Question 1

The event that immediately preceded and sparked the Cuban Missile Crisis was

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A)  the Berlin Wall. 
B)  Sputnik. 
C)  the death of Stalin. 
D)  the Bay of Pigs. 
E)  the attempted assassination of Fidel Castro by the CIA. 
A)  the Berlin Wall. 
B)  Sputnik. 
C)  the death of Stalin. 
D)  the Bay of Pigs. 
E)  the attempted assassination of Fidel Castro by the CIA.

Question 2

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Charles de Gaulle's Fifth Republic

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Charles de Gaulle's Fifth Republic was a

Question 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-women's liberation movement

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The women's liberation movement, also kn

Question 4

France's Fourth Republic collapsed and Charles de Gaulle came to power in 1958 because of disastrous French defeats in Vietnam.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which one of the following does not characterize life in the United States during the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower?

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A)  Real wages grew. 
B)  The New Deal programs continued. 
C)  The "Red Scare" intensified. 
D)  The Civil Rights Movement had successes. 
E)  The United States withdrew into isolationism. 
A)  Real wages grew. 
B)  The New Deal programs continued. 
C)  The "Red Scare" intensified. 
D)  The Civil Rights Movement had successes. 
E)  The United States withdrew into isolationism.

Question 6

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Truman Doctrine

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The Truman Doctrine was a pivotal policy

Question 7

Discuss the major social changes affecting the status, expectations, and ambitions of women that occurred in Western society form 1945 to 1970.

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The period from 1945 to 1970 saw signifi

Question 8

The Great Leap Forward was

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A)  Stalin's stated philosophy for his last five-year plan. 
B)  the radicalization of the feminist movement. 
C)  Mao Zedong's effort to achieve a classless society and the final stage of communism. 
D)  the missile race between the United States and the Soviet Union. 
E)  Mao Zedong's New Economic Policy, modeled on Lenin's economic reforms in the early 1920s. 
A)  Stalin's stated philosophy for his last five-year plan. 
B)  the radicalization of the feminist movement. 
C)  Mao Zedong's effort to achieve a classless society and the final stage of communism. 
D)  the missile race between the United States and the Soviet Union. 
E)  Mao Zedong's New Economic Policy, modeled on Lenin's economic reforms in the early 1920s.

Question 9

At the close of World War II, who inherited the European tradition of power politics?

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A)  China and the Soviet Union 
B)  independent peoples everywhere 
C)  the Soviet Union and the United States 
D)  the United States alone 
E)  nobody because nothing changed 
A)  China and the Soviet Union 
B)  independent peoples everywhere 
C)  the Soviet Union and the United States 
D)  the United States alone 
E)  nobody because nothing changed

Question 10

In June 1947, the United States initiated the European Recovery Program, better known as

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A)  the Domino Theory. 
B)  the Marshall Plan. 
C)  containment. 
D)  capitalism. 
E)  the Long Telegram. 
A)  the Domino Theory. 
B)  the Marshall Plan. 
C)  containment. 
D)  capitalism. 
E)  the Long Telegram.

Question 11

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Sputnik I

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Sputnik I was the first artificial Earth

Question 12

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Great Britain's welfare state

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Great Britain's welfare state, often ref

Question 13

On balance, was the decade of the 1960s "constructive" or "destructive" or both? Discuss with examples.

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The decade of the 1960s was a complex an

Question 14

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-Nikita Khrushchev

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Nikita Khrushchev was a prominent Soviet

Question 15

What were the major political developments in the history of the Soviet Union from 1945 to 1970? How did Soviet policies affect the history of Eastern Europe?

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The major political developments in the

Question 16

The Cold War spread from Europe with the establishment of a Communist regime in China in 1949.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In 1961, the West constructed the Berlin Wall to prevent East German communists from emigrating to western Europe.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Indian National Congress

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The answer of IDENTIFICATIONS
-Indian National Congress...

Question 19

IDENTIFICATIONS
-the "consumer society"

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The answer of IDENTIFICATIONS
-the "consumer society"...

Question 20

What were the major developments in domestic politics in Western Europe and how were they expressed in France, West Germany, and Great Britain? What efforts toward unity were made by Western European states? How did the policies of the United States affect those efforts?

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In the post-World War II era, Western Eu

Exam 28: cold War and a New Western World, 1945-1965

The event that immediately preceded and sparked the Cuban Missile Crisis was

IDENTIFICATIONS -Charles de Gaulle's Fifth Republic

IDENTIFICATIONS -women's liberation movement

France's Fourth Republic collapsed and Charles de Gaulle came to power in 1958 because of disastrous French defeats in Vietnam.

Which one of the following does not characterize life in the United States during the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Truman Doctrine

Discuss the major social changes affecting the status, expectations, and ambitions of women that occurred in Western society form 1945 to 1970.

The Great Leap Forward was

At the close of World War II, who inherited the European tradition of power politics?

In June 1947, the United States initiated the European Recovery Program, better known as

IDENTIFICATIONS -Sputnik I

IDENTIFICATIONS -Great Britain's welfare state

On balance, was the decade of the 1960s "constructive" or "destructive" or both? Discuss with examples.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Nikita Khrushchev

What were the major political developments in the history of the Soviet Union from 1945 to 1970? How did Soviet policies affect the history of Eastern Europe?

The Cold War spread from Europe with the establishment of a Communist regime in China in 1949.

In 1961, the West constructed the Berlin Wall to prevent East German communists from emigrating to western Europe.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Indian National Congress

IDENTIFICATIONS -the "consumer society"

What were the major developments in domestic politics in Western Europe and how were they expressed in France, West Germany, and Great Britain? What efforts toward unity were made by Western European states? How did the policies of the United States affect those efforts?

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