U.S. Cold War Unit 12

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What was America's main focus in Foreign Policy during the cold war?

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Containment of communism

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What is the Truman Doctrine?

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The Truman Doctrine is a U.S. policy to contain communism by providing support to countries resisting it.

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Was the Korean War successful in Americas goals of containment and was the country able to be reunited?

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The Korean War was successful in containment but did not reunite the country.

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What happen during the third phase of the Korean war?

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China joined the war making the UN retreat back

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Which event would best describe the phrase Massive Resistance in American society? Options: The integration of the military by President Truman., The establishment of the NAACP in 1909., The resistance to school desegregation in the South, The celebration of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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The resistance to school desegregation in the South

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What was the Main Idea of this part of the speech? Any government which maneuvers to block the recovery of other countries cannot expect help from us. Furthermore, governments, political parties or groups which seek to perpetuate human misery in order to profit therefrom politically or otherwise will encounter the opposition of the United States. "The Marshall Plan speech"

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The United States will oppose governments that block recovery and exploit human misery.

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What did President Harry Truman Executive Order 9981 allow?

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It allowed for the desegregation of all branches of the military.

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Which governmental organization was created due to President Dwight Eisenhower’s decision to dedicate efforts to space exploration?

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

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Which is one of the reasons why domestic life in America underwent immense change during the Cold War?

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The launch of Sputnik 1 from the Soviets.

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Which Supreme Court case ruled that "Separate but Equal" is constitutional?

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Plessy V. Ferguson (1896)