EOC Review Part 3

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What was the name given to the 1940s policy of providing economic and military support to "free people" fighting against "outside pressures"?

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the Truman Doctrine

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Which of these contributed to increasing tensions between the United States and the communist world at the beginning of the Cold War period? Options: the United States' participation in the Korean War, the efforts of the Soviet Union to place nuclear missiles in Turkey, the United States' construction of a wall dividing East and West Berlin, the military intervention in Hungary by NATO forces

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the United States' participation in the Korean War

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What effect did the Eisenhower Interstate System have on American society in the 1950s and 1960s?

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It contributed to suburbanization.

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How did the G.I. Bill contribute to the economic prosperity of the 1950s?

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It allowed Veterans to get an education and buy homes in suburbs.

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During the Cuban Missile Crisis, what did President J.F. Kennedy do when he heard that the Soviet Union was constructing nuclear missile sites in Cuba?

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He ordered a naval blockade around Cuba to prevent Soviet ships from bringing the necessary materials.

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During what Cold War event did the U.S. bypass a Soviet blockade in Germany without provoking a military conflict?

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Berlin Airlift

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Which choice best describes the Second Red Scare?

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the use of accusations, blacklisting, and investigations against suspected communists

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According to the source and using your knowledge of US History, which of the following is most correct regarding the conflict in Korea? Both sides at one point made strong advances into their opposition at certain points but fought the war to a stalemate., Neither side was able to advance very much and the war was essentially a stalemate in the end., North Korea was able to make a strong push far into South Korea early into the war and nearly captured the southern city of Pusan . South Korea with the help of China was able to push them back., South Korea was able to make a strong push far into North Korea with the help of the Soviet Union.

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Both sides at one point made strong advances into their opposition at certain points but fought the war to a stalemate.

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The housing boom, new industries, and military spending all led to what in the 1950s?

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Economic prosperity

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What did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., urge his followers to do in order to bring about racial justice?

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engage in acts of civil disobedience