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Since World War II, relations between the Soviet
Union and the United States have been marked by
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(1) con icts where the superpowers supported
opposing sides, but did not confront each
other directly
(1) defense military weapons
(2) refusal to negotiate on any issues
(3) cultural exchange programs
(3) slow but steady decreases in military forces
and armaments
(4) political alliances
(2) economic aid
(4) reliance on international peace organizations
to solve disputes
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The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to provide
Europe with
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Base your answer(s) to the following question(s)
on the quotation below and on your knowledge of
social studies.
The general nature of United States foreign policy
since 1945 can best be described as
(1) providing the leadership of the western bloc
of nations
(2) continuing a policy of expansionism to
acquire new colonies
\I believe that it must be the policy of the
United States to support free peoples who
are resisting attempted subjugation by armed
minorities or by outside pressures. I believe
that we must assist free peoples to work
out their own destinies in their own way. I
believe that our help should be primarily
through economic and nancial aid. : : : "
(3) remaining rmly committed to isolationism
(4) seeking peace at any price
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| Harry Truman
The \domino theory," popular in the 1950's and
1960's, assumed the expansion of
The recommendation made in this quotation
resulted from the United States need to
(1) South African apartheid into African nations
(1) prepare for World War I
(3) communism into Southeast Asia
(2)
(4) Soviet in uence into China
(2) totalitarianism throughout Latin America
ght Nazi aggression in 1941
(3) oppose communist expansion during the early
post-World War II period
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(4) justify the withdrawal of United States forces
from Korea
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
and the Truman Doctrine were attempts to carry
out a United States foreign policy of
(1) brinksmanship
(2) containment
(3) appeasement
(4) neutrality
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The Truman Doctrine and the Berlin Airlift were
examples of the United States foreign policy of
(1) colonialism
(2) detente
(3) nonalignment
(4) containment
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(1) carry out the United States policy of
preventing the spread of communism
(2) insure the survival of the newly independent
nations of Africa and Asia
The major motive of the Truman Doctrine and the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was to
(3) limit the proliferation of nuclear weapons
(4) provide medical aid to Latin American nations
(1) protect the Western Hemisphere from further
colonization
(2) overthrow the Bolsheviks in the Soviet Union
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(3) contain the spread of communism in
post-World War II Europe
(2) establishing friendly relations between the
United States and the Soviet Union
The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan
represented attempts by the United States to deal
with the
(3) spreading democracy to developing nations
(4) limiting soviet expansion
(1) national debt
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(2) spread of communism
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What was the main purpose of the Truman
Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and the Berlin airlift?
(1) controlling Nazism in Europe
(4) encourage summit meetings with the Soviet
Union
9.
A common purpose of the Truman Doctrine, the
Marshall Plan, and the Eisenhower Doctrine was
to
The Truman Doctrine and the Eisenhower Doctrine
were United States foreign policies concerning
(3) President's political opposition
(1) the international balance of payments
(4) arms race
(2) the containment of communism
(3) worldwide environmental pollution
In the years just after World War II, the
United States attempted to prevent the spread of
communism in Europe mainly by
(4) nuclear disarmament
(1) taking over the governments of several
Western European nations
(2) increasing opportunities for political refugees
to settle in the United States
(3) holding a series of summit meetings with
leaders of the Soviet Union
(4) establishing policies of economic and military
aid for European nations
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\After World War II, some United States foreign
policy principles were signi cantly di erent from
those followed prior to the War."
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This statement is best supported by a United
States post-World War II policy of
(1) the establishment of the Peace Corps
(1) sending troops to various areas of the world
to prevent communist takeovers
(3) United States-Soviet relations during the Cold
War
(2) maintaining friendly relations with Great
Britain and France
(4) an increase in trade between the United States
and Cuba
(2) the creation of the Alliance for Progress
(3) abandoning the Monroe Doctrine in relations
with Latin American nations
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(4) closing military bases around the world to
save money for domestic programs
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(1) the rights of the accused were expanded
(2) membership rose dramatically in groups
considered to be subversive
(2) refused to trade with each other
(3) censorship was a primary policy of the
government
(3) formed competing military alliances
(4) clashed over control of the Mediterranean Sea
(4) fear of communist activities prompted
government actions
Which foreign policy term would be the most
appropriate title for the partial outline below?
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I.
B. Marshall Plan
(2) Its leaders failed to use the courts as a means
of achieving its goals.
C. Berlin Blockade
(3) White support and participation was rejected
from the very beginning of the movement.
D. Korean War
(2) Appeasement
(3) Noninvolvement
(4) Containment
Which statement concerning the black civil rights
movement of the 1960's is accurate?
(1) It stimulated the growth of other reform
movements.
A. Truman Doctrine
(1) Imperialism
\Attorney General Palmer Deports 249
Foreigners" (1919)
\Nixon Accuses Alger Hiss of Espionage" (1948)
\Rosenbergs Executed for Treason" (1953)
Each of these headlines demonstrates that during
the 20th century
One result of the Cold War between the United
States and the Soviet Union was that the two
nations
(1) broke all diplomatic ties
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The Marshall Plan (1948) and the Cuban missile
crisis (1962) are most closely associated with
(4) The movement failed to achieve signi cant
progress.
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\We will match your capacity to in ict su ering
with our capacity to endure su ering : : : . We will
not hate you, but we cannot obey your unjust
laws : : : "
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OLD JIM CROW
| Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
: : : It's wrong to hold malice, we know,
but there's one thing that's true, from all points of
view,
All Negroes hate old man Jim Crow
: : : We meet him wherever we go;
In all public places, where live both the races,
You'll always see Mr. Jim Crow.
This quotation most strongly advocates
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(1) segregation
(2) anarchy
(3) prohibition
(4) civil disobedience
Base your answer(s) to the following question(s)
on the excerpt below and on your knowledge of
social studies.
The Nashville Eye (c. 1900)
(adapted)
An analysis of the civil rights leadership of
Martin Luther King, Jr., Stokely Carmichael, and
Malcolm X would show that each
The presence of Mr. Jim Crow \In all public
places" was legally ended by the
(1) received his greater support from African
Americans in the rural South
(1) rati cation of the 13th amendment (1865)
(2) believed in the philosophy of passive
resistance
(2) Supreme Court's ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson
(1896)
(3) rejected help from white civil rights
supporters
(3) establishment of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
(1909)
(4) chose a di erent method to try to achieve
racial justice
(4) passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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The Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board
of Education of Topeka (1954) that separate
educational facilities are inherently unequal. Public
response to this decision demonstrates that
(1) rights protected by the Bill of Rights are
interpreted as absolute rights
(2) society is often slow to change as a result of
Supreme Court decisions
(3) most African Americans believe that the
Court should have followed the precedents
established in prior decisions
(4) the Supreme Court has become the least
in uential branch of government
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\Separate educational facilities are inherently
unequal."
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| Brown v. Board of Education
The e ect of this Supreme Court ruling was to
(1) It was the rst time martial law had been
declared in the United States.
(1) establish a rmative action programs in higher
education
(2) It led to Federal takeover of many Southern
public schools.
(2) require the integration of public schools
(3) It strengthened control of education by state
governments.
(3) desegregate the armed forces and the military
academies
(4) It showed that the Federal Government would
enforce court decisions on integration.
(4) force states to spend an equal amount on each
public school student
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President Harry Truman advanced the cause of
civil rights for African Americans by
(1) ordering the desegregation of the Armed
Forces
(2) appointing the rst African American to the
Supreme Court
(3) supporting the rati cation of the 14th and
15th amendments
(4) establishing a rmative action policies for
industry
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What was the signi cance of the use of Federal
marshals to protect African-American students in
Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957?
The main reason the Voting Rights Act of 1965
removed the literacy test as a voting quali cation
was that
(1) di erent standards of literacy had been
applied to di erent groups of voters
(2) a majority of voters were unable to read
election ballots
(3) technology had made voter literacy
unnecessary
(4) the cost of achieving literacy was too high
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Base your answer(s) to the following question(s)
on the poem above and on your knowledge of
social studies.
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Filibusters were used by United States Senators
from the South in the 1950s and 1960s to
(1) block passage of civil rights bills
\I, Too, Sing America"
(2) protest United States involvement in Vietnam
(3) override presidential vetoes of environmental
bills
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
(4) gain approval of presidential appointments to
the Supreme Court
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes.
But I laugh.
And eat well.
And grow strong.
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Tomorrow,
I'll sit at the table
When company comes.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
\Eat in the kitchen."
Then.
One similarity in the Supreme Court decisions in
Gideon v. Wainwright and Miranda v. Arizona is
that both decisions
(1) expanded the rights of the accused
(2) improved the ability of the police to gather
evidence
(3) lengthened sentences for violent felony
o enses
(4) set limits on the use of the death penalty
Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed|
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I, too, am America.
|Langston Hughes, 1926
A major goal of President Lyndon Johnson's Great
Society program was to
(1) control economic in ation
This poem was a literary contribution from the
(2) end poverty in the United States
(1) abolitionist movement
(3) repeal several New Deal social programs
(2) Progressive Era
(4) return responsibility for welfare programs to
the states
(3) Prohibition movement
(4) Harlem Renaissance
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The Equal Pay Act, the Title IX education
amendment, and the proposed Equal Rights
amendment (ERA) were primarily e orts to
improve the status of
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(1) African Americans
(1) international trade
(2) Native American Indians
(2) world peace
(3) migrant workers
(3) improved environmental standards
(4) women
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(4) e ective communication networks
Frequently the United Nations has not been able
to resolve international disputes because
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(1) there are too many countries represented at
the United Nations
A major achievement of President Jimmy Carter
was
(1) the worldwide acceptance of his human rights
policy
(2) lack of funds has seriously curtailed
peace-keeping e orts
(2) the balancing of the Federal budget
(3) the most powerful countries are not members
of the United Nations
(3) his handling of international terrorist incidents
(4) the signing of the Camp David peace accords
(4) the most powerful members often disagree on
fundamental issues
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President Theodore Roosevelt's Treaty at
Portsmouth, President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen
Points, and President Jimmy Carter's Camp David
accords were United States actions that contributed
to
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United States participation in the Washington
Conference (1921), in the Kellogg-Briand Pact
(1928), and in the SALT talks of the 1970's is
evidence that the United States
The Peace Corps was established by President
John F. Kennedy in an e ort to provide
(1) support to developing nations of the world
(2) job training for the unemployed
(1) has followed a free trade policy for most of
the 20th century
(3) markets for consumer goods
(4) teachers for inner-city areas
(2) relies on military alliances for defense against
aggression
(3) has been willing to cooperate with other
nations to reduce world tensions
(4) believes that cultural exchange programs are a
way to promote international understanding
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The North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) and the General Agreement on Trade
and Tari s (GATT) have encouraged countries to
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(1) match Soviet Union economic aid to Eastern
European nations
(1) participate in the global economy
(2) address the question of neutrality rights for
navigation in the Persian Gulf
(2) create a uniform international currency
(3) accept similar wage and price controls
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(4) regulate multinational corporations
(3) forge a joint peace resolution leading to
successful Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan
\Security Council Approves Use of Force
Against Communist Invaders"
(4) shift relations from the confrontation of the
cold-war era to negotiations in an era of
better understanding
\President Truman Fires General MacArthur"
\Armistice Divides Nation at 38th Parallel"
42.
These headlines refer to which international
con ict?
40.
United States foreign policy toward the Soviet
Union during the 1970's was designed mainly to
(1) World War I
(2) World War II
(3) Korean War
(4) Persian Gulf War
A major reason for the ending of the Cold War
Era was that
(1) the Soviet Union was seriously weakened by
internal con ict and economic di culties
(2) the United States and the Soviet Union were
unable to destroy one another
(3) the Berlin wall fell and Germany was reunited
During the administration of President Richard
Nixon, United States policy toward China was
characterized by
(4) a recession forced the United States to cut
military spending
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(1) repeated attempts to introduce democratic
principles to Chinese elections
(2) increasing hostility and isolation
Which presidential action best represents the
policy of detente?
(1) John F. Kennedy's order for the Bay of Pigs
invasion against Cuba
(3) signing of a mutual defense pact
(2) Lyndon B. Johnson's escalation of the
Vietnam War
(4) a relaxation of strained relations
(3) Richard Nixon's Strategic Arms Limitations
Talks (SALT) with the Soviet Union
(4) George Bush's military action to remove Iraqi
forces from Kuwait
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44. The policy of detente was used by President
Richard Nixon in an e ort to
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(1) decrease tensions between the Soviet Union
and the United States
(1) failure of the Soviet Union to withdraw from
Eastern Europe
(2) improve relations with Latin America
(2) Cuban missile crisis
(3) promote democratic government in China
(3) Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
(4) create stronger ties with Western Europe
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(4) takeover of China by the Communists
The beginning of the collapse of communism in
Eastern Europe is most closely associated with the
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(1) fall of the Berlin Wall
(2) Superior military technology does not
guarantee victory
(3) intervention of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) in Yugoslavia
(3) Unpopular Presidents are frequently impeached
(4) formation of the European Union
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(4) Public opinion does not a ect national policy
The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT),
signed by President Richard Nixon with the Soviet
Union, was an e ort to advance the foreign policy
of
(1) detente
(2) imperialism
(3) brinkmanship
(4) globalization
Which conclusion is most accurate based on the
United States experience in the Vietnam War?
(1) War is the only way to contain communism
(2) admission of Warsaw Pact nations to the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
46.
The rst disagreements between the United States
and the Soviet Union after the defeat of Germany
in World War II occurred as a result of the
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A similarity between the Red Scare of the 1920's
and McCartyism in the 1950's was that during
each period
(1) thousands of American citizens were expelled
from the United States
(2) the Communist Party gained many members
in the United States
(3) many government employees were convicted
of giving secrets to the Soviet Union
United States actions in the Vietnam War
demonstrated that
(4) the civil liberties of American citizens were
threatened
(1) the domino theory is an e ective military
tactic
(2) military policy in a democracy is a ected by
popular opinion
(3) advanced technology ensures victory
(4) limited use of tactical nuclear weapons can
be successful
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The Red Scare in 1919 and McCarthyism in the
1950's illustrate that
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(1) fear of communism in the United States has
led to violations of civil rights
\I suppose that history will remember my term
of o ce as the years when the `cold war' began
to overshadow our lives. I have hardly had a
day in o ce that has not been dominated by
this all-embracing struggle: : : and always in the
background there has been the atomic bomb."
(2) Nazi agents successfully penetrated the
Federal Government
This quotation best re ects the Presidential
administration of
(3) freedom of expression is an unalienable and
absolute right
52.
(1) Franklin D. Roosevelt
(4) open immigration policies are encouraged in
times of crisis
(2) Harry Truman
Which statement about the Cuban missile crisis
(1962) is most accurate?
(4) George Bush
(3) Richard Nixon
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(1) The crisis showed that the United States
and the Soviet Union could agree on total
disarmament.
(2) The crisis brought the two major world
powers very close to war.
(1) protect its growing investments in Latin
America
(3) The United States wanted to establish missile
sites in Cuban territory.
(2) encourage Latin American trade with Europe
(3) end Latin American independence movements
(4) The Communist government in Cuba was
overthrown.
53.
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries,
United States intervention in Latin America was
motivated by the United States desire to
(4) reduce the in uence of communism in Latin
America
In the 1950's, Senator Joseph McCarthy was most
closely associated with issues related to
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(1) Communist in ltration and the denial of civil
liberties
President John F. Kennedy's most signi cant
foregin policy failure involved the
(1) invasion at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba
(2) farm problems and taxation
(2) development of the Peace Corps
(3) military preparedness and foreign aid
(3) signing of a nuclear test-ban treaty
(4) collective bargaining and the rights of unions
(4) sending of troops to Berlin
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59.
\Sputnik Launch Propels Soviets Ahead in Space
Race"
In 1957, the United States government responded
to the event described in this headline by
Base your answer to the following question on
the photograph below and on your knowledge of
social studies.
(1) reducing military spending
(2) building a joint space station with the Soviet
Union
(3) constructing President Ronald Reagan's \Star
Wars" defense system
(4) providing funds to improve the educational
system in the United States
58.
The Palmer raids following World War I and the
McCarthy hearings during the Korean War were
similar in that they were caused by fear of
(1) new military weapons
(2) foreign invasions of the United States
(3) communist in uence in the United States
(4) economic depression
The protestors in the photograph are expressing
their hatred for
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(1) fascists
(2) communists
(3) immigrants
(4) police o cers
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The 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion and the 1962
missile crisis are con icts directly related to
United States relations with which two nations?
(1) the Dominican Republic and Haiti
(2) Cuba and the Soviet Union
(3) China and Japan
(4) North Korea and South Korea
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