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Question	Answer
First Secretary General of the United Nations	Trygve Lie
Proposed a world agency with control over atomic energy	Bernard Baruch
Under Secretary of state who believed the Russian communists intended to take over the world and must be contained	Dean Acheson
Developed a plan providing billions in aid to Western Europe	George Marshall
"Mr. Republican" in the 80thCongress who wanted to limit U.S. commitments abroad	Robert Taft
First commander of NATO	Dwight Eisenhower
"Dixiecrat" candidate for President in 1948	Strom Thurmond
Viewed by pollsters and papers as the most likely man to be elected President in 1948	Thomas Dewey
Led Communist takeover of mainland China	Mao Zedong
Government official accused of providing classified documents to the Soviets	Alger Hiss
Both the Marshall Plan and the Point Four program	aimed at fighting communism by promoting economic growth
A major reason Truman fired MacArthur was	His speaking out against Truman's policy of a limited war
Truman called the 80th Congress a "Do-Nothing Congress" because	it refused to support his "Fair Deal" with legislation
The United States economy faced all of the following problems after WWII except	a severe depression
The Taft-Hartley Act	Outlawed the closed shop
The Atomic Energy Act of 1946 put control of "fissionable materials" in the hands of	a federal agency
According to the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, who follows the Vice-President in line for the Presidency	Speaker of the House
The Red Scare of the late 1940s and early 190s resulted in all of the following except	banning of the Communist party in the US
"Demobilization" refers to the	process of bringing American Soldiers home after WWII
The Truman Doctrine stated that it would be the policy of the United States to	support free people who were resisting takeovers by armed minorities
Which of the following was not a goal of the Fair Deal?	passing the Taft- Hartley Act
The 38th parallel divided	North and South Korea
Which event started the Korean war?	North Korea attacked South Korea
Which of the following events did not play a role in the rise of Senator McCarthy?	the Atomic Energy Act
The Economic plan started in 1948 to help European nations recover from the effects of WWII was called the	Marshall Plan
The policy of containment was designed to	stop the spread of Communism
According to Churchill, and "iron curtain" separated	nations of Eastern Europe and Western Europe
Marshall Tito was a Communist leader in	Yugoslavia
In 1949 the United States, Canada, and ten Western European countries formed an alliance that became known as	NATO
The 22nd Amendment	limited any President after Harry Truman to 2 terms
The act that set up the CIA and placed military leadership in the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the	National Security Act
I claimed that the State Department was infested with Communist Agents. I am	Joseph McCarthy
When ___ replaced Stalin as the Soviet leader in 1953, he called for "peaceful coexistence" with the US	Nikita Khrushchev
In 1957 President Eisenhower sent paratroopers to _____ to enforce school integration	Little Rock, Ark.
To keep a campaign promise, Eisenhower went to ____ soon after his inauguration to seek a way to end the war there	Korea
The Democratic presidential candidate defeated by Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956 was ____.	Adlai Stevenson
Secretary of State _______ threatened "massive retaliation" against the USSR and talked about freeing all the "captive peoples" still under Soviet Rule.	John Foster Dulles
IN 1959 ____ took over as Cuba's leader in what became a Communist Revolution	Fidel Castro
When _____ refused to give up her bus seat, a new era in civil rights was launched in the South.	Rosa Parks
The Eisenhower Doctrine aimed at helping any country in ___ to resist Communist aggression.	the Middle East
The Supreme Court decision in _____ struck down the "separate but equal" doctrine set forth by an earlier decision of the court	Brown v. Board of Education
As President, Eisenhower sent American forces to all of the following places except	Lebanon
In regard to Vietnam in the 1950s, the US	sent millions of dollars to aid France
The Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960 aimed at helping African Americans	acquire full voting rights
As a result of the 1954 Geneva Conference, Vietnam	was divided into a northern Communist section and a southern free section
Operation Paperclip succeeded in	bringing German rocket engineers to the US
The Suez Crisis in 1957 was finally settled by	the Soviet Union and the United states acting through the UN
As a result of the Soviet launching of Sputnik, the federal government	1. passed the National Defense Education Act to produce more scientists and science teachers 2.created NASA to coordinate US space efforts
Upon taking office, Eisenhower's goal as a President included	1. reducing the size of the government 2. encouraging private business interests.
In his farewell address, Eisenhower warned of dangers posed by the	military industrial complex
Quemoy and Matsu were	the names of two islands controlled by the Nationalist Chinese
Which one of the following ideas is not associated with Eisenhowers foreign policy?	flexible response
During the Eisenhower years, the major farm issue in the US was	overproduction
He was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1953-1969. Under his leadership, the court reached a landmark decision in the case of Brown v. Board of Education. He was	Earl Warren
As a result of the U-2 incident,	Eisenhower did not visit the Soviet Union
"parity" is best defined as	The relation of farm prices to nonfarm prices during the period from 1910 to 1914
Which of the following events helped cause McCarthy's fall from power?	the Army-McCarthy hearings
Which one of the following tactics did Martin Luther King Jr. urge his followers to practice?	nonviolent demonstration
What name was given to John Foster Dulles' strategy for fighting Communism?	brinkmanship
On Sept 8, 1954, the US, Australia, GB, france, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Thailand formed an alliance that became known as	SEATO
He was a Vietnamese Communist who led the Viet Minh troops to victory. He was	Ho Chi Minh
During Pres Eisenhower's first term,	the Korean War ended
In Brown vs. Board of Education, the Supreme Court held that	racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional
Over 100 southern members of Congress signed the "Southern Manifesto" in reaction to	the Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Board of Educ
The lawyer who became the first African American to sit on the Supreme Court was	Thurgood Marshall
Republican presidential candidate defeated by JFK in 1960	Richard Nixon
Cabinet post the JFK gave to his brother Robert	Attorney General
Nation in which Great Britain, the US, and the Soviet Union established a coalition gov in 1962	Laos
Site of an unsuccessful attempt, backed by the US, to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro	Bay of Pigs
The Soviets built a wall in 1961 to prevent escapes from here	East Berlin
Kennedy's "Marshall Plan" for Latin America	Alliance for Progress
Program for sending American volunteers overseas to help people in underdeveloped nations	Peace Corps
Missiles developed in the 1960s and housed in underground concrete silos	Minutemen
This nation called the Soviet Union a "paper tiger" after its backdown in the Cuban missile crisis	China
Ratification of the 24th Amendment banned this method of preventing African Americans from voting	poll tax
In 1963 when JFK said, "I am a Berliner," he was referring to	his pledge that the U.S. would not allow free people to be strangled
Kennedy lived to witness which of the following events	US superiority over the Soviets in nuclear weapons
JFK's new frontier program received most of Congressional support in the area of	urban renewal
The test-ban treaty of 1963	permitted underground nuclear testing
In dealing withe the Cuban missile crisis, Kennedy ordered	a naval blockade on all military equipment being shipped to cuba
The biggest question mark in Kennedy's chances for election in 1960 was	his religion
Kennedy put his policy of flexible response into practice by	1. ordering a naval "quarantine" around Cuba 2.supporting progressive governments in the new nations of Africa
"freedom riders" were successful in	integrating interstate bus terminals
In 1979 a House Committee on the assassination concluded that	more than one gunman fired at kennedy in Dallas
Kennedy tried to control inflation by	proposing wage-price guideposts
Kennedy's response to the civil war in Vietnam was to	send in advisers to train the South Vietnamese army
The 1963 March on Washington DC was organized to	pressure Congress into passing a civil rights bill
Which of the following was not a feature of the 1960 election?	Nixon challenged the results of the voting
The Bay of Pigs invasion was defeated mainly because	there was no popular uprising against Castro
Under Kennedy, the US adopted the policy of deterring a Soviet nuclear attack with the threat of	mutual assured destruction
Kennedy's "grand design" was a plan for	joining the European Common Market in lowering tariffs
Which of the following events occurred after the Cuban missile crisis?	The soviets signed a test ban treaty
Kennedy appointed as his Sec of State	Dean Rusk
Kennedy's policy of meeting Soviet aggression without necessarily threatening nuclear attack was called	flexible response
The leader of South Vietnam who was overthrown in 1963 was	Ngo Dinh Diem
Kennedy's leading opponent in NATO was	Charles De Gaulle
Michael Harrington's book The Other America spoke about	poverty in America
The drive to end segregation in Birmingham, Alabama was led by	MLK Jr.
Kennedy's Assassination was investigated by	Warren Commission
A domestic Peace Corps created to help the poor in America	VISTA
Wrote Silent Spring, which made Americans aware of the danger of pesticides to the environment	Rachel Carson
Black Muslim leader who called for a separate black nation	Malcolm X
Commanded American forces in Vietnam	William Westmoreland
Led civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery,Alabama in 1965	MLK Jr
As secretary of Housing and urban development, he was the first African American in the Cabinet	Robert Weaver
Wrote Unsafe at Any Speed, which made Americans aware of safety hazards of automobiles	Ralph Nader
A study of the US role in Vietnam after WWII	Pentagon Papers
Program of medical insurance for the elderly financed by an increase in the Social Security payroll tax	Medicare
Laws were passed during Lyndon Johnson's administration to aid the	1.poor 2. African Americans 3. Elderly
The major reason the US intervened in the Dominican Republic in 1965 was	to prevent the establishment of a Communist government there
All of the following describe Johnson except that he was a	reluctant civil rights advocate
All of the following took place during Johnson's administration except	the balancing of the federal budget
To help pay for the ever-higher cost of the Vietnam war, LBJ asked Congress to impose a	surcharge on income taxes
During the Johnson years, Congress passed laws reducing all of the following kinds of pollution except	radiation from atomic energy plants
Race Riots of the 1960s were a result of	1.the assassination of African American leaders 2.the disillusionment that African Americans felt at the slowness of improvement
After the passage of the Voting rights Act of 1965,	African Americans took advantage of the opportunity to register
LBJ did not run fro reelection in 1968 because of his	health
Which of the following government dept was created during the Johnson years?	Housing and development
The incident that prompted Congress to pass the Tonkin Gulf Resolution was	an attack by North Vietnamese gunboats on two US destroyers
In 1964 Barry Goldwater campaigned on a program that was essentially	a plan to end the war in Vietnam through negotiations with NLF
The War on Poverty included all of the following except	the Peace Corps
In 1965 MLK began his drive to register southern African American voters at	Selma, Ala.
Nixon's vice pres who resigned after pleading "non contest" to income-tax evasion	Spiro Agnew
Site of 1968 Democratic convention that was marked by violence and protest	Chicago
Armstrong, Aldrin, and he were on the first successful fight that landed on the moon	Michael Collins
American Independent party candidate for President in 1968 and former governor of Ala.	George Wallace
Site of Vietnam peace talks	Paris
After victory in the California primary, he was killed by Sirhan	RFK
Nixon named him as Chief justice when Earl Warren retired	Warren Burger
FBI head who would not approve Nixon's plans for spying on enemies	J. Edgar Hoover
Nixon's attorney General who approved a plan to "bug" Watergate	John Mitchell
First special prosecutor in the Watergate scandal- he insisted Nixon turn over the tapes	Archibald Cox
The Supreme Court in the 1960s made decisions that favored all of the following except	capital punishment
Much of the violence at the 1968 Democratic Convention was related to	the continuing war in Vietnam
The 1973 Vietnam cease-fire	1.required the return of American p.o.h 2. was a "one-sided" withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam
The Supreme Court decisions in Gideon v. Wainwright and Miranda v. Arizona dealt with	rights of the accused
Public and congressional distrust of Pres Nixon grew because he	1.used gov agencies to harass his political enemies 2. refused to release the Watergate tapes
As a result of the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago, the Democrats	were left badly divided and trailing Nixon at the polls
Which of the following must happen before a President may removed from office?	impeachment by the House and conviction by the Senate
During the Watergate Crisis, Nixon	resigned before impeachment by the House
President Nixon's economic policies included all of the following except a	return the the Gold standard
Richard Nixon's visit to Russia in 1972 was a good example of the policy of	detente
One of the clearest examples of the policy of detente between the Soviet Union and the US was	the SALT agreement
Under Nixon's policy of detente, the US	sought to ease tensions between Communist nations and the US
A special secret White House unit that was formed to stop the unauthorized release of government information to the public and the press was known as the	"Plumbers"
Which of the following was Nixon's second appointee as Special Prosecutor in the Watergate Affair	Leon Jaworski
Which of the following amendments extended the vote to people 18 to 21 years old?	26th amendment
Boom area in California that produces computer chips	Silicon Valley
The condition which arises when the US is purchasing more from other nations than they are buying from us	trade deficit
A former gov of NY and multimillionaire whom Ford chose as VP	Nelson Rockefeller
Reagan's Sec of Defense who advocated huge increases in federal defense spending	Caspar Weinberger
The nickname of Sec of State Kissinger's methods of reaching agreements with other countries	shuttle diplomacy
Agency created in 197- to bring together gov programs dealing with pollution and other ecological problems	EPA
Poorer nations that were adversely affected by the oil crisis	developing countries
A Middle East organization that used terrorism to try and abolish Israel and establish a homeland	PLO
The group of nations that is organized to control oil output and prices	OPEC
He was the first leader of an Arab country to visit the state of Israel	Anwar Sadat
As pres, carter accomplished all of the following except	reform of the electoral collage
In the late 1970s the US	used over 30 percent of the worlds energy
Carter's major weakness as Pres was that	he was unable to get along well with Congress
All of the following occurred during Kissinger's terms as Sec of State except	Panama canal treaties approved by the Senate
All of the following took place after the US withdrawal from Southeast Asia except	free elections in Vietnam
Both the freedom of information Act and the Privacy act	opened up gov files to citizens
the accident at 3 mile island raised concern about	the safety of nuclear reactors
Pres Carter negotiated the SALT II Agreements with the Soviets in order to	limit the number of strategic weapons
The Arab Oil embargo of 1973-74 was triggered by	US aid to Israel during the Yom Kippur War
Gerald Ford tried to control inflation by	increasing gov spending
Political Action Committees were formed by	special interest groups to get candidates elected
The federal reserve system controls all of the following except	money spent on national defense
In the early 1980s, what area of technological development had the greatest impact on the daily lives of Americans	computers
Which is a true statement about Pres Reagans defense policy?	He recommended a large increase in defense spending
Pres Ford's clemency program was directed at	Vietnam era draft evaders and deserters
Which of the following executive departments was created under pres carter	dept of energy
The term "Pathet Lao"	Communist backed group that took over Laos
The Panama Canal treaties	transferred control of the Canal the Panama
Which of the following came to power after the 1979 revolution in Iran	Khomeini
In the 1970s all of the following American backed leaders fell from power except	Begin

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