President Truman
Containment Abroad
Consensus at Home
Competition
Cuban Missile Crisis
100
A common purpose of the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and the Eisenhower Doctrine was to
What is carry out the United States policy of preventing the spread of communism
100
What is the domino theory?
What is the idea that if one key nation in a region fell to control of communists, others would follow like toppling dominoes. The theory was used by many American leaders to justify American intervention in the Vietnam War. (See policy of containment.)
100
Which war was televised during the Cold War?
What is the Vietnam War
100
Who did the U.S. have competition with?
What is U.S.S.R.
100
What term describes the stockpiling of nuclear weapons by the superpowers?
What is blockade
200
The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan represented attempts by the United States to deal with the
What is spread of communism
200
In the years just after World War II, the United States attempted to prevent the spread of communism in Europe mainly by
What is establishing policies of economic and military aid for European nations
200
The primary purpose of the War Powers Act (1973) is to
What is limit Presidential power to send troops into combat
200
Which of the following was least likely to provoke a direct military confrontation between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.?
What is the Korean War of 1950-1953
200
“Batista Driven from Power” “Bay of Pigs Invasion Fails” “U-2 Planes Reveal Soviet Missiles” These headlines refer to the relationship between the United States and
What is Cuba
300
What was the main purpose of the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and the Berlin air-lift?
What is limiting Soviet expansion
300
From the end of World War II until the 1980’s, the United States carried out its foreign policy mainly by
What is taking a variety of actions to prevent the spread of communism
300
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
What is military aid to Britain was greatly facilitated by the Lend-Lease Act of March 11, 1941, in which Congress authorized the sale, lease, transfer, or exchange of arms and supplies to 'any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the United States.
300
During the Cold War Era, the easing of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union resulted in
What is a treaty banning nuclear tests
300
Why was geography important during the Cuban missile crisis?
What is the island is located just 90 miles from the coast of Florida
400
During the Korean War, what was the main reason that President Harry Truman dismissed General Douglas MacArthur as commander of the United States troops?
What is President Truman believed that General MacArthur’s conduct threatened the concept of civilian control over the military
400
“An attack on one shall be considered an attack on all.” This statement summarizes the foreign policy known a
What is collective security
400
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400
“Eisenhower Sends U.S. Troops to Protect Lebanon”; “Kennedy Places Quarantine on Shipment of Soviet Missiles to Cuba”; “Johnson Increases U.S. Troop Strength in Vietnam by 125,000” Which statement about the Cold War is illustrated by these headlines?
What is rivalries between the superpowers often involved conflicts in other nations
400
Both the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba (1961) and the invasion of Panama (1989) are examples of United States attempts to
What is eliminate unfriendly governments geographically close to the United States
500
"Many foreign peoples, in Europe at least, are . . . frightened by experiences of the past and are less interested in . . . freedom than in security . They are seeking guidance rather than responsibilities. We should be better able than the Russians to give them this. And unless we do, the Russians certainly will." This advice to President Harry Truman helped influence Truman’s decision to
What is develop the Marshall Plan
500
After World War II, the United States departed most sharply from its traditional foreign policy when it
What is organized global systems of alliances
500
What President was in office during the Cold War?
Who is JFK
500
Which event led directly to the end of the cold war
What is breakup of the Soviet Union
500
The United States intervened in Latin America in the 1970s and 1980s to
What is encourage investment in industry.
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