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Answer the following questions : -Bay of Pigs


A) A meeting of President Roosevelt,Prime Minister Churchill,and Joseph Stalin in February 1945,in which the leaders discussed the treatment of Germany,the status of Poland,the creation of the United Nations,and Russian entry into the war against Japan.
B) An international body agreed upon at the Yalta Conference,and founded at a conference in San Francisco in 1945,consisting of a General Assembly,in which all nations are represented,and a Security Council of the five major Allied powers-the United States,Britain,France,China,and the Soviet Union-and seven other nations elected on a rotating basis.
C) The July 1945 conference at which American officials convinced the Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin to accept German reparations only from the Soviet zone,or far eastern part of Germany.The agreement paved the way for the division of Germany into East and West.
D) The basic U.S.policy of the Cold War,which sought to contain communism within its existing geographic boundaries.Initially,this policy focused on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe,but in the 1950s it came to include China,North Korea,and other parts of the developing world.
E) President Harry S.Truman's commitment to "support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." First applied to Greece and Turkey in 1947,it became the justification for U.S.intervention into several countries during the Cold War.
F) Aid program begun in 1948 to help European economies recover from World War II.
G) Military alliance formed in 1949 among the United States,Canada,and Western European nations to counter any possible Soviet threat.
H) A military alliance established in Eastern Europe in 1955 to counter the NATO alliance;it included Albania,Bulgaria,Czechoslovakia,East Germany,Hungary,Poland,Romania,and the Soviet Union.
I) Top-secret government report of April 1950 warning that national survival in the face of Soviet communism required a massive military buildup.
J) A combination of moderate liberal policies that preserved the programs of the New Deal welfare state and forthright anticommunism that vilified the Soviet Union abroad and radicalism at home.Adopted by President Truman and the Democratic Party during the late 1940s and early 1950s.
K) Law passed by the Republican-controlled Congress in 1947 that overhauled the 1935 National Labor Relations Act,placing restrictions on organized labor that made it more difficult for unions to organize workers.
L) The domestic policy agenda announced by President Harry S.Truman in 1949.Including civil rights,health care,and education reform,Truman's initiative was only partially successful in Congress.
M) A program created in 1947 by President Truman that permitted officials to investigate any employee of the federal government for "subversive" activities.
N) Congressional committee especially prominent during the early years of the Cold War that investigated Americans who might be disloyal to the government or might have associated with communists or other radicals.
O) The defense policy of the Eisenhower administration that stepped up production of the hydrogen bomb and developed long-range bombing capabilities.
P) President Eisenhower's theory of containment,which warned that the fall of a non-Communist government to communism in Southeast Asia would trigger the spread of communism to neighboring countries.
Q) President Eisenhower's 1957 declaration that the United States would actively combat communism in the Middle East.
R) A failed U.S.-sponsored invasion of Cuba in 1961 by anti-Castro forces who planned to overthrow Fidel Castro's government.
S) The 1962 nuclear standoff between the Soviet Union and the United States when the Soviets attempted to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba.
T) Program launched by President Kennedy in 1961 through which young American volunteers helped with education,health,and other projects in developing countries around the world.

U) D) and L)
V) J) and T)

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What were the components of Cold War liberalism?

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What accounted for the decline of Britain's influence and power in the years immediately following World War II?


A) It had tremendous budget deficits and a collapsing domestic economy.
B) British society was seriously divided over the nation's international role.
C) The country expended too much effort on the containment of communism in Europe.
D) The United States no longer trusted British leadership in world affairs.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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How did the Fair Deal differ from the New Deal?

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Answer would ideally include: - Broader Program: With the Fair Deal,Truman hoped to extend and expand the welfare state that Franklin D.Roosevelt created with the New Deal in the 1930s.His programs included aid to education,a housing program,the expansion of Social Security,a higher minimum wage,and a new agricultural program. - Civil Rights Issues: One of the major differences with the New Deal was the Fair Deal's its increased attention to civil rights issues,reflecting the growing role of African Americans in the Democratic Party. - National Health Insurance: The Fair Deal also proposed a program to institute national health insurance.This proposal got a great deal of support from organized labor,but the American Medical Association and insurance industries denounced it as socialized medicine,leading to its defeat.

In 1947,the Truman administration reacted to the growing anticommunist fervor in the country by


A) denouncing it as a Republican-inspired witch hunt against liberals and New Dealers.
B) ordering the FBI to conduct major investigations of all congressional Republicans.
C) issuing an executive order to investigate all federal employees' loyalty.
D) doing nothing,trusting that the issue was a Republican ploy that would soon go away.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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What was the domestic impact of the anticommunist crusade of the late 1940s and 1950s on American society and the groups and individuals who were targeted?

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In the Munich analogy,Americans justified containment by applying the lessons learned from


A) the division of Germany.
B) the founding of the United Nations.
C) appeasing Hitler.
D) the Nazi-Soviet Pact.

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

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Answer the following questions : -Cold War liberalism


A) A meeting of President Roosevelt,Prime Minister Churchill,and Joseph Stalin in February 1945,in which the leaders discussed the treatment of Germany,the status of Poland,the creation of the United Nations,and Russian entry into the war against Japan.
B) An international body agreed upon at the Yalta Conference,and founded at a conference in San Francisco in 1945,consisting of a General Assembly,in which all nations are represented,and a Security Council of the five major Allied powers-the United States,Britain,France,China,and the Soviet Union-and seven other nations elected on a rotating basis.
C) The July 1945 conference at which American officials convinced the Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin to accept German reparations only from the Soviet zone,or far eastern part of Germany.The agreement paved the way for the division of Germany into East and West.
D) The basic U.S.policy of the Cold War,which sought to contain communism within its existing geographic boundaries.Initially,this policy focused on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe,but in the 1950s it came to include China,North Korea,and other parts of the developing world.
E) President Harry S.Truman's commitment to "support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." First applied to Greece and Turkey in 1947,it became the justification for U.S.intervention into several countries during the Cold War.
F) Aid program begun in 1948 to help European economies recover from World War II.
G) Military alliance formed in 1949 among the United States,Canada,and Western European nations to counter any possible Soviet threat.
H) A military alliance established in Eastern Europe in 1955 to counter the NATO alliance;it included Albania,Bulgaria,Czechoslovakia,East Germany,Hungary,Poland,Romania,and the Soviet Union.
I) Top-secret government report of April 1950 warning that national survival in the face of Soviet communism required a massive military buildup.
J) A combination of moderate liberal policies that preserved the programs of the New Deal welfare state and forthright anticommunism that vilified the Soviet Union abroad and radicalism at home.Adopted by President Truman and the Democratic Party during the late 1940s and early 1950s.
K) Law passed by the Republican-controlled Congress in 1947 that overhauled the 1935 National Labor Relations Act,placing restrictions on organized labor that made it more difficult for unions to organize workers.
L) The domestic policy agenda announced by President Harry S.Truman in 1949.Including civil rights,health care,and education reform,Truman's initiative was only partially successful in Congress.
M) A program created in 1947 by President Truman that permitted officials to investigate any employee of the federal government for "subversive" activities.
N) Congressional committee especially prominent during the early years of the Cold War that investigated Americans who might be disloyal to the government or might have associated with communists or other radicals.
O) The defense policy of the Eisenhower administration that stepped up production of the hydrogen bomb and developed long-range bombing capabilities.
P) President Eisenhower's theory of containment,which warned that the fall of a non-Communist government to communism in Southeast Asia would trigger the spread of communism to neighboring countries.
Q) President Eisenhower's 1957 declaration that the United States would actively combat communism in the Middle East.
R) A failed U.S.-sponsored invasion of Cuba in 1961 by anti-Castro forces who planned to overthrow Fidel Castro's government.
S) The 1962 nuclear standoff between the Soviet Union and the United States when the Soviets attempted to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba.
T) Program launched by President Kennedy in 1961 through which young American volunteers helped with education,health,and other projects in developing countries around the world.

U) O) and Q)
V) E) and F)

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Answer the following questions : -"New Look"


A) A meeting of President Roosevelt,Prime Minister Churchill,and Joseph Stalin in February 1945,in which the leaders discussed the treatment of Germany,the status of Poland,the creation of the United Nations,and Russian entry into the war against Japan.
B) An international body agreed upon at the Yalta Conference,and founded at a conference in San Francisco in 1945,consisting of a General Assembly,in which all nations are represented,and a Security Council of the five major Allied powers-the United States,Britain,France,China,and the Soviet Union-and seven other nations elected on a rotating basis.
C) The July 1945 conference at which American officials convinced the Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin to accept German reparations only from the Soviet zone,or far eastern part of Germany.The agreement paved the way for the division of Germany into East and West.
D) The basic U.S.policy of the Cold War,which sought to contain communism within its existing geographic boundaries.Initially,this policy focused on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe,but in the 1950s it came to include China,North Korea,and other parts of the developing world.
E) President Harry S.Truman's commitment to "support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." First applied to Greece and Turkey in 1947,it became the justification for U.S.intervention into several countries during the Cold War.
F) Aid program begun in 1948 to help European economies recover from World War II.
G) Military alliance formed in 1949 among the United States,Canada,and Western European nations to counter any possible Soviet threat.
H) A military alliance established in Eastern Europe in 1955 to counter the NATO alliance;it included Albania,Bulgaria,Czechoslovakia,East Germany,Hungary,Poland,Romania,and the Soviet Union.
I) Top-secret government report of April 1950 warning that national survival in the face of Soviet communism required a massive military buildup.
J) A combination of moderate liberal policies that preserved the programs of the New Deal welfare state and forthright anticommunism that vilified the Soviet Union abroad and radicalism at home.Adopted by President Truman and the Democratic Party during the late 1940s and early 1950s.
K) Law passed by the Republican-controlled Congress in 1947 that overhauled the 1935 National Labor Relations Act,placing restrictions on organized labor that made it more difficult for unions to organize workers.
L) The domestic policy agenda announced by President Harry S.Truman in 1949.Including civil rights,health care,and education reform,Truman's initiative was only partially successful in Congress.
M) A program created in 1947 by President Truman that permitted officials to investigate any employee of the federal government for "subversive" activities.
N) Congressional committee especially prominent during the early years of the Cold War that investigated Americans who might be disloyal to the government or might have associated with communists or other radicals.
O) The defense policy of the Eisenhower administration that stepped up production of the hydrogen bomb and developed long-range bombing capabilities.
P) President Eisenhower's theory of containment,which warned that the fall of a non-Communist government to communism in Southeast Asia would trigger the spread of communism to neighboring countries.
Q) President Eisenhower's 1957 declaration that the United States would actively combat communism in the Middle East.
R) A failed U.S.-sponsored invasion of Cuba in 1961 by anti-Castro forces who planned to overthrow Fidel Castro's government.
S) The 1962 nuclear standoff between the Soviet Union and the United States when the Soviets attempted to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba.
T) Program launched by President Kennedy in 1961 through which young American volunteers helped with education,health,and other projects in developing countries around the world.

U) O) and S)
V) G) and H)

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What were the results of President Kennedy's foreign policy?

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During the Eisenhower administration,the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) helped overthrow the government of


A) Cuba.
B) Indonesia.
C) Albania.
D) Iran.

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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The creator of containment,who enumerated his fears in the Long Telegram in 1946,was


A) George Kennan.
B) George Marshall.
C) Harry Truman.
D) James Byrnes.

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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Which of the following established the Soviet sphere of influence in Eastern Europe?


A) Eisenhower Doctrine
B) Casablanca Conference
C) Marshall Plan
D) Yalta Agreement

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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Which of the following describes the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949?


A) It was the first American peacetime military alliance since 1783.
B) The United States funded the militaries of all of the participating countries.
C) NATO explicitly and permanently excluded the Federal Republic of Germany.
D) The alliance was formed in order to impose a blockade on Berlin.

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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For the following question,refer to the following excerpt. To ensure the peaceful development of nations,free from coercion,the United States has taken a leading part in establishing the United Nations.The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members.We shall not realize our objectives,however,unless we are willing to help free peoples to maintain their free institutions and their national integrity against aggressive movements that seek to impose upon them totalitarian regimes.... At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life.The choice is too often not a free one. One way of life is based upon the will of the majority,and is distinguished by free institutions,representative government,free elections,guarantees of individual liberty,freedom of speech and religion,and freedom from political oppression. The second way of life is based upon the will of a minority forcibly imposed upon the majority.It relies upon terror and oppression,a controlled press and radio,fixed elections,and the suppression of personal freedoms. I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures. I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way. I believe that our help should be primarily through economic and financial aid which is essential to economic stability and orderly political processes. President Harry S.Truman,Address Before Joint Session of Congress,March 12,1947 The speech quoted above would be most useful to historians analyzing the


A) policies and methods designed to root out communists in the United States.
B) appropriate powers of the executive branch in conducting foreign policy.
C) attempts of the United States to defend a position of global leadership.
D) domestic opposition to the Korean and Vietnam wars.

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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Why did the American Medical Association oppose Truman's proposal for national health insurance in 1949?


A) They considered it a corporate sellout.
B) They denounced it as socialized medicine.
C) The organization claimed it was insufficient.
D) The group feared for the future of Medicare.

E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

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How were President Truman's and Eisenhower's foreign policies similar? How did they differ?

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Which of the following statements describes modern Republicanism?


A) President Eisenhower rejected it as the repudiation of Abraham Lincoln's legacy.
B) George Kennan called it a critical aspect of containment policy.
C) It called for a drastic reduction in the size and activities of the federal government.
D) The philosophy emphasized moderating rather than dismantling the New Deal state.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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How did the Cold War affect American policy at home and abroad during this period?

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In 1962,John F.Kennedy secured funding for a nonmilitary initiative to advance the Cold War agenda known as


A) the United Nations Children's Fund.
B) Students for a Democratic Society.
C) the Marshall Plan.
D) the Peace Corps.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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