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Mid Cold War Test Part 1

Quiz by Ryan Welborn

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  • Q1
    Which of the following was NOT a result of the Alliance for Progress?
    Chile used the money to build public housing and expand university education
    the program was discontinued by President Johnson
    much of the money was diverted by corrupt local leaders
    promised over $20 billion in economic aid to Latin America
    45s
  • Q2
    What was the outcome of the Hungarian Uprising?
    Soviet troops crushed Hungary's reformist movement and replaced Nagy
    Eisenhower gave military assistance to the Hungarian revolutionaries
    NATO was divided about whether to intervene, so it didn't
    Soviet leaders decided to permit Hungary to withdraw from the Warsaw Pact
    45s
  • Q3
    The central principle of this pact was that "an attack against one is to be considered an attack against all". It included most of the countries in the Americas.
    Mutual Security Act
    Caracas Declaration
    Bogota Treaty
    Rio Pact
    45s
  • Q4
    Which of the following did NOT occur during the Eisenhower presidency?
    Castro comes to power in Cuba
    Bay of Pigs invasion
    Operation PBSuccess manages to overthrow the reformist government of Guatemala
    During the Suez Crisis, Britain, France and Israel invade Egypt
    45s
  • Q5
    Which of the following best describes Eisenhower's policies in Vietnam?
    strengthening of the ARVN by means of 20,000 military advisors
    extensive aerial bombardment and introduction of ground forces
    state-building of South Vietnam by means of 1,000 advisors
    substantial and increasing aid to the French war in Indochina
    45s
  • Q6
    What was the FBI's role in the Second Red Scare?
    investigated many American citizens for suspected links to communist organizations
    investigated Sen. McCarthy for alleged sedition and libel
    restricted its investigations to Americans suspected of actual espionage
    45s
  • Q7
    What did the Polish and Hungarian Uprisings of 1956 show?
    Eisenhower would not attempt to rollback communism in Eastern Europe
    Khrushchev's de-Stalinization campaign would not permit too much reform in the satellite states
    Workers in Eastern Europe were not happy with the 'worker's paradise' in which they lived
    all of the above
    45s
  • Q8
    Which of the following best captures the policy recommendation of NSC-141?
    The US should seek the orderly political and economic development of Latin American nations.
    The US should support Latin American dictators who will promote US interests.
    The US should respect the sovereignty and equality of each Latin American nation.
    The US should prefer the use of covert operations to conventional military intervention.
    45s
  • Q9
    Who was the Secretary of Defense under Kennedy and Johnson?
    George Marshall
    John Foster Dulles
    Dean Rusk
    Robert McNamara
    45s
  • Q10
    Which of the following was NOT true of Khrushchev's policy of peaceful coexistence?
    Khrushchev was more willing to attend international conferences and to negotiate than Stalin
    Was motivated by a desire to ease the nuclear and conventional arms race with the US
    Asserted that the socialist bloc could peacefully coexist with the capitalist bloc
    Khrushchev abandoned efforts to extend Soviet influence into Latin America
    45s
  • Q11
    For which president was Latin America the highest priority (in terms of economic aid and diplomatic engagement)?
    Johnson
    Eisenhower
    Kennedy
    Truman
    45s
  • Q12
    Which of the following was NOT true of Khrushchev's foreign policy?
    He rapidly expanded the Soviet Union's nuclear arsenal and often threatened to use it.
    He withdrew Soviet aid to communist movements in Vietnam and Laos
    He sought improved relations with non-aligned countries such as Yugoslavia and India
    He experienced deteriorating relations with Mao's PRC
    45s

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