Cold War Test

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One major cause of the Cold War was: Olympic competition between the United States and Europe, different political systems in the U.S. and the Soviet Union, the forced relocation of Japanese-Americans in detention camps

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different political systems in the U.S. and the Soviet Union

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Which was a cause of American involvement in the Vietnam War? Options: religious differences between North and South Vietnam, American fear of Communist expansion in Asia, the North Korean invasion of South Vietnam

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American fear of Communist expansion in Asia

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The Marshall Plan and NATO were similar in that both

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stop the expansion of Communism in Europe

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The term "Cold War" refers to

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hostility between the United States and Soviet Union

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The United States joined the United Nations after World War II to

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help prevent future wars

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The Truman Doctrine was a foreign policy concerning

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the containment of communism

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In the 1950s, Senator McCarthy was most closely associated with issues related to: Communist infiltration and the denial of civil liberties, farm problems and taxation, military preparedness and foreign aid.

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Communist infiltration and the denial of civil liberties

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The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan represented attempts by the United States to deal with the

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spread of communism

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Which statement about the Cuban missile crisis (1962) is most accurate? Options: The crisis brought two major world powers very close to war. The United States wanted to establish missile sites in Cuban territory. The Communist government in Cuba was overthrown.

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The crisis brought two major world powers very close to war.

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The term “McCarthyism” has come to symbolize

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unfounded accusations of disloyalty and a climate of fear