APUSH Period 8 - Cold War

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What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?

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Containment of communism

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All of the following events contributed to Cold War tensions EXCEPT: the United States airlift of food to the citizens of Berlin, massive economic support for western Europe through the Marshall Plan, rejection of the Treaty of Versailles by the isolationist Senate, unified support of the Greek monarchy in 1947, the establishment of the defensive North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

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rejection of the Treaty of Versailles by the isolationist Senate

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George Kennan's policy of containment was based on

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a belief that the Soviet Union would try to expand the reach of communism

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Which event reinvigorated Cold War hostilities after the period of "peaceful coexistence" in the 1950s? Options: Berlin Airlift, Iran Hostage Crisis, Cuban Missile Crisis, U-2 Incident, Suez Crisis

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U-2 Incident

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What organization did Senator Joseph McCarthy interrogate during his televised hearings that contributed to his decline?

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the Army

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Which of the following countries was not a part of the Warsaw Pact? Soviet Union, Albania, Czechoslovakia, West Germany, Hungary

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West Germany

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Which of the following countries was not part of NATO? France, East Germany, Austria, United States, Great Britain

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East Germany

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The Allies had agreed to partition postwar Germany at the

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Potsdam Conference

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Alger Hiss, who was accused in 1948 of having once been a member of a secret communist cell in the government, in 1945 had

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served as an aide in the State Department

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The National Security Council’s 1950 document known as NSC-68 held that

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the U.S. must increase its defense spending