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- 1. President Truman told Congress in 1947 that the U. S. could not realize
- its postwar objectives "unless we are willing to help free peoples to
- maintain their free institutions and their national integrity against
- aggressive movements." This policy was first implemented in:
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- (A) Berlin and Tokyo
- (B) Greece and Turkey
- (C) Hungary and Poland
- (D) Korea
- (E) China
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- (B) This policy resisted Communism.
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- 2. In the agreement that established the North American Treaty Organization,
- member nations stated that:
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- (A) an attack against one member would be considered as an attack upon all
- members
- (B) all NATO members would participate in a "common market"
- (C) NATO troops would serve as a "peacekeeping force" in the world
- (D) East and West Germany would be united in 1950
- (E) NATO members would patrol the seas
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- (A) NATO set up a joint military force.
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- 3. In 1950, United Nations forces in Korea were under the command of:
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- (A) Dwight D. Eisenhower
- (B) Douglas MacArthur
- (C) Charles de Gaulle
- (D) Syngman Rhee
- (E) Chiang Kai Chek
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- (B) MacArthur was in charge of the United Nations forces in Korea until
- relieved of command by President Truman in 1951.
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- 4. One of President Truman's objectives during the Korean War was to:
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- (A) incite the Communist Chinese to declare war on the United States
- (B) establish diplomatic relations with Communist China
- (C) avoid direct conflict with Communist China
- (D) force the North Koreans south of the 38th parallel
- (E) capture Seoul
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- (C) Truman wanted to avoid direct conflict with Communist China.
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- 5. Which of the following did NOT characterize American society during the
- 1950s?
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- (A) rapid construction of interstate highways
- (B) an end to the economic expansion of the World War II era
- (C) a high birth rate
- (D) the development of the television industry
- (E) suburban growth
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- (B) The 1950s were characterized by economic expansion and corporate
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- 6. In 1963, author Betty Friedan wrote that American women in the postwar era
- were affected by a "feminine mystique." Factors that contributed to
- this mystique, she claimed, were:
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- (A) the propaganda of older feminist organizations
- (B) the influence of new feminist organizations, such as NOW
- (C) women's entry into the labor force
- (D) the influence of advertisements, psychology, and women's magazines
- (E) male-female biological differences
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- (D) Women's roles were not self-chosen.
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- 7. The "Freedom Rides" of the early 1960s can be best described as:
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- (A) a movement to create opportunities for higher education among southern
- black Americans
- (B) groups of southern civil rights workers traveling to the March
- on Washington
- (C) a civil rights campaign to increase voter registration in the South
- (D) a campaign to desegregate public facilities in southern states
- (E) a first attempt at bussing children
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- (D) This was a protest movement.
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- 8. "Convinced that `Communist domination in this hemisphere can never be
- negotiated,' President Kennedy approved a secret plan of aggression, one
- that was to prove a complete failure." This statement most likely
- refers to:
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- (A) the Tet Offensive
- (B) the Bay of Pigs
- (C) the conflict over the Berlin Wall
- (D) Soviet shipment of missiles to Cuba
- (E) the PENTAGON PAPERS
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- (B) The intention was to start a Cuban uprising against Castro. It failed.
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