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Which parallel includes the location of the DMZ, or armistice line?

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38° latitude

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What was the main purpose of the alliances in the War in Europe? (NATO vs Warsaw/US vs Soviet Union)

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to provide a common defense

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How did the event shown in the photograph affect American society? (pic of McCarthy pointing to a board of communist party organization is US)

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It contributed to the Second Red Scare.

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Which factor contributed to the goal described in the quotation: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept . . . and one we intend to win." —President Kennedy (1962)? Options: U.S. desire for technological superiority over the Soviet Union, U.S. concerns about the availability of natural resources, U.S. interest in learning more about the solar system, U.S. fears of a nuclear attack by the Soviet Union.

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U.S. desire for technological superiority over the Soviet Union

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How did President Truman plan to prevent the “seeds of totalitarian regimes” from growing?

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by providing financial aid to countries fighting communism

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How did the Marshall Plan affect countries in Europe?

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It gave them money to rebuild their economies after World War II.

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Which event led to the Suez Crisis? Options: France and Great Britain invaded Egypt to gain control of the Suez Canal., The Egyptian government formed a close relationship with the Soviet Union., Gamal Abdel Nasser collected revenues from ships passing through the Suez Canal., The United States and Great Britain went back on their promise to fund a dam in Egypt.

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The United States and Great Britain went back on their promise to fund a dam in Egypt.

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How did the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) attempt to protect the country from communism? Options: by monitoring international agencies, by organizing product boycotts, by investigating certain citizens, by creating television programming

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by investigating certain citizens

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Why did the U-2 incident increase Cold War tensions?

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It showed that the United States was spying on the Soviet Union.

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Which was a deterrent to nuclear war? Options: the threat of mutually assured destruction, the effects of weapons testing, the fear of accidental launches, the cost of maintaining an army

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the threat of mutually assured destruction