as Chiang Kai-s

Question 15

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
McCarran Internal Security Act

Accepted Answer

The McCarran Internal Security Act, also

Question 16

Which of the following was accomplished during Truman's presidency?

Accepted Answer

A)  The armed forces were desegregated. 
B)  A national health-insurance system was started. 
C)  Labor unions were strengthened by government backing for the closed shop. 
D)  A federal anti-lynching law was enacted. 
E)  Communists were banned from government. 
A)  The armed forces were desegregated. 
B)  A national health-insurance system was started. 
C)  Labor unions were strengthened by government backing for the closed shop. 
D)  A federal anti-lynching law was enacted. 
E)  Communists were banned from government.

Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Winston Churchill, Iron Curtain speech

Accepted Answer

Winston Churchill was a British statesma

Question 18

How did President Eisenhower respond to the aggression of England, France, and Israel against Egypt in 1956?

Accepted Answer

A)  He commended their action and offering military assistance. 
B)  He threatened nuclear war if they did not withdraw from Egypt. 
C)  He condemned the attacks forced them to withdraw their troops. 
D)  He sent American ground troops to defend the Egyptian capital. 
E)  He offered military assistance to Nasser. 
A)  He commended their action and offering military assistance. 
B)  He threatened nuclear war if they did not withdraw from Egypt. 
C)  He condemned the attacks forced them to withdraw their troops. 
D)  He sent American ground troops to defend the Egyptian capital. 
E)  He offered military assistance to Nasser.

Question 19

What did Truman mean when he said that Korea was the "Greece of the Far East"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both countries were suffering from similar economic turmoil. 
B)  Korea was facing attacks from Turkey, just as Greece had. 
C)  Both countries were at risk of falling to communism. 
D)  Both countries had difficulty recovering from the Depression and World War II. 
E)  Korea and Greece were allies of the Soviet Union. 
A)  Both countries were suffering from similar economic turmoil. 
B)  Korea was facing attacks from Turkey, just as Greece had. 
C)  Both countries were at risk of falling to communism. 
D)  Both countries had difficulty recovering from the Depression and World War II. 
E)  Korea and Greece were allies of the Soviet Union.

Question 20

Explain the challenges and fears facing the United States at the end of World War II as it converted to a peacetime economy. To what extent was that conversion successful? Why did the nation experience prosperity rather than economic disaster?

Accepted Answer

At the end of World War II, the United S

Exam 26: The Cold War Abroad and at Home

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of East Asia that correctly identifies each of the following: French Indochina

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Cold War

Which of the following was not one of the reasons that the 1947 National Security Act was significant?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. John Foster Dulles

Which of the following statements about American military and foreign policy between 1950 and 1953 is true?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Korean War

What domestic and international events led to the Second Red Scare?

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of East Asia that correctly identifies each of the following: Korea

Which of the following was not a result of the labor strikes of 1945-1946?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Alger Hiss, and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of Europe and the Middle East that correctly identifies each of the following: Draw a line to indicate the "Iron Curtain" separating NATO countries from Warsaw Pact nations.

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Middle East that correctly identifies each of the following: Israel

Which of the following operations was the CIA not responsible for in the 1950s?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Jiang Jieshi versus Mao Zedong

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. McCarran Internal Security Act

Which of the following was accomplished during Truman's presidency?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Winston Churchill, Iron Curtain speech

How did President Eisenhower respond to the aggression of England, France, and Israel against Egypt in 1956?

What did Truman mean when he said that Korea was the "Greece of the Far East"?

Explain the challenges and fears facing the United States at the end of World War II as it converted to a peacetime economy. To what extent was that conversion successful? Why did the nation experience prosperity rather than economic disaster?

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