2025 MYP US History Sem 2 Practice Exam

The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan represented attempts by the United States to deal with the

• national debt

• spread of communism

• president's political opposition

• arms race

Which foreign policy decision by President Harry Truman is an example of the policy of containment?

• relieving General MacArthur of his Korean command

• recognizing the new nation of Israel

• supporting the trials of war criminals in Germany and Japan

• providing military aid to Greece and Turkey

President John F. Kennedy supported the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba as an effort to

• remove a communist dictator from power

• stop the flow of illegal drugs to the United States

• support Fidel Castro’s efforts for reform

• rescue hostages held by Cuban freedom fighters

Allied effort to supply West Berlin with supplies after it was cut off from the West by the USSR

• Berlin Wall
• Berlin Airlift
• Battle for Britian
• NAFTA

Who was:
•President from 1945-1953•Used atomic weapons against Japan to bring WWII to an end •Assisted in the founding of the United Nations •Executed policy to contain communism

• President Wilson
• President Truman
• President Roosevelt
• President Obama

Who was:
•Arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white person
•Her actions led to Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-56) which  led to integrated buses and thrust her into the national spotlight

• Rosa Parks
• Betty Friedan
• Phyllis Schlafly
• Jane Addams

Who was:
•President from 1961-1963 •Supported Space Race – John Glenn orbited earth •Embarrassed by Bay of Pigs Invasion (unsuccessful attempt to overthrow Castro) •Created Alliance for Progress & Peace Corp – programs to promote progress in under-developed countries to discourage the spread of communism •Avoided nuclear showdown – Cuban Missile Crisis

• John F. Kennedy
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• John J. Pershing
• Dwight D. Eisenhower

Which action best explains the differences shown in these photographs?

• The United States gave economic assistance through the Marshall Plan.

• The United States and the Soviet Union created an alliance after World War II.

• U.S. leaders created the United Nations.

• The Soviet Union established the “Iron Curtain” after World War II.

As a result of the Berlin Airlift, the United States was able to —

• Bypass a Soviet blockade without provoking a military conflict.

• Transport Polish refugees to safety.

• Prevent the Nazi Party from reorganizing.

• Intimidate Soviet leaders by demonstrating superior military power.

Which sentence best completes this diagram?

• The president authorizes a military strike against forces threatening the borders of Western Europe.

• Congress appropriates funding for nuclear arms facilities in Western Europe.

• The president signs a treaty requiring reparations to be paid to Western European countries.

• Congress passes a bill to provide financial assistance to Western European countries.