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1950S T & E EXAM QUESTIONS Actual Qs and Ans Expert-Verified Explanation

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Question 1: The day Japan surrendered is known as V-J Day which stands for

"____." V-E Day marked the end of the war in Europe.

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Victory in Japan Question 2: The Internal Security Act of 1950, also known as the McCarran Act, required Communists and Communist organizations to ___ with the attorney general.

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register Question 3: Puerto Ricans were surprised by the ___ they encountered because many had African ancestors.

• Unemployment among Puerto Ricans was higher than it was among non-Latino white

workers.

Answer:

racism

Question 4: In 1948, the Soviet Union blocked all land and water traffic into Western Berlin. This resulted in the Berlin Airlift, in which the United States avoided violence by ___ .

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flying supplies into the city Question 5: The Truman Doctrine was used to justify the $400 million in military and ___aid to Greece and Turkey in 1947 when they were in danger of being taken over by Communists.

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economic Question 6: ____ retaliation was the policy in which any attack by the Soviets on the United States or its allies would be met with nuclear force.

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Massive Question 7: The suburbs grew dramatically after WWII, and many white families left the inner cities to settle in houses in the suburbs. However, these houses were often out of reach for the minorities and many of the housing developments prohibited sales to ___.

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minorities Question 8: The National Defense Education Act was passed shortly after the Soviets launched the first satellite. The United States did not want to lose in the "___," and wanted to stimulate education to speed up America's research and development.

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space race Question 9: Anticommunist hysteria was fueled by events such as the loss of China to communism and the Soviet Union's testing of an ___ bomb in 1949, years sooner than expected.

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atomic Question 10: However, incidents such as the USSR's launching of the satellite Sputnik in 1957, which showed that the Soviet Union could launch long-range nuclear ____, renewed the tensions.

Answer:

missiles

Question 11: What was irrational about the Truman Doctrine?

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Some of the non-Communist governments supported were headed by brutal military dictators.Question 12: NATO was originally formed to include the US, Canada, and 10 European countries. Greece and Turkey later joined in 1952, and West Germany was admitted in 1955. W.Germany's admittance led to the Soviet Union forming the __ Pact.

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Warsaw Question 13: The Internal Security Act of 1950 also prohibited the employment of Communists in defense industries, and was passed over President Truman's ___.

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veto Question 14: The Soviet Union's testing of their first atomic bomb in 1949, years earlier than anticipated, led many people in the United States to believe that there were Americans actively working to ___.

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aid the communist cause Question 15: Korea had been occupied by the Soviet Union and the United States since the end of World War II. In 1948, it was split into North and South Korea, and two years later, the___invaded South Korea, resulting in the Korean War.

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North Korean army Question 16: The first summit conference was between the United States, Soviet Union, Great Britain, and France in Geneva in 1955 and resulted in the "Spirit of __," with less tension between the countries.

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Geneva Question 17: U-2 spy planes had been operating over the Soviet Union for four years before one of them was shot down and the pilot ___.

Answer:

captured

Question 18: This policy was known as massive retaliation--the United States had a much larger __ arsenal than the Soviet Union, and stated its readiness to use it to stop aggression.

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nuclear Question 19: Senator Richard Nixon was accused of having a secret political fund received from business supporters which he used for __. This resulted in the Checkers speech.

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personal expenses Question 20: The United States provided financial aid to Europe--over $13 billion--through the ___ of 1947, in an effort to help in the reconstruction of Western Europe.

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Marshall Plan Question 21: "If this was allowed to go unchallenged, it would mean a third world war, just as similar incidents had brought on the second world war." The "this" that President Truman is referring to is the North Korean invasion of _____.

Answer:

Korea.

Question 22: Senator Joseph McCarthy's name has become synonymous with the

anticommunist crusade of the ___s. He claimed to have a list of Communists working in the State Department, and would accuse government figures of being agents, and would hold hearings.

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1950 Question 23: Unde Eisenhower, Am. foreign policy towards the Middle East was simply to limit Communist influence, and to keep the oil supply open to the United States. In line with this policy, the CIA staged a coup in ___ to re-install a pro-Western ruler to power.

Answer:

Iran