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Question #1
What was the significance of the Truman Doctrine?
A.   It committed the US to a military alliance in Europe
B.   It indicated that the US would now view all local revolts through a geopolitical lens.
C.   It was Truman's first statement on European affairs.
D.   It indicated the special place of Greece and Turkey in American interests.
E.   It indicated US reluctance to get involved in incidents outside of its immediate sphere of influence.
Question #2
What was the main reason for the US Senate opposition to the Treaty of Versailles?
A.   It feared that the treaty would too strongly commit the US to an international alliance.
B.   President Wilson’s lobbied Congress against signing of the treaty.
C.   The opposition reflected the strong opposition among Americans to the treaty.
D.   It feared that the treaty would encourage Soviet influence over American foreign policy decisions.
Question #3
The creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) illustrates a commitment to the concept of
A.   isolationism
B.   colonialism
C.   mutual defense
D.   human rights
E.   unilateralism
Question #4
Which of the following statements about the experiences of Native Americans in World War II is not accurate?
A.   Large numbers of Native peoples left reservations to work in the war industries.
B.   Native soldiers distinguished themselves in all branches of the military.
C.   Most Native Americans rejected military service because of the history of discrimination.
D.   Native languages were used as the basis of a secret code to transmit messages.
E.   They served in the armed forces in integrated units.
Question #5
The term “iron curtain” refers to
A.   The Kremlin’s wall of secrecy
B.   The Soviet domination in Eastern Europe
C.   the security measures employed by Stalin's body guards
D.   Stalin’s policy of holding firm in negotiations with the UIS
E.   the Berlin Wall
Question #6
The Manhattan Project was established to
A.   research racial segregation in public education
B.   eliminate machine politics and governmental corruption
C.   establish an interstate highway system
D.   resolve the problems in low-income urban sectors in New York City
E.   develop an atomic bomb
Question #7
Which of the following statements best explains President Harry S. Truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II?
A.   He wanted to avoid a costly American invasion of Japan.
B.   They were major centers of Japanese military production.
C.   He wanted to warn the Russians not to be aggressive in the Pacific after the defeat of Japan
D.   Popular sentiment in support of the bombings convinced him to use them against Japan.
E.   Truman believed that it would convince an unconditional German surrender.
Question #8
Which of the following statements does not accurately describe the National Security Act of 1947?
A.   It gave the President the power to make decisions about when the country would go to war.
B.   It created the office of the Secretary of Defense.
C.   It established the National Security Council as an advisory group to the President on foreign affairs.
D.   It created the Central Intelligence Agency.
E.   It created a department for each branch of the armed forces.
Question #9
How did the United States react to aggression overseas in the 1930s?
A.   It formed military alliances with Britain and France.
B.   It adopted a policy of appeasement.
C.   It declared war on Germany.
D.   It adopted isolationist policies that avoided involvement.
E.   It quarantined Japan to prevent further aggression against China.
Question #10
The Lend-Lease Act and amendments to the Neutrality Acts in 1941
A.   allowed a way for the US military to build military bases on foreign soil
B.   allowed the US to lend military equipment and supplies to any nation the president deemed vital to the defense of the United States
C.   limited the amount of military equipment and supplies sent overseas
D.   committed the US to the war
E.   permitted landlords to lend or lease housing for American troops overseas
Question #11
In its 1944 decision in the Korematsu case, the US Supreme Court ruled that
A.   Freedom of speech can be limited during times of war
B.   Internment was morally wrong
C.   The internment of Japanese Americans was unconstitutional
D.   The evacuation of Japanese American citizens was a military necessity
E.   Japanese Americans should be compensated for the loss of property as a result of their internment
Question #12
As a result of the armistice that ended the Korean War,
A.   A communist government was created in South Korea.
B.   Communist fears in the United States were lifted.
C.   North and South Korea remained divided along the 38th parallel.
D.   China gained control of the entire peninsula.
E.   The US and North Korea established diplomatic relationships
Question #13
What role did the Central Intelligence Agency play in the early Cold War?
A.   It played a key role in helping the US gain access to Middle Eastern oil.
B.   Eisenhower used it to counter communism and assist friendly governments.
C.   All of these are accurate statements about the CIA.
D.   It helped overthrow the government in Guatemala.
E.   It helped train Cuban exiles for an invasion in Cuba.
Question #14
Which event was key in intensifying cold war tensions and the arms race between the US and USSR?
A.   The U2 incident in which the Soviets shot down an American spy plane.
B.   The Berlin Airlift.
C.   The Soviet launching of the first artificial satellite known as Sputnik.
D.   The Soviet development of atomic weapons.
E.   The spread of communism to China.
Question #15
Why is NSC-68 considered a significant turning point in American Cold War policy?
A.   It indicated the primacy of economic development as key to protecting democracies.
B.   It encouraged engagement with the Soviet Union at the diplomatic level.
C.   It indicated a shift towards containing the spread of communism militarily.
D.   It introduced the term containment to American foreign policy.
E.   It dispensed with the idea of containment.

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