Question 1

How did the United States respond to the Soviet Union's testing of its first atomic bomb?

Accepted Answer

A)  President Truman called for the formation of an international agency to control atomic energy. 
B)  Secretary of State Acheson asked that a summit be scheduled for negotiation of differences between the superpowers. 
C)  The United States called for an agreement between the superpowers on the number of nuclear-capable warheads each side would be allowed to have. 
D)  The United States began development of the hydrogen bomb. 
A)  President Truman called for the formation of an international agency to control atomic energy. 
B)  Secretary of State Acheson asked that a summit be scheduled for negotiation of differences between the superpowers. 
C)  The United States called for an agreement between the superpowers on the number of nuclear-capable warheads each side would be allowed to have. 
D)  The United States began development of the hydrogen bomb.

Question 2

NSC-68 ____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  cautioned that a rapid arms buildup by the United States might actually cause the Soviet Union to become more aggressive 
B)  warned that the Soviet Union and North Korea were conspiring to invade South Korea 
C)  presented evidence that the Soviet army was preparing to invade Western Europe 
D)  called for a much larger U.S. military budget as a response to the expansionistic communist regimes in China and the Soviet Union 
A)  cautioned that a rapid arms buildup by the United States might actually cause the Soviet Union to become more aggressive 
B)  warned that the Soviet Union and North Korea were conspiring to invade South Korea 
C)  presented evidence that the Soviet army was preparing to invade Western Europe 
D)  called for a much larger U.S. military budget as a response to the expansionistic communist regimes in China and the Soviet Union

Question 3

In the contest for power between the Soviet Union and the West, the West did not reap many propaganda points when the Soviets crushed the Hungarian uprising because _________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the United States had recently invaded Cuba in an attempt to crush the Cuban revolution 
B)  the United States prevented its European allies from sending troops to liberate Hungary 
C)  Great Britain, France, and Israel invaded Egypt just before the Soviets invaded Hungary 
D)  the Soviets brought an end to the human rights abuses of the Hungarian rebels 
A)  the United States had recently invaded Cuba in an attempt to crush the Cuban revolution 
B)  the United States prevented its European allies from sending troops to liberate Hungary 
C)  Great Britain, France, and Israel invaded Egypt just before the Soviets invaded Hungary 
D)  the Soviets brought an end to the human rights abuses of the Hungarian rebels

Question 4

How did John Foster Dulles react to the neutralist movement among some Third World nations?

Accepted Answer

A)  Believing that the leaders of Third World nations had to pacify their people by professing to be anti-American, Dulles worked tirelessly to provide more aid to most of the neutralist nations. 
B)  Believing in the concept of self-determination, Dulles praised Third World nations for their independent and pragmatic approach to the Cold War. 
C)  Believing that such nations actually favored the United States over the Soviet Union, Dulles saw the neutralist movement as unimportant and non-threatening. 
D)  Believing that neutralism was the first step to communism, Dulles was alarmed by the neutralist movement. 
A)  Believing that the leaders of Third World nations had to pacify their people by professing to be anti-American, Dulles worked tirelessly to provide more aid to most of the neutralist nations. 
B)  Believing in the concept of self-determination, Dulles praised Third World nations for their independent and pragmatic approach to the Cold War. 
C)  Believing that such nations actually favored the United States over the Soviet Union, Dulles saw the neutralist movement as unimportant and non-threatening. 
D)  Believing that neutralism was the first step to communism, Dulles was alarmed by the neutralist movement.

Question 5

Discuss the sources of international tension in the aftermath of the Second World War, and explain how the goals and policies of the United States and the Soviet Union clashed and led to the Cold War.

Accepted Answer

The sources of international tension in

How did the United States respond to the Soviet Union's testing of its first atomic bomb?

NSC-68 ____________________.

In the contest for power between the Soviet Union and the West, the West did not reap many propaganda points when the Soviets crushed the Hungarian uprising because _________________.

How did John Foster Dulles react to the neutralist movement among some Third World nations?

Discuss the sources of international tension in the aftermath of the Second World War, and explain how the goals and policies of the United States and the Soviet Union clashed and led to the Cold War.

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Europeans Colonize North America, 1600-1650

North America in the Atlantic World, 1650-1720

Becoming America, 1720-1760

The Ends of Empire, 1754-1774

American Revolutions, 1775-1783

Forging a Nation, 1783-1800

Defining the Nation, 1801-1823

The Rise of the South, 1815-1860

The Restless North, 1815-1860

The Contested West, 1815-1860

Politics and the Fate of the Union, 1824-1859

Transforming Fire: The Civil War, 1860-1865

Reconstruction: an Unfinished Revolution, 1865-1877

The Ecology of the West and South, 1865-1900

Building Factories, Building Cities, 1877-1900

Gilded Age Politics, 1877-1900

The Progressive ERA, 1895-1920

The Quest for Empire, 1865-1914

Americans in the Great War, 1914-1920

The New ERA, 1920-1929

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

The Second World War at Home and Abroad, 1939-1945

America at Midcentury, 1945-1960

The Tumultuous Sixties, 1960-1968

A Pivotal ERA, 1969-1980

Conservatism Revived, 1980-1992

Into the Global Millennium: America Since 1992

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Exam 24: The Cold War and American Globalism, 1945-1961

How did the United States respond to the Soviet Union's testing of its first atomic bomb?

NSC-68 ____________________.

In the contest for power between the Soviet Union and the West, the West did not reap many propaganda points when the Soviets crushed the Hungarian uprising because _________________.

How did John Foster Dulles react to the neutralist movement among some Third World nations?

Discuss the sources of international tension in the aftermath of the Second World War, and explain how the goals and policies of the United States and the Soviet Union clashed and led to the Cold War.

Three Old Worlds Create a New, 1492-1600

Europeans Colonize North America, 1600-1650

North America in the Atlantic World, 1650-1720

Becoming America, 1720-1760

The Ends of Empire, 1754-1774

American Revolutions, 1775-1783

Forging a Nation, 1783-1800

Defining the Nation, 1801-1823

The Rise of the South, 1815-1860

The Restless North, 1815-1860

The Contested West, 1815-1860

Politics and the Fate of the Union, 1824-1859

Transforming Fire: The Civil War, 1860-1865

Reconstruction: an Unfinished Revolution, 1865-1877

The Ecology of the West and South, 1865-1900

Building Factories, Building Cities, 1877-1900

Gilded Age Politics, 1877-1900

The Progressive ERA, 1895-1920

The Quest for Empire, 1865-1914

Americans in the Great War, 1914-1920

The New ERA, 1920-1929

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

The Second World War at Home and Abroad, 1939-1945

America at Midcentury, 1945-1960

The Tumultuous Sixties, 1960-1968

A Pivotal ERA, 1969-1980

Conservatism Revived, 1980-1992

Into the Global Millennium: America Since 1992

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