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What was Nixon’s top priority when he entered office?

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Reconciliation of the Nation, Foreign Affairs,

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How was the situation that occured in Angola similar to the one that occured in South Vietnam?

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Congress refused to provide additional aid, and a Communist government took over.

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What reason did many in the Senate give for their strong opposition to SALT ll?

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It put the United States at a military disadvantage.

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(+ or o) Economic problems destroyed the Soviets’ ability to continue the Cold war standoff

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President Nixon architect of foreign policy was his adviser for national security affairs,

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Henrh Kissinger

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A policy aimed at easing Cold War tensions was known as:

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detente

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Which of the following Presidents visited Communist China in 1971

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Richard Nixon

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Which U.S. president resigned amid political scandal?

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Richard Nixon

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The last leader of the Soveit Union was:

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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(+ or o) The Berlin wall came down in 1989

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What Eastern European country became embroiled in a civil was between Muslims, Orthodox Serbs, and Roman Catholic Croats

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Bosnia

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EC: For how many years did the Soviet Union exist?

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1922-1991
69 years

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The communist leader of North Korea during the Korean war was?

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Kim ll Sung

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( + or o) The Korean war started on June 25, 1953

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o

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The plan General Mcarthur formed to save his army during the Korean War involved a suprise amphibious landing at:

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Inchon, on Koreas west coast

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In 1952 a republican was elected president; he was:

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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What led many Chinese people to prefer Mao Zedong’s government over Chiang Kai-shek’s?

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Mao treated the people better

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( + or o) General MacArthue wanted to use nuclear weapons to attack China during the Korean War

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20
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How were Germany and Korea similar to each other after World War ll?

A

They both were part democratic and part communist

21
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Chiang Kai-Shek was forced to flee the Chinese mainland and to relocate his government in:

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Taiwan

22
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What happend in 1950 that turned the Korean war in a different direction?

A

The Chinese entered the war.

23
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( + or o) The United States declared war on North Korea on June 25, 1950.

A

o

24
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What did Kennedy believe was his most urgent task?

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to redfine the nation’s nuclear strategy

25
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What caused relations between Cuba and the U.S to worsen after Fidel Castro took power?

A

Castro seized American oil refineries.

26
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What ended the Berlin crisis?

A

the construction of the Berlin Wall

27
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What was the result of the space race?

A

Universities expaned their science programs.

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The first American astronaut to travel in space was:

A

Neil Armstrong

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(+ or o) The Soviet union beat the United states in getting a man into space.

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30
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In the 1940s Vietnam was a colony of:

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France

31
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Nikita Khrushchev was the:

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Soviet Union’s Premiere

32
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The CIA developed a plan for the invasion of Cuba which landed in:

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the Bay of Pigs

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(+ or o) Many nations around the world, including India and Pakistan have developed their own nuclear weapons.

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34
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EC: Identify Yuri A. Gargarin.

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the first human is space

35
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EC: In what year did the first man walk on the face of the moon?

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1969

36
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What caused tension within the United Nations when it was initally formed?

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The Soviet Union blocked any issue any issue it didn’t agree with.

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Which of the following was created as a result of the National Security Act?

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The CIA

38
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What was the main danger for a country in financial ruin after World War ll?

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having a greater chance for political instabilty

39
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What is Nato?

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A defensive military alliance of western nations.

40
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( + or o) The Berlin Airlift was a relief measure to deliver supplies needed as a result of the severe famine caused by harsh winter conditons in 1946-47

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o

41
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The “Iron Curtain” referred to the:

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The divison of Europe between Western democracies and the Soviet Union

42
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EC: Who was the president of the U.S. immediately after WWll ?

A

Harry S. Truman

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