Post WWII America

The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to provide Europe with

• 1. defense military weapons

• 1. economic aid

• 1. cultural exchange programs

• political alliances

In the period following World War II, the United States developed a policy of containment mainly in response to the

• 1. perceived threat of Soviet expansion

• 1. building of the Berlin Wall

• 1. partition of Palestine

• spread of nuclear weapons

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Truman Doctrine were attempts to carry out a United States foreign policy of

• 1. brinksmanship

• 1. containment

• appeasement

• neutrality

What was the main purpose of the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and the Berlin airlift?

• 1. controlling Nazism in Europe

• 1. establishing friendly relations between the United States and the Soviet Union

• 1. spreading democracy to developing nations

• limiting soviet expansion

One way the United States government reacted to the Soviet launching of Sputnik in 1957 was by

• 1. establishing a naval blockade of Cuba

• 1. urging more Americans to buy war bonds

• 1. starting the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)

• increasing federal spending on math and science education

The effect of this Supreme Court ruling was to

• establish affirmative action programs in higher education

• 1. require the integration of public schools

• 1. desegregate the armed forces and the military academies

• force states to spend an equal amount on each public school student

President Harry Truman advanced the cause of civil rights for African Americans by

• 1. ordering the desegregation of the Armed Forces

• 1. appointing the first African American to the Supreme Court

• 1. supporting the ratification of the 14th and 15th amendments

• establishing affirmative action policies for industry

Martin Luther King, Jr. first emerged as a leader of the civil rights movement when he

• 1. refused to give up his seat on a bus to a white man

• 1. challenged the authority of the Supreme Court

• 1. led the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama

• was elected as the first black congressman from the South

In the 1950’s, Senator Joseph McCarthy was most closely associated with issues related to

• 1. farm problems and taxation

• 1. Communist infiltration and the denial of civil liberties

• 1. military preparedness and foreign aid

• collective bargaining and the rights of unions

Today, the term “McCarthyism” is used to describe the practice of

• 1. removing members of Congress for abuses of power

• 1. investigating civil service employees for corruption

• 1. accusing a person of subversive activities without sufficient evidence

• using illegal means to obtain evidence in criminal trials