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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe primary goal of the United States foreign policy of containment was toreturn to noninvolvement in world affairsstop communist influence from spreadinggain territories in Africa and Latin Americaoverthrow existing dictatorships
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich foreign policy decision by President Harry Truman is an example of the policy of containment?relieving General MacArthur of his Korean commandrecognizing the new nation of Israelsupporting the trials of war criminals in Germany and Japanproviding military aid to Greece and Turkey
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich statement about the Marshall Plan is most accurate?It was used to finance rearmament after World War II.It was denied to all former World War II enemies.It was used to rebuild European nations after World War II.It was given to all African and Asian allies during the Cold War.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe primary reason for the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949 was tomaintain peace in the Middle Eastblock the German Nazi threat in Europeprotect Western Europe from the Soviet Unionincrease United States influence in Asia
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe major reason the United States became involved in the Korean War was thethreat of communism spreading throughout Asianeed to prevent war between China and the Soviet Uniondemand by the United States for Korean natural resourcesdesire to limit Japanese expansion
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat was a major outcome of the Korean War (1950–1953)?Korea continued to be a divided nation.North Korea became an ally of the United States.South Korea became a communist nation.Control of Korea was turned over to the United Nations.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe Eisenhower Doctrine (1957) was an effort by the United States togain control of the Suez Canaltake possession of Middle East oil wellsfind a homeland for Palestinian refugeescounter the influence of the Soviet Union in the Middle East
- 8. Multiple Choice“. . . Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend,oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. . . .”isolationismappeasementcontainmentimperialism
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion and the 1962 missile crisis are conflicts directly related to United States relations with which two nations?the Dominican Republic and HaitiCuba and the Soviet UnionChina and JapanNorth Korea and South Korea
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat was one outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962?Cuba became a communist nation.The United States seized military control of Cuba.The Soviet Union withdrew its nuclear missiles from Cuba.Fidel Castro met with President John F. Kennedy.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe United States began a trade embargo against Cuba in the 1960s toencourage political change in Cubapromote domestic industries in Cubamotivate Cubans to immigrate to the United Statesend the domination of the banana industry by Cuba
- 12. Multiple ChoiceMcCarthyism in the early 1950s resulted fromnew commitments to civil rights for African Americansopposition to the Marshall Plancharges that Communists had infiltrated the United States governmentincreased public support for labor unions
- 13. Multiple ChoiceDuring the early 1950s, the tactics of Senator Joseph McCarthy were criticized because heviolated important constitutional libertiesdisplayed racial prejudice in his questionsopposed the use of loyalty oathsignored evidence of Soviet spying
- 14. Multiple ChoicePresident Harry Truman’s order requiring loyalty checks and the Senate hearings led by Joseph McCarthy were both responses toexcessive spending by the armed forces after World War IIracial discrimination against African Americansfear of communist influence in governmentcontrol of labor unions by known criminals
- 15. Multiple ChoiceControversies involving Alger Hiss and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg reflected the post–World War II concern overtesting nuclear missilesjoining the United Nationsplacing weapons in outer spacespying by communists in the United States
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