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Cold War Chapter 19 Pearson Review

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Who was a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement? 

Martin Luther 
JFK 
Abraham Lincoln 
Martin Luther King Jr. 

2.

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What were the main reasons for the failure of Mao's Great Leap Forward?

Counterrevolutionaries seized control of China's farmland.
Too many Chinese belonged to the middle class, or bourgeoisie.
Industries turned out useless goods and communes removed incentives.
He was horrible at Leap Frog as a child.

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What conclusion can be drawn about the significance of the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community?

It was the last attempt by the nations of Western Europe to cooperate economically until the creation of the European Union.
It spurred economic growth and led to further regional cooperation such as the creation of the European Community.
It led to increased tariffs and trade barriers that plagued Europe into the 1980s and 1990s.
They caused many people to have the Black Lung.

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What was the significance of the formation in 1955 of the Southeast-Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)?

Its formation was part of the United States plan to stop the spread of nuclear weapons.
Its formation was part of the Soviet Union's strategy to contain Western power by forming alliances.
People were tired of standing and finally got to sit down. 
Its formation was part of the United States strategy to contain Soviet power by forming alliances.

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Ho Chi Minh was a significant figure in the history of Southeast Asia because

he led his people against French control and later against the U.S.-backed South Vietnamese government.
supported by the French, he led the North Vietnamese in their fight against South Vietnam.
supported by the United States, he led the non-communist South Vietnamese government.
he created Pokemon 

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What events did John F. Kennedy not foresee when he made this statement in 1963?   “I don't think that unless a greater effort is made by the Government to win popular support that the war can be won out there. . . .We can help them, we can give them equipment, we can send our men out there as advisors, but they have to win it, the people of Vietnam, against the Communists.”

that the United States would never be able to aid the non-communist government of South Vietnam.
that the United States government would side with the communist guerrillas of North Vietnam
that the United States would play no role in the Vietnam War
that the United States would become involved in a full-scale war in Vietnam

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What is the significance of Lech Walesa's election as president of Poland and Václav Havel's election as president of Czechoslovakia?

These elections signified the changes in Eastern Europe brought about by the increased dominance of the Soviet Union.
These elections signified the power that Mikhail Gorbachev had to put his puppets into positions of power in Eastern Europe.
This was the first time they didn't vote by a show of hands.
These elections signified the transformation of Eastern Europe from dominance by the Soviet Union to new democracies.

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