QUIZ #4 EARLY COLD WAR, KOREAN WAR, "NEW LOOK" FOREIGN POLICY

All of the following incidents occurred during the Hungarian Revolution EXCEPT:

Applying the dictates of the Truman Doctrine, President Eisenhower sent economic and military aid to the Hungarian rebels.

The Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik I (October 1957) and Sputnik 2 (November 1957) had all of the following effects on the United States EXCEPT:

During a nationally-televised launch, the Americans successfully launched its first satellite in December 1957.

In response to the Taiwan Strait Crisis, President Eisenhower took all of the following actions EXCEPT:

Eisenhower provided nuclear warheads to the Republic of China to deter any future armed attacks of Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands.

President Dwight Eisenhower's addressed all of the following foreign policy concerns in his Chance for Peace speech EXCEPT:

President Eisenhower formally renounced the containment policy established by the Truman administration to embrace a detente with Soviet leader Georgy Malenkov.

The consequences of the Korean Conflict on the United States included all of the following EXCEPT:

Sensing American weakness, Communist China and the Soviet Union launched an invasion of South Vietnam in 1954.

The Second Red Scare resulted from all of the following EXCEPT:

Setbacks to American foreign policy initiatives in the Mediterranean countries of Greece and Turkey.

Provisions of the McCarran Act (1950) included all of the following EXCEPT:

The Act authorized the Postmaster General to confiscate any letters, circulars, newspapers, pamphlets, and packages sent by Communist organizations registered with the government without a warrant.

During the Eisenhower administration, the Central Intelligence Agency was responsible for all of the following covert operations EXCEPT:

The CIA successfully organized a military coup to overthrow the anti-Israeli government in Syria.

All of the following criticisms and recommendations were published in the Gaither Report (1957) EXCEPT:

The Gaither Report recommended that the United States commit more funding to college engineering and science educational programs to close the "technology gap."

All of the following contributed to the Berlin Crisis of 1948-49 EXCEPT:

The Soviet Union built a wall around West Berlin, separating it from East Germany.

All of the following describe the arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union in the post-war years EXCEPT:

The Soviet Union out-produced American nuclear weapons capabilities and created a significant "missile gap" by 1960.

In an effort to reduce superpower tensions and to begin a détente with the East, all of the following issues were debated by "The Big Four" during the Geneva Summit (July 1955) EXCEPT:

The United States and the Soviet Union agreed to a temporary suspend nuclear testing in the atmosphere.

In 1956, President Eisenhower authorized secret aerial reconnaissance missions of the Soviet Union. All of the following were consequences of the U-2 Incident of May 1960 EXCEPT:

The United States began a similar espionage program targeting Communist China to monitor its nuclear development program.

President Dwight Eisenhower responded to the Suez Crisis in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

The United States sent economic and military aid to Nasser's government in Egypt to strengthen American trade opportunities in the Middle East.

In selling his interpretation of the containment policy to Congress, President Harry Truman made all of the following arguments EXCEPT:

The United States should be prepared to use armed force against overt armed aggression from any country controlled by international Communism.

The National Security Council recommended all of the following policies to President Eisenhower in NSC-162/2 EXCEPT:

The United States should provide nuclear technology to its military allies in Western Europe.

All of the following agreements were made by the NATO nations during the Paris Conference of 1954 EXCEPT:

The agreements required West Germany to renounce its territorial claims to Berlin to diffuse tensions with the Soviet Union.

The armistice that exacted the cease-fire that aimed to end hostilities in the Korea Conflict included all of the following provisions EXCEPT:

The armistice authorized the United Nations to determine the conditions necessary for the unification of Korea.

The National Security Act of 1947 included all of the following initiatives for the containment of Communism EXCEPT:

The development of a "missile shield" to deflect incoming nuclear warheads launched by the Soviet Union, the Strategic Defense Initiative of 1951.

All of the following describe the adverse effects of McCarthyism EXCEPT:

The government used warrantless arrests to detain thousands of individuals believed to be sympathetic to Communism.

The immigration provisions of the McCarran-Walter Act (1952) included all of the following EXCEPT:

To combat the Communist threat, the Act retained nationality quotas and restrictions for peoples immigrating from Southern and Eastern Europe.

The Korean people suffered all of the following injustices and abuses during the Japanese occupation of their country (1910-1945) EXCEPT:

To exert maximum control over a non-compliant population, the Japanese government placed the majority of the Korean people into internment camps, stripping them of their civil liberties.

Under the provisions of the collective defense treaty, NATO members sought to liberate and recruit the nations of Eastern Europe to provide a bulwark against the Soviet Union.

Truman asked Congress for a declaration of war, authorizing the president to commit American troops to the UN-sanctioned defense of South Korea.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was created for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

Under the provisions of the collective defense treaty, NATO members sought to liberate and recruit the nations of Eastern Europe to provide a bulwark against the Soviet Union.

All of the following events led to President Harry Truman's decision to relieve General Douglas MacArthur of his command in Korea EXCEPT:

Without authorization, General MacArthur ordered a military coup to overthrow the unpopular South Korean government of President Syngman Rhee.