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American Cultures 6.0, Mr. Gutsche
Chapter 27.4 Reading Quiz: Eisenhower and the Cold War Continued
1. Dwight Eisenhower’s foreign policy was characterized by all the following EXCEPT:
A.
B.
C.
D.
the end of the war in Korea.
increased covert CIA activity.
the acceleration of the nuclear-arms race.
limitations on nuclear weapons.
2. Eisenhower’s “Domino Theory” about communism was first applied to
A. South America.
B. the Middle east
C. Central China
D. Indochina
3. As a result of the 1954 Geneva Conference, Vietnam was
A.
B.
C.
D.
divided into a northern communist section and a southern free section.
returned to French control.
turned over to the control of Ho Chi Minh and the communists.
occupied by a United Nations peace keeping force.
4. At the end of his 2nd term, President Eisenhower warned of the “military-industrial complex,” which is defined as
A.
B.
C.
D.
the joining of a large military and a large arms industry for profit and power.
the creation of trusts and monopolies in big business.
the growth of diversified conglomerates in American industry.
a complex spy network orchestrated by the KGB.
5. The CIA was responsible for all the following in the 1950s EXCEPT:
A. Bringing the Shah of Iran to power.
B. Intervening in elections of third world countries
C. Supporting a revolution in Guatemala (for the sake of the United Fruit Co.)
D. Military intervention in the Hungarian Revolution
6. In the earliest stages, United States involvement in Vietnam consisted of:
A. furnishing aid to the nationalist Viet Minh.
B. furnishing aid to the French, who were trying to control their former colony.
C. committing American troops to assist the French.
D. committing atomic weapons to assist the French.
7. The Eisenhower Doctrine declared that the United States would send military aid and, if necessary, troops to
help counter communist aggression in:
A. the Middle East
B. Indochina
C. Latin America
D. Southeast Asia
8. Soviet-American relations became strained late in the Eisenhower administration when:
A. a Soviet spy plane was shot down within U.S. borders.
B. an American spy plane was shot down within Soviet borders.
C. the Soviets resumed atmospheric tests of nuclear weapons.
D. the United States resumed atmospheric tests of nuclear weapons.
9. Eisenhower’s foreign policy depended on nuclear armaments and _____
A. the expansion of the space program.
B. increased numbers of American soldiers.
C. covert activity.
D. “containing” communism
10. The person who assumed the leadership of the Soviet Union after Joseph Stalin died.
A. Alex Ovechkin
B. Mikhail Gorbachev
C. Leonid Brezhnev
D. Nikita Khrushchev