U.S. History B: Final Exam

Which best describes the goal of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan?

• Contain the spread of communism and stabilize postwar Europe.

  
  

• Encourage cooperation with the Soviet Union.

  
  

• Reduce Western Europe to a state of economic dependence on the U.S.

  
  

• Create a military alliance against the Soviets.

  
  

What did Title VII prohibit?

Check all that apply

• discrimination based on race

• discrimination based on nationality

• discrimination based on sex

• discrimination based on religion

How did President Kennedy respond to Soviet space flight?

• He helped initiate a space program to land on and explore the moon.

  
  

• He established a space defense program to counter Soviet satellites.

  
  

• He threatened the Soviets over American air space with nuclear war.

  
  

• He founded an international organization for exploring space.

  
  

Truman’s presidency is BEST characterized as a period of __________.

• confrontation with communist forces

  
  

• increased cooperation with the Soviet Union

  
  

• weak opposition to communist expansion

  
  

• all of these

  
  

What was one outcome of the Korean War?

• It sent a message that the U.S. was prepared to militarily contain the spread of communism.

  
  

• It helped to resolve tensions between the United States and Soviet Union.

  
  

• Korea was reunified as one nation.

  
  

• It abolished the DMZ.

  
  

Which goal was most closely aligned with U.S. involvement in the Korean War?

• the provocation of hostilities with other nations in Asia

  
  

• the global containment of communism

  
  

• The creation of a Korean

   demilitarized zone

  
  

• the appeasement of militarily aggressive nations

  
  

The term Kennedy chose to describe his sealing off of Cuba to prevent Soviet shipments of weapons or supplies was:

• Isolation

• Quarantine

• Blockade

• Interdiction

What was the anti-communist hysteria of the 1950s called?

• McCarthyism

• Imperialism

• Capitalism

• Humanism

What did Jimmy Carter famously promise in his 1976 election campaign?

• He would never be unfaithful to his wife

• He would never use drugs

• He would never lie

• He would never start a war

The development of atomic weapons by the Soviet Union and the arrest of Soviet spies in the United States and Britain roused fears that Communist agents sought to destroy the country from within. Loyalty board investigations and hearings before House and Senate committees attempted to root out Soviet sympathizers in the federal government and in other sectors of American society, including Hollywood and the military.  

How did the Marshall Plan respond to Communist expansion?

• It provided funds to rebuild European nations.

  
  

• It allowed Communism to take root in Greece and Turkey.

  
  

• It sent American troops into east Berlin.

  
  

• It established a treaty against Communist nations.