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US History Final: Test #6
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11th Grade
06/11/2011

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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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Winston Churchill
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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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chiang Kai-shek
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General MacArthur chose what port city for a counterattack against North Korea?
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Inchon
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How did the American public view General MacArthur after president Truman fired him?
Definition
They still saw as a hero
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What event in 1956 threatened the flow of Middle Eastern oil to Europe?
Definition
The Suez Canal crisis
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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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scientists
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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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Dr. Benjamin Spock:
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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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poverty
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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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all of the above
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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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the growth of suburbs
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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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all of the above
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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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Richard Nixon
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Sputnik was a:
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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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Egypt
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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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HUAC
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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 above
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All of the following contributed to economic recovery after WWII except:
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labor strikes
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John Foster Dulles formulated the policy of brinkmanship while holding the position of:
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secretary of state
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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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Harry Truman
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When the UN partitioned Palestine following WWII which of the following resulted?
Definition
War broke out
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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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McMahon Pledge
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british promise to support arab nations
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containment
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belife that communism must be contained
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Marshall pan
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gave 13 billion to european nations struggling against communism
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Red Scare
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period of time where the fear of communist takeover from within the US spread
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Kitchen Debates
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Nixon and Kruschev arguing over morals of women in Russia vs US
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MAD doctrine
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John foster Dulles: if you destroy us, we'll destroy you
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NATO
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response to warsaw pact; military alliance group of nations against the spread of communism
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Dixiecrats
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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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Subversion
Definition
communist attack from within
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Pumpkin tapes
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tapes hidden in a pumpkin by Nixon to be used against Alger Hiss
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zionists
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jews who wanted to establish a jewish community in israel
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