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Chapter 27: Cold War and Postwar Changes

Cold War and Postwar Changes

1
The Cold War began in a dispute over _____.
A)nuclear weapons
B)control of Berlin
C)control of Eastern Europe
D)communism in Greece
2
The Communist challenge in _____ prompted President Truman to announce the Truman Doctrine.
A)Greece
B)Portugal
C)Belgium
D)the Netherlands
3
As a response to a new Western military alliance, the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellite states formed _____.
A)SEATO
B)CENTO
C)NATO
D)the Warsaw Pact
4
The Cuban missile crisis was resolved when _____.
A)the United States agreed to remove its missiles from Turkey
B)the United States threatened to invade Cuba
C)the Soviets threatened the United States with nuclear war
D)Kennedy and Khrushchev arrived at a compromise
5
Khrushchev was forced out of office when _____.
A)his attempts to increase agricultural output east of the Ural Mountains failed
B)he reduced political repression
C)he decided to place Soviet missiles in Cuba
D)he pursued de-Stalinization
6
In 1968 Soviet troops intervened in _____ after Alexander Dubček began to reform government policies.
A)Poland
B)Czechoslovakia
C)Hungary
D)Yugoslavia
7
While many Western societies rebuilt their economies after World War II, _____ faced continuing economic problems.
A)the United States
B)France
C)Great Britain
D)West Germany
8
Which president signed civil rights legislation to end segregation and discrimination in all public places?
A)Lyndon B. Johnson
B)John F. Kennedy
C)Harry S Truman
D)Franklin D. Roosevelt
9
A consumer society emerged in the West largely because _____.
A)the middle class grew
B)real wages increased
C)the economy had more heavy industry
D)the number of industrial workers grew
10
Which of the following was NOT a reason for student protests in Europe?
A)protests in the United States against the Vietnam War
B)desire to reform university systems
C)becoming small cogs in the bureaucratic wheels
D)to fight for Communist principles
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