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