Topic 7 & 8 Review

McCarthyism of the early 1950s resulted in

• the end of the arms race

• reduced spending on national defense

• increased discrimination against returning veterans

• damage to the reputations of many innocent people

The formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) were attempts by the United States and other nations to

• create mutual defense pacts

• increase tariff rates between members

• decrease the number of nuclear weapons

• provide economic aid to poor nations

After World War II, one important outcome of the passage of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (GI Bill) was that it

• allowed women to serve in combat positions

• limited suburban growth

• provided funds for new military bases

• created educational and housing assistance for veterans

What was the primary reason for the creation of both the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan?

• to reward the Chinese for their role in the Allied victory over Japan

• the fear of Soviet communist expansion throughout Europe

• the need to support colonial independence movements in the developing world

• the protection of vital United States interests in Middle East oil fields

The United States responded to the Berlin blockade in 1948 by

• boycotting German-made imports

• building the Berlin Wall

• stopping all traffic leaving Berlin

• airlifting food and supplies into Berlin

These newspaper headlines from the decade following World War II are all connected to the "All Federal Employees Required to Take Loyalty Oath" "Army-McCarthy Hearings Begin" "Rosenbergs Convicted"

• war crimes trials in Japan

• passage of civil rights legislation in the United States

• fear of communism in the United States

• debate over economic aid to Europe

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy responded to the discovery of nuclear missiles in Cuba by

• ordering a naval blockade of Cuba

• capturing strategic locations in Cuba

• threatening to invade the Soviet Union

• prohibiting travel to the southeastern United States

One way President Kennedy responded to the Soviet action referred to in the telegram was to support

• a decrease in the budget for space exploration

• an expansion of the Peace Corps to aid impoverished nations

• The removal of Soviet troops from East Berlin

• the commitment to a Moon landing by the end of the decade

These actions by Presidents John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon are examples of their attempts to

• meet the Soviet Union’s Cold War demands

• establish peaceful coexistence with the Soviet Union

• Support Soviet troops fighting in Afghanistan

• weaken the military power of the Soviet Union

What was a major reason for President Harry Truman’s June 27, 1950, statement?

• the United States commitment to the Cold War policy of containment

• an attempt to gain the support of China to halt aggression against South Korea

• the continuing presence of Japanese forces in Korea after World War II

• the announcement of a plan to reunite North and South Korea