EOC Review Part 3

What was the name given to the 1940s policy of providing economic and military support to "free people" fighting against "outside pressures"?

• the Marshall Plan

• the Declaration of Human Rights

• the Truman Doctrine

• the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

Which of these contributed to increasing tensions between the United States and the communist world at the beginning of the Cold War period?

• the United States' participation in the Korean War

• the efforts of the Soviet Union to place nuclear missiles in Turkey

• the United States' construction of a wall dividing East and West Berlin

• the military intervention in Hungary by NATO forces

What effect did the Eisenhower Interstate System have on American society in the 1950s and 1960s?

• It contributed to suburbanization.

• It slowed down the post-war baby boom

• It shifted the economy away from agriculture.

• It increased Americans' reliance on government aid.

How did the G.I. Bill contribute to the economic prosperity of the 1950s?

• It decreased consumer spending.

• It allowed Veterans to get an education and buy homes in suburbs.

• It offered incentives under the Bracero Program to temporary laborers.

• It created federal domestic programs as part of the Great Society.

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, what did President J.F. Kennedy do when he heard that the Soviet Union was constructing nuclear missile sites in Cuba.

• He launched a nuclear missile at the Kremlin in Moscow.

• He gave into the demands of the Soviet & Cuban government.

• He ordered a naval blockade around Cuba to prevent Soviet ships from bringing the necessary materials.

• He declared war on the Soviet Union & Cuba.

During what Cold War event did the U.S. bypass a Soviet blockade in Germany without provoking a military conflict?

• Berlin Airlift

• Vietnam War

• Watergate Scandal

• Bataan Death March

Which choice best describes the Second Red Scare ?

• the use of military force to put down civil unrest in American cities

• the use of accusations, blacklisting, and investigations against suspected communists

• the effort to expand civil rights protections to more groups of Americans

• the use of unethical searches and unfounded proclamations of a planned communist revolution in America  by Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer

According to the source and using your knowledge of US History, which of the following is most correct regarding the conflict in Korea?

• Both sides at one point made strong advances into their opposition at certain points but fought the war to a stalemate.

• Neither side was able to advance very much and the war was essentially a stalemate in the end.

• North Korea was able to make a strong push far into South Korea early into the war and nearly captured the southern city of Pusan . South Korea with the help of China was able to push them back.

• South Korea was able to make a strong push far into North Korea with the help of the Soviet Union.

The housing boom, new industries, and military spending all led to what in the 1950s?

• Economic prosperity

• Economic decline

• Weaker military

• More land for growth

What did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., urge his followers to do in order to bring about racial justice?

• file lawsuits against segregationists

• engage in acts of civil disobedience

• lobby Congress for reparations payments

• vote only for African American candidates