Ch. 24 Flashcards on History
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During the Truman and Eisenhower administrations, in the Middle East the United States
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moved to protect Western access to oil supplies
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The major congressional investigating committee on communism was known by the initials
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HUAC.
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After World War II, the Soviet Union
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was determined to have a buffer zone for protection of its western border.
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Secretary of State Dulles devised the policy of threatening the Soviets with
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"massive retaliation.
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Upon learning that the Soviet Union had successfully tested an atomic bomb, the United States
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authorized the development of the hydrogen super bomb
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The arrest in 1950 of which of the following couples led to a major communist witchhunt trial?
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Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
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Regarding the aftermath of a coordinated atomic strike on the U.S.S.R., Eisenhower became
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horified
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In 1950, the National Security Council, in document NSC-68,
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considered good faith negotiations with the Soviet Union useless
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As president, both Truman and Eisenhower
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saw communism as a monolithic force.
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At the end of World War II, American policymakers generally envisioned a world
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in which American values would spread.
