Joseph Stalin, who headed the government of the Soviet Union at the
end of World War II, believed that:
a. democracy should be spread around the world
b. the
United States should be trusted as an ally
c. World War II had
been a joint Allied Victory
d. eastern Europe must be kept under
Russia's influence
e. fairness was the best basis for governing
the Soviet Union.
D
As World War II ended, most Americans:
a. became increasingly fearful of the Soviet Union
b.
believed the war had been fought for ill-defined reasons
c.
believed that the Soviet Union would become a democracy
d. found
few parallels between the Nazi and Soviet systems
e. continued to
regard Russian society as open and democratic
A
The first confrontation between the Soviet Union and the western
democracies after World War II came over:
a. China
b. Vietnam
c. Poland
d. England
e. Germany
C
After World War II, Winston Churchill:
a. believed Britain and
the United States could work out an alliance with the Soviet
Union
b. suggested that an iron curtain divided the United States
from Canada
c. saw a future of peace and harmony throughout the
world
d. believed that Europe had become divided into two
camps
e. feared the growing military might of the United States
D
The containment policy of the Truman administration:
a. fostered stronger relations between the United States and the
Soviet Union
b. became the basis for American foreign policy in
the post-World War II period
c. was meant to keep illegal aliens
out of the United States
d. had been designed by Dean
Acheson
e. had little support from policymakers in Washington
B
One effect of the Cold War was:
a. a return of isolationist
sentiments in the United States
b. strong support for closer ties
with the Soviet Union
c. to make Americans feel that they could
only vacation safely in the western hemisphere
d. to commit the
United States involvement in European affairs
e. to create a
strong resistance to military pacts
D
Underlying the Marshall Plan was the assumption that:
a. the United States would not directly participate in the
proposal
b. economic prosperity brings political
stability
c. Eastern Europe could be freed from Soviet
domination
d. it could convert the Soviet Union to
democracy
e. socialism was appropriate for Europe, but not for
the United States
B
America's response to the Russian blockade of West Berlin was to:
a. accept the Soviets' demand that West Berlin be integrated
into East Germany
b. invade East Germany
c. threaten a major
war
d. circumvent it by air
e. turn Berlin over to the Soviets
D
The leader who led the Chinese communists to control of the Chinese
mainland in 1949 was:
a. Jiang Jieshi
b. Mao Zedong
c. Deng Xiaoping
d.
Zhou Enlai
e. Ho Chi Minh
B
During the Korean War, President Truman:
a. reluctantly cooperated with the United Nations' decision to
defend South Korea
b. planned to invade Communist China
c.
clearly stated American objectives
d. acted to oppose communist
aggression
e. supported General Douglas MacArthur's proposal to
bomb communist bases in China
D
During the Truman and Eisenhower administration, in the Middle East
the United States:
a. successfully cooperated with the Soviets
b. supported
the British effort to prevent Egypt from taking control of the Suez
Canal
c. moved to protect Western access to oil supplies
d.
refused to recognize the state of Israel
e. supported Arab
nations that opposed a Jewish state
C
Upon learning that the Soviet Union had successfully tested an atomic
bomb, the United States:
a. authorized the development of the hydrogen
superbomb
b.asked the United Nations to control the development
of nuclear research
c. gave up nuclear weapons and decided to
concentrate on weapons in space instead
d. threatened a
preemptive air strike against the Soviets' nuclear
laboratories
e. responded with indifference
A
The policy of mutually assured destruction (MAD):
a. allowed for mediation during international crises
b.
stressed conventional forms of defense
c. had little effect on
Cold War policies
d. stressed that any future war would be fought
in the air
e. relied solely on the threat to use nuclear weapons
E
During the Truman administration, the government's loyalty program:
a. always safeguarded the individual rights of those
investigated
b. was designed to meet the communist challenge
abroad
c. led to the violation of individual rights of some of
those investigated
d. stressed that the only members of the
working class would be subjected to loyalty tests
e. achieved
absolute loyalty to the interests of the United States among
government workers
C
In reaction to Cold War tensions, the United States Congress:
a. passed laws outlawing immigration to the United
States
b. moved to protect the civil rights of those accused of
disloyalty
c. condemned President Truman's loyalty program as too
severe
d. called for negotiations between the Soviet Union and
the United States
e. passed laws restricting the Communist Party
activity in the United States
E
tbc
tbh