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Origins Of The Cold War + Vocabulary
Test Description: U.S History
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Containment policy
A
a campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy i
B
the policy of preventing the expansion of a communist hostile power
C
a systematic attempt to overthrow a government by using persons working secretly from within
D
a policy established by President Truman that authorized the screening of all federal employees to determine their loyalty to
2) Define: Subversion
A
a policy established by President Truman that authorized the screening of all federal employees to determine their loyalty to
B
a systematic attempt to overthrow a government by using persons working secretly from within
C
a campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy
D
the policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile power
3) Define: Loyalty review program
A
a systematic attempt to overthrow a government by using persons working secretly from within
B
the policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile power
C
a campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy
D
a policy established by President Truman that authorized the screening of all federal employees to determine their loyalty to
4) McCarthyism
A
a policy established by President Truman that authorized the screening of all federal employees to determine their loyalty to
B
the policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile power
C
encirclement, a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy.
D
making accusations of treason or disloyalty without proper evidence
5) NATO
A
to exclude, detain, or isolate for political, social, or hygienic reasons
B
encirclement, a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy.
C
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military alliance between western Europe and North America.
D
a policy of threatening a massive response, including the use of nuclear weapons, against a Communist state trying to seize a
6) Massive retaliation
A
a policy of threatening a massive response, including the use of nuclear weapons, against a Communist state trying to seize a
B
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military alliance between western Europe and North America.
C
encirclement, a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy.
D
to exclude, detain, or isolate for political, social, or hygienic reasons
7) Naval blockade
A
to exclude, detain, or isolate for political, social, or hygienic reasons
B
a policy of threatening a massive response, including the use of nuclear weapons, against a Communist state trying to seize a
C
encirclement, a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy.
D
a military alliance between western Europe and North America.
8) Truman Doctrine
A
a Japanese suicide pilot whose mission was to crash into his target
B
a policy established by President Truman that authorized the screening of all federal employees to determine their loyalty to
C
policy of sending aid to countries that are resisting foreign rule (communism). First used to aid Turkey and Greece
D
a systematic attempt to overthrow a government by using persons working secretly from within
9) The Marshall Plan
A
plan for aiding the European nations in economic recovery after World War II, proposed by U.S. Secretary of State George C. M
B
a new industrial region in Southern California and the Deep South, developing during World War II
C
the policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile power
D
a garden planted by civilians during war to raise vegetables for home use, leaving more of other food for the troops
10) The Berlin Airlift
A
A military operation in the late 1940s that brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin by air
B
taking oil from the middle east
C
competition for jobs on the West Coast
D
China's actions during the Boxer Rebellion
11) Baby Boom
A
a temporary decline in the birth rate following WWI
B
an atomic fallout shelter
C
a temporary marked increase in the birth rate, especially the one following World War II.
D
financial aid to Europe
12) GI Bill
A
a garden planted by civilians during war to raise vegetables for home use, leaving more of other food for the troops
B
a political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and often racism and no tolerance of the oppositio
C
A law passed in 1944 that provided educational and other benefits for people who had served in the armed forces in WW II
D
a law passed to financial assist Europe recover after WW I
13) levittown
A
the name of seven large suburban housing developments created in the US following WW II
B
a policy established by President Truman that authorized the screening of all federal employees to determine their loyalty to
C
the belief that only the strongest countries will survive and the rest will be fall under their control
D
competition for jobs on the West Coast
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