Unit 8A US History Test‼️

In 1949, Mao Zedong:

Led a successful communist revolution in China

Marshall Plan

Offered economic assistance to noncommunist governments

The Taft-Hartley Act:

Outlawed the closed shop

The policy of "containment" can be best described as:

Preventing the spread of communism worldwide

The "Iron Curtain":

Separates the free West from theCommunist East

Most likely why did the U.S Supreme Court not order the immediate implementation of its ruling in Brown v Board of Education in 1954?

Some justice on the Court feared the outbreak of widespread violence with such a bold ruling

Which statement best describes how the white South reacted to the Brown v Board of Education decision?

Some states closed the public schools, rather than integrate, and offered white children the choice to opt out of integrated schools

After World War II, the only nation that could rival the United States was:

Soviet Union

The charges against which of the following organizations led to the downfall of Joseph McCarthy in 1954?

The army

Why did the Eisenhower administration embrace the doctrine of "massive retaliation"?

The constant threat of mutually assured destruction under the doctrine made for more cautious diplomacy

What inspiration did Martin Luther King Jr. gain from Mahatma Gandhi?

The idea of peaceful civil disobedience

Which event did President John F. Kennedy blame on the failures of the Eisenhower administration?

The launch of the Soviet satelite Spuntnik

In his 1961 farewell address, President Eisenhower warned Americans about:

The military-industrial complex

The Berlin Blockade was:

The reaction by the Soviet Union to the establishment of a separate currency in western Berlin's occupied zones

Why did American policymakers agree to spend billions of dollars on the economic recovery of Europe under the Marshall Plan?

They were afraid that if they did not help with the recovery, western European nations might fall into the Soviet sphere of influence

T/F Joe McCarthy's downfall came in 1954 when the Army- McCarthy hearing were televised nationally.

True

T/F Massive retaliation was a policy that declared that any Soviet attack on an American ally would be countered by a nuclear assault on the Soviet Union itself.

True

T/F The Berlin Airlift made it clear that Truman was determined to deny the Soviet Union any victories in the Cold War.

True

T/F The emergence of a popular culture geared toward the emerging youth market suggested that significant generational tensions lay beneath the bland surface of 1950s life.

True

How did the United States respond to Joseph Stalin's blockade around Berlin?

Truman ordered that supplies be brought to Berlin via an airlift

Japan:

Was aided by the US is rebuilding its postwar industrial base to establish a strong economic counter to communism in the Far East, and was under the control of the supreme commander Douglas MacArtuhr from the end of the war until 1948

Joseph McCarthy:

Was an embarrassment to his party by 1954

Ngo Dinh Diem:

Was backed by the United States in his decision to ignore the Geneva Accords' plan for elections in Vietnam

Which statement about the Korean conflict is FALSE?

Chinese troops threatened to enter the conflict, but never did

The Truman Doctrine

Committed the US to fighting communism anywhere

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles's policy of massive retaliation:

Declared that any Soviet attack on an American ally would be countered by a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union

T/F In the 1960 presidential election, John F. Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon by a landslide.

False

T/F The U.S won the Korean War.

False

What made Elvis such a popular celebrity?

He brought the rhythms and sexually provocative movements of black musicians to white audiences

The 1960 presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon:

Highlighted the impact of television on political campaigns

During the Eisenhower administration, U.S-Soviet relations:

Improved somewhat after the end of the Korean War and the death of Stalin

The "third world":

Included many nations newly created out of former European colonies, and was an invented term describing developing nations not aligned with either the Soviet Union or United States