The Cold War

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John Foster Dulles, Eisenhower's secretary of state, promoted the policy of brinkmanship.

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promoted the policy of brinkmanship

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NATO and the Warsaw Pact were examples of

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military alliances made for "collective security"

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After WWII the Soviet Union wanted to control Eastern Europe because they wanted to create a buffer zone to prevent future invasions of the USSR.

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they wanted to create a buffer zone to prevent future invasions of the USSR

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What led to Senator McCarthy's downfall? Options: the broadcast of the McCarthy hearings on television where he attacked the army, revelations that he was a communist himself, the uncovering of financial irregularities in his Senate campaign, the discovery that some of the people he had accused were innocent

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the broadcast of the McCarthy hearings on television where he attacked the army

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What was a result of the Hollywood Ten trial?

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movie executives blacklisted entertainers with alleged communist ties after the hearings

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What was the Eisenhower Doctrine?

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the United States would use force to help any Middle Eastern nation threatened by communism

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Which of the following is a reason for communist victory in China?
Mao Zedong fled the mainland,
the Nationalist government was able to win over the peasant population,
the United States sent U.S. troops to aid the Nationalists,
the communists were able to win over the peasant population

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the communists were able to win over the peasant population

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If General MacArthur remained in control of U.S. forces in Korea the U.S. most likely would have

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used nuclear weapons against China

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of communism?
classless society with no individual profit-making or private property,
strong censorship with restrictions on what could be said or written,
industry and agriculture owned by the state

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most industry and agriculture owned by private individuals

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Which of the following is associated with Capitalism? authoritarian, dictatorship, private ownership, collectivism

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private ownership