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Which of the following was a justification for the increase in US defense spending during the Cold War?

The US needed to develop more and better weapons to prevent an attack.

The US wanted to purchase large amounts of land to conduct nuclear tests.

The US planned to launch an attack against the Soviet Union on Russian soil.

The US wanted to become the world’s first example of a superpower.

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The most important difference between the Truman Doctrine and the Eisenhower Doctrine demonstrated that

the United States wanted to increase economic aid to communist nations in Eastern Europe.

the policies of the United States had been successful in halting the spread of communism.

the United States later thought that military aid was needed in its fight against the spread of communism.

it was no longer necessary for the United States to send economic aid to countries threatened by communism.

Which of the following statements best describes the spread of communism in the years immediately following World War II?

The number of communist countries increased during these years.

The number of communist countries decreased during these years.

The number of communist countries stayed the same during these years.

The number of communist countries increased in Asia but decreased in Europe.

In addition to ending segregation in all branches of the military, Executive Order 9981 also

ended segregation in the hiring policies for the federal government.

denied government contracts to companies that practiced discrimination.

laid the groundwork for ending segregation in other parts of society.

supported the immediate integration of the public school system.

The Senate committee that investigated Joseph McCarthy’s original claim of communists in the government concluded that

further investigations were necessary.

the charges were completely without merit.

hundreds of federal employees should be fired.

Sen. McCarthy should be removed from office.

Which of the following is the best evidence that Cold War fears affected American civil liberties during the 1950s?

the Soviet explosion of an atomic bomb

the election of Dwight Eisenhower

the arrest of Soviet spies

the McCarthy Senate hearings

Many people in the United States and Europe held protests related to the Rosenbergs’ trial because they thought that the Rosenbergs

had not been punished harshly enough.

should have received more attention for their trial.

had no ties to communism or the Soviet Union.

had not been given a fair, impartial trial.

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