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The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was to
Punish Germany following the war
Rebuild the U.S. economy
End segregation
Contain the spread of communism
What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
Expand U.S. colonies
Provide aid to rebuild Western Europe
Build the United Nations
Fund U.S. military bases
The Cold War was mostly a conflict between
The U.S. and the Soviet Union
Germany and Britain
China and Japan
NATO and Warsaw Pact
What did the Berlin Airlift demonstrate about U.S. foreign policy?
The U.S. would avoid involvement
The U.S. would resist Soviet expansion in Europe
The U.S. ended trade with Germany
The U.S. planned to leave NATO
NATO was created to
Monitor elections in Europe
Provide collective defense against communism
Control international trade
Replace the United Nations
The term “McCarthyism” is associated with
Accusations of communism without evidence
Civil rights protests
Free trade agreements
Military draft expansion
What happened during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Cuba joined NATO against the USSR
U.S. invaded Cuba at the Bay of Pigs
The U.S. and USSR came close to nuclear war
The Berlin Wall fell in Germany
The Space Race began largely as a result of
NATO expansion
The Soviet launch of Sputnik
Chinese inventions aimed at Space
Cuban rebellion
What was the main U.S. objective in the Korean War?
Expand NATO into Asia
Remove U.S. troops from the region
Reunite Korea under communism
Stop the spread of communism in Asia
One major effect of the Vietnam War was
Formation of the United Nations
Growing distrust in government among Americans
Soviet defeat and the fall of Communism
U.S. economic collapse
The policy of détente aimed to
Isolate China that fell to Communism
Ease tensions between the U.S. and USSR
Expand communism
Increase U.S. nuclear weapons
The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 led to
A new world war
The end of the Cold War
Creation of the United Nations
U.S. withdrawal from NATO
The decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) ruled that
Voting tests were illegal
Segregation was acceptable
School segregation was unconstitutional
States must fund private schools
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) established the doctrine of
Federal protection of rights
No taxation without representation
Equal funding
“Separate but equal”
The Montgomery Bus Boycott began in response to
School closures due to violent protesting
Voting discrimination faced by Jim Crow laws
A labor strike from African American bus mechanics
Rosa Parks’ arrest for refusing to give up her seat
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed in
Armed rebellion
Segregated education
Nonviolent protest for civil rights
Complete separation of races
