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The map shows the United States and Cuba at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
The map makes it clear that
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missiles launched from Cuba could strike anywhere on the US mainland.
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By the time the Korean War ended in 1953,
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the division of the Korean peninsula remained unchanged.
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Which of the following best describes the two sides that faced each other during the Cold War?
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Communists and non-Communists
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During the Cold War, the United States supported anti-communist dictators who committed human rights abuses and opposed democratic freedoms. What does this indicate about the actual goal of the United States?
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The actual U.S. goal was to undermine Soviet influence.
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Which of the following were effects of the arms race? Select all that apply.
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fear of nuclear attack
building of large numbers of fallout shelters
increased study of science and math
heightened world tensions
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Read the passage from a Soviet ambassador.
The foreign policy of the United States . . . is characterized in the postwar period by a striving for world supremacy. This is the real meaning of the many statements by President Truman and other representatives of American ruling circles; that the United States has the right to lead the world.
—Nikolai Novikov,
Ambassador of the USSR,
September 1946
Which of the following words best characterizes the ambassador's perspective of American foreign policy?
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distrust
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Defectors from East Germany were people who
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fled their homes to move permanently to the West.
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Which of these was true of the Contras during the Nicaraguan civil war?
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The Contras received support from the U.S. government.
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In, the Sandinista rebels overthrew the government of Nicaragua.
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1979
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Why did the United States withdraw its support for the Aswan Dam?
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Egypt had refused to join an American-led alliance in the Middle East..
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Which of the following phrases best describes East Germany after World War II?
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Communist economic system
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The photo shows the Allied leaders meeting in Potsdam, Germany, in 1945.
The Allied leaders were meeting to discuss which of the following?
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Europe's future now that Germany had been defeated
