The Cold War: US-Soviet Rivalry and International Relations
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What was the primary goal of the Truman Doctrine?

  • To impose economic sanctions on the Soviet Union
  • To provide economic aid to countries struggling to recover from WWII (correct)
  • To promote the spread of communism in Eastern Europe
  • To establish a military alliance with Western European nations
  • What was the term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the division between the Soviet-dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West?

  • Iron Fence
  • Communist Barrier
  • Iron Curtain (correct)
  • Cold Divide
  • What was the primary purpose of the Marshall Plan?

  • To promote the spread of communism in Eastern Europe
  • To establish a system of trade barriers between Western European nations
  • To reconstruct cities, industries, and infrastructure heavily damaged during WWII (correct)
  • To provide military aid to countries threatened by the Soviet Union
  • What was the outcome of the 1954 case, Brown v. Board of Education?

    <p>The court overturned the Separate but Equal standard of discrimination in education</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the name of the group of students who were enrolled in a white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, due to their race?

    <p>The Little Rock Nine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary focus of the Second Red Scare?

    <p>The fear of communist infiltration in the U.S. government</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was the United States politician who unscrupulously accused many citizens of being Communists?

    <p>Joseph McCarthy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the purpose of the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961?

    <p>To overthrow Cuban dictator Fidel Castro</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the outcome of the Geneva Conference in 1954?

    <p>The division of Vietnam at the seventeenth parallel</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was the leader of the Viet Minh during World War II and the fight against the French?

    <p>Ho Chi Minh</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the name of the bombing campaign authorized by President Johnson in 1965?

    <p>Operation Rolling Thunder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main purpose of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty?

    <p>To end the testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the name of the network of jungle paths used by North Vietnam to supply the Vietcong during the Vietnam War?

    <p>Ho Chi Minh Trail</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the outcome of the Kennedy-Nixon Debates?

    <p>People listening to the radio gave the edge to Nixon, while people watching television thought Kennedy won</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main goal of the 'war on poverty' initiated by President Lyndon Baines Johnson?

    <p>To reduce poverty and improve living conditions for the poor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the significance of the Tet Offensive in 1968?

    <p>It was a massive surprise attack by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese towns and cities</p> Signup and view all the answers

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