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After World War II, NATO was formed primarily to __________.

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  1. assist emerging nations in Asia

  2. stop the spread of Communism in Europe

  3. promote democratic reforms in Latin America

  4. provide economic aid to war-torn nations in Europe

  5. halt the growth of fascism in southern Africa

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Correct Option: B
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After World War II, NATO was formed primarily to After World War II, NATO was formed primarily to.

Sputnik was significant for the United States because it _________.

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  1. marked the first U.S. attempt to send a man to the moon

  2. represented an escalation of the space race with the Soviet Union

  3. was the first U.S. satellite launched into orbit

  4. demonstrated the Soviets capacity to develop nuclear weapons

  5. assisted the United States in strengthening relations with China

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Correct Option: B
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Sputnik was significant for the United States because it represented an escalation of the space race with the Soviet Union.

All of the following events contributed to Cold War tensions except the _________.

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  1. rejection of the Treaty of Versailles by the isolationist Senate.

  2. U.S. airlift of food to the citizens of Berlin.

  3. massive economic support for Western Europe through the Marshall Plan.

  4. united support of the Greek monarchy in 1947.

  5. the establishment of the defensive North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

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Correct Option: A
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Rejection of the Treaty of Versailles by the isolationist Senate was not the reason for war.

The North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 established _____________.

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  1. an alliance among the nations of Western Europe and North America

  2. a return to the isolationism of the 1920's

  3. lend-lease agreements for the supply of war material to the Allied forces

  4. lasting peace with the nation's of the Communist world

  5. the framework for the United Nations

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Correct Option: A
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The North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 established  an alliance among the nations of western Europe and North America.

The Senate passed a censure motion against Senator Joseph McCarthy in the wake of ___________.

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  1. accusations of financial impropriety.

  2. hearings that implicated high-ranking members of the military.

  3. the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

  4. the Supreme Court's opinion on the constitutionality of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).

  5. the U.S. entry into the Korean War.

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Correct Option: B
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The Senate passed a censure motion against Senator Joseph McCarthy in the wake of hearings that implicated high-ranking members of the military.

"The cause of anti-communism, which united millions of Americans and which gained the support of Democrats, Republicans, and independents, was undermined by Sen. Joe McCarthy.... McCarthy addressed a real problem: disloyal elements within the U.S. government. But his approach to this real problem was to cause untold grief to the country he claimed to love.... Worst of all, McCarthy besmirched the honorable cause of anti-communism."
The time period that the author refers to in the passage above is most likely the ______.

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  1. World War II era

  2. Progressive Era

  3. Cold War era

  4. World War I era

  5. Imperialist era

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Correct Option: C
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The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union with its satellite states (the Eastern Bloc), and the United States with its allies (the Western Bloc) after World War II.

Which of the following Cold War ideas was not involved Europe?

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  1. The Truman Doctrine

  2. The Domino theory

  3. Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)

  4. Containment

  5. Detente

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Correct Option: B
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  • Domino theory, also called Domino Effect theory was U.S. foreign policy after World War II stating that the “fall” of a non-communist state to communism would precipitate the fall of non-communist governments in neighboring states.
  • The theory was first proposed by President Harry S. Truman to justify sending military aid to Greece and Turkey in the 1940s, but it became popular in the 1950s when President Dwight D. Eisenhower applied it to Southeast Asia, especially South Vietnam.
  • The domino theory was one of the main arguments used in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations during the 1960s to justify increasing American military involvement in the Vietnam War.

Which of the following events was most unlikely to provoke a direct military confrontation between the United States and the USSR? 

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  1. The Berlin Airlift of 1948

  2. The Cuban missile crisis of 1962

  3. The Soviet suppression of the Hungarian revolt in 1956

  4. The construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961

  5. The Korean War of 1950 to 1953

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Correct Option: E

The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was ________.

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  1. Elimination of communism

  2. Implementation of the "Domino Theory"

  3. Containment of communism

  4. Reconstruction of Western Europe after World War II

  5. Assistance to British colonies in Africa

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was Containment of communism.

How did the Soviet Union respond to the formation of the North Atlantic  Treaty Organization(NATO)?

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  1. Providing military assistance to the Southeast Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO).

  2. Forming the Warsaw Pact.

  3. Giving financial aid to Central Treaty Organization (CENTO).

  4. Joining the Alliance for Progress.

  5. Sending advisers to the Organization of American States (OAS).

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Correct Option: B
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The Warsaw Pact, formally known as the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was a collective defence treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland between the Soviet Union and seven Eastern Bloc satellite states of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the Cold War. The Warsaw Pact was the military complement to the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, the regional economic organization for the socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe.