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Example Questions
Example Question #5 : Cold War
The Nationalist Party in China was led by __________
Emperor Hirohito.
Mao Zedong.
Pol Pot.
Chiang Kai-Shek.
Deng Xiaoping
Chiang Kai-Shek.
The Nationalist Party was led by Chiang Kai-Shek. During the Chinese Civil War the Nationalists faced off against the Communists, led by Mao Zedong. The Nationalists were eventually defeated and set up government in Taiwan.
Example Question #6 : Cold War
Which of these countries is not a member of NATO?
United States.
Turkey.
Canada.
Russia.
Britain.
Russia.
NATO (The North Atlantic Treaty Organization) emerged after the end of the Second World War as the primarily alliance of the capitalist world during the Cold War. It was opposed by the Warsaw Pact, which was signed by the various communist nations of Europe and the Soviet Union. The current state of Russia remains excluded from NATO.
Example Question #3 : Cold War
The idea that two antagonistic countries possessing nuclear weapons actually lowers the probability of an outbreak of war is called __________.
Nuclear Non-Aggression Pact
Mutually Assured Destruction
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Warsaw Pact
Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Mutually Assured Destruction
Mutually Assured Destruction is the term used to describe the nuclear relationship between the United States of America and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Essentially it suggests that because both nations possess stocks of nuclear weapons, warfare is considerably less likely, because if one nation launches a nuclear attack on another nation it will result in the destruction of both nations. Nuclear Non-Proliferation refers to an agreement that no new nations will be allowed to access nuclear weaponry.
Example Question #7 : Cold War
Which of these best summarizes the idea of disarmament?
A policy designed to favor one social, ethnic, or religious group over another
The continuation of British political and legal traditions in the American republic
A piece of legislation designed to provide for greater religious toleration
An agreement between two or more nations to reduce their supply of weapons
The increased spending on the military that has occurred at various times throughout American history
An agreement between two or more nations to reduce their supply of weapons
Disarmament is the term used to describe an agreement between two or more nations to downgrade their stockpile of weapons. Particularly, it is used to describe agreements between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
Example Question #8 : Cold War
In exchange for the Soviet Union removing its missiles from Cuba, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the United States was forced to remove missiles from __________.
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Turkey
China
East Germany
Turkey
In exchange for the Soviet Union removing its missiles from Cuba, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the United States removed its missiles from Turkey. Its possible you did not know this information, but you should have been able to make a reasonable guess based on the answer choices available. Turkey was a major ally of the United States and Western Europe during the Cold War and was a member of NATO, whereas East Germany, China, Poland, and Czechoslovakia were all countries under either the direct control of the Soviet Union or, in the case of China, under a communist government.
Example Question #1 : Truman Doctrine And Marshall Plan
The Truman Doctrine stated that __________
The United States would support England in any conflict with Germany or Italy.
The United States would provide economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism.
The United States would not interfere in the affairs of foreign nations.
the President had the sole power to use the power of the atomic bomb in a state of war.
The United States had the right to expand across the whole of the North American continent.
The United States would provide economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism.
The Truman Doctrine was issued at the beginning of the Cold War by President Harry Truman. It stated that the United States would provide economic and military aid to any nation that was threatened by the internal or external spread of communism. The country that benefited most from the aid offered by the Truman Doctrine was Greece.
Example Question #2 : Truman Doctrine And Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan __________
proposed a system of alliances with all the major democratic and capitalist nations in the early years of the Cold War.
attempted to block the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the early years of the Cold War.
attempted to rid the United States of any internal communist influences.
was a system established to reconstruct Western Europe following the damage of World War Two.
proposed to make sweeping improvements to the internal infrastructure in America in the aftermath of World War Two.
was a system established to reconstruct Western Europe following the damage of World War Two.
The Marshall Plan was a system established by American Secretary of State George Marshall to rebuild the economies and infrastructure of Western Europe following the damage of World War Two. The goal was to rebuild the European economy and reestablish Western Europe as a major trade partner of America, not to mention one that would have similar goals regarding the promotion of capitalism and the elimination of communism.
Example Question #3 : Truman Doctrine And Marshall Plan
The American policy of trying to prevent the expansion of communism to other nations __________
containment.
mutually assured destruction.
manifest destiny.
The Truman Doctrine.
reproachment.
containment.
During the Cold War, the primary foreign policy of the United States was to try and prevent the spread of communism to other nations. This policy was called containment. It led to directly to the United States’ involvement in Korea and Vietnam, as well as other smaller conflicts.
Example Question #4 : Truman Doctrine And Marshall Plan
The Domino Theory states that __________
once one country acquires nuclear weapons, they will ultimately spread to any country that wishes to possess them.
if one country falls to communism, the neighboring country will likely fall next.
The United States cannot allow communist ideology to spread internally if it wishes to remain a capitalist society.
people from a democratic country will never approve of war with another democracy.
if capitalism can be spread to parts of a communist country, it will eventually consume the entire nation.
if one country falls to communism, the neighboring country will likely fall next.
The Domino Theory relates to the Truman Doctrine and the policy of containment that was the most important part of American foreign policy during the majority of the Cold War. The Domino Theory states that if one country falls to communism it will very likely spread to any neighboring countries. As such, America must prevent any country from falling to communism by any means that it can—or so the theory goes.
Example Question #251 : Ged Social Studies
The Fair Deal program of domestic reforms is associated with which United States President?
Harry Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Harry Truman
The Fair Deal was a series of domestic reforms encouraged by President Harry Truman. It represents a sort of extension of the New Deal program of his predecessor Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Fair Deal was concerned with establishing a higher minimum wage and ending unemployment.