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Term for identification:  National Security Act of 1947​

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The National Security Act of 1947 was a ...

Question 2

Which of the following is true about the Soviet development of their atomic weapon?​

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A)  The Soviets relied only in Soviet scientists.
B)  The Soviets had no access to American secrets about the nuclear weapon.
C)  The Soviets developed their atomic weapon later than the United States had anticipated.
D)  The Soviets developed their atomic weapon in 1949.
E)  None of these are correct. D

Question 3

After China's fall to communism​,

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A)  the United States placed more emphasis on Japan as a bulwark against communism.
B)  the United States occupied Japan until 1952.
C)  the policy of reverse course in Japan was accelerated.​
D)  the United States signed a security treaty with Japan in 1960, which stated that U.S. protection required permanent military bases in Japan.
E)  All of these are correct.

Question 4

Which of the following is not true about Stalin's blockade of Berlin?

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A)  It was intended to push western nations out of Berlin.
B)  The Berlin airlift was a direct reaction to the blockade.
C)  It cut off road, rail and canal access to the city.
D)  Stalin intended to uphold the blockade with warfare if necessary.
E)  All of these are correct.

Question 5

During the Second Red Scare, loyalty tests were instituted for those working in

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A)  national, state, and local government.
B)  universities.
C)  school districts.
D)  private companies.
E)  All of these are correct.

Question 6

The Bay of Pigs invasion was intended to ​

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A)  topple the Castro regime.
B)  have the United States annex Cuba as a state.
C)  drop a nuclear bomb on the island of Cuba.
D)  kidnap Castro so he could be imprisoned in the United States.
E)  demonstrate the United States' military might to the Soviet Union.

Question 7

Term for identification:  military-industrial complex​

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The term "military-industrial complex" r...

Question 8

Brinkmanship was a strategy that employed the possibility of nuclear destruction.​

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

At the onset of the Cold War,​

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A)  the Soviet Union remained largely agricultural.
B)  the Soviets had yet to develop commanding land and sea power.
C)  the United States had the world's leading land and sea power.
D)  the United States sustained the world's most productive and technologically advanced economy in human history.
E)  All of these are correct.

Question 10

Term for identification:  National Aeronautics and Space Administration​ (NASA)

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The term "National Aeronautics and Space...

Question 11

Term for identification:  domino theory​

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The domino theory was a Cold War-era bel...

Question 12

​ The Marshall Plan eased tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union.​

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 13

Discuss the impact of the Cold War on American popular culture from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. ​

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The Cold War had a significant impact on...

Question 14

The Go-Gu plan was a military strategy executed by ​

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A)  Cuba.
B)  North Vietnam.
C)  the Soviet Union.
D)  North Korea.
E)  East Germany. B

Question 15

Term for identification:  Berlin Wall​

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The Berlin Wall was a fortified barrier ...

Question 16

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg​

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A)  worked closely with J. Edgar Hoover to catch Communist spies.
B)  were sentenced to a prison sentence and later released.
C)  both confessed to giving American nuclear secrets to the Soviets.
D)  were charged in connection to an investigation of a network of Soviet agents working on the Manhattan Project.
E)  None of these are correct.

Question 17

Which of the following was a Cold War era film with anti-Communist themes?​

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A)  1984.
B)  Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
C)  I Married a Communist.
D)  It Came from Outer Space.
E)  All of these are correct.

Question 18

Term for identification:  covert operations​

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Covert operations refer to secretive act...

Question 19

The process of decolonization took place ​

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A)  right before World War I.
B)  within two decades after World War II.
C)  right before World War II.
D)  right after World War I.
E)  beginning in the 1960s.

Question 20

Term for identification:  Julius Rosenberg​

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Julius Rosenberg was an American enginee...

Exam 9: The Cold War, 1945-1965

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Which of the following is true about the Soviet development of their atomic weapon?​

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Which of the following is not true about Stalin's blockade of Berlin?

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The Bay of Pigs invasion was intended to ​

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Term for identification: military-industrial complex​

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Brinkmanship was a strategy that employed the possibility of nuclear destruction.​

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Term for identification: National Aeronautics and Space Administration​ (NASA)

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Term for identification: domino theory​

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​ The Marshall Plan eased tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union.​

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Discuss the impact of the Cold War on American popular culture from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. ​

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The Go-Gu plan was a military strategy executed by ​

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Term for identification: Berlin Wall​

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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg​

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Which of the following was a Cold War era film with anti-Communist themes?​

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Term for identification: covert operations​

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