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Schaffer Final 2

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The Marshall Plan was designed to... restore the economic stability of European nations after World War II.
U.S. fears about the spread of communism were increased when ____ became a Communist nation in 1949 China
Which of the following nations was NOT an original member of NATO? Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Spain. Spain
Which of the following nations was a member of the Warsaw Pact? China, Yugoslavia, Monaco, Poland Poland
When the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik I satellite in 1957, many Americans feared that... the Soviet Union was ahead of the U.S. in the production of missiles.
The “Bay of Pigs” refers to... a U.S. attempt to overthrow the Cuban government.
The U.S. senator responsible for the anti-Communist movement known as the “Red Scare” was Joseph McCarthy
The Truman Doctrine stated that the U.S. would provide ____ to nations threatened by Communist expansion. Money
The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, founded in 1949, was... the Soviet Union’s response to the Marshall Plan.
The Warsaw Pact sought to... create a military alliance between the Soviet Union and various Eastern European nations.
The Berlin Wall was built in order to... prevent East Germans from defecting to West Germany.
Which nation experienced an “economic miracle” after World War II? Great Britain, France, Costa Rica, West Germany. West Germany
Which nation declined economically after World War II? Great Britain, West Germany, United States, France Great Britain
Which U.S. president signed into law the Civil Rights Act? Lyndon Johnson
In political history, the term “détente” refers to... improved relations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the 1970s.
One of the most serious problems facing Gorbachev’s reforms was... the multiethnic republics.
The Polish national trade union Solidarity was founded by... Lech Walesa.
The “détente” phase of relations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union ended with the Soviet invasion of... Afghanistan.
The policy that the Soviet Union had a right to intervene if communism was threatened in another Communist nation was known as the... Brezhnev Doctrine.
The Russian word perestroika, used to describe the reform movement led by Mikhail Gorbachev, means... restructuring.
Russian President Vladimir Putin used military force to suppress a rebellion in the state of Chechnya
After the war between Bosnia and Serbia, new tensions arose when Serbia refused to allow ____ to continue to exist as an autonomous province Kosovo
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the British government struggled to address fighting in Northern Ireland between... Catholics and Protestants
U.S. president ____ was forced to resign to avoid impeachment for his involvement in the Watergate scandal. Richard Nixon
U.S. president Jimmy Carter faced a serious international crisis when 52 Americans were held hostage in... Iran
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