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What was the most direct intention of the Marshall Plan, implemented shortly after World War II?
To re-build the economies and societies of Western Europe, in order to make Communism less appealing
To provide aid and military assistance to Communist countries should they agree to embrace Capitalism and Democracy
To stimulate the depressed economies of former Empire in South America, Africa and Asia against Soviet incursion
To re-build the United States military to meet the post-war threats of China and the Soviet Union
To underwhelm the political discourse in the Soviet Union in an attempt to remove Stalin and the Bolsheviks from power
Following the culmination of World War II, the economies of Europe were heavily ravaged by the effects of war. The Marshall Plan, implemented in 1948, was designed to assist these countries economically and re-build them to close to their pre-war strength. The intention was to prevent the Western countries from embracing Communism which was taking hold throughout, the even more impoverished, Eastern Europe.
What is the name given to the diplomatic crisis that began on November 4th, 1979, and ended on January, 20th, 1981, in which 52 Americans were held hostage by a group of Islamist students supporting the Iranian Revolution?
The Iran Hostage Crisis
The Taking of the Embassy
The Fall of the Shah
The Crisis of 444 Days
The Operation Eagle Claw Crisis
The name given to the crisis that began with the Islamist students' taking of the American Embassy in Tehran, Iran, is called the Iran Hostage Crisis.
What is the name given to the diplomatic crisis that began on November 4th, 1979, and ended on January, 20th, 1981, in which 52 Americans were held hostage by a group of Islamist students supporting the Iranian Revolution?
The Iran Hostage Crisis
The Taking of the Embassy
The Fall of the Shah
The Crisis of 444 Days
The Operation Eagle Claw Crisis
The name given to the crisis that began with the Islamist students' taking of the American Embassy in Tehran, Iran, is called the Iran Hostage Crisis.
What was the most direct intention of the Marshall Plan, implemented shortly after World War II?
To re-build the economies and societies of Western Europe, in order to make Communism less appealing
To provide aid and military assistance to Communist countries should they agree to embrace Capitalism and Democracy
To stimulate the depressed economies of former Empire in South America, Africa and Asia against Soviet incursion
To re-build the United States military to meet the post-war threats of China and the Soviet Union
To underwhelm the political discourse in the Soviet Union in an attempt to remove Stalin and the Bolsheviks from power
Following the culmination of World War II, the economies of Europe were heavily ravaged by the effects of war. The Marshall Plan, implemented in 1948, was designed to assist these countries economically and re-build them to close to their pre-war strength. The intention was to prevent the Western countries from embracing Communism which was taking hold throughout, the even more impoverished, Eastern Europe.
"General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
Which American president, while standing near the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate on June 12th, 1987, issued this challenge to the Soviet Union's leader, Mikhail Gorbachev?
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
It was President Ronald Reagan who issued this challenge to the reform-minded Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev. The Berlin Wall eventually fell on November 9th, 1989.
Who among the following people was not responsible for the imperialist expansion of teh United States in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries?
William Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
Grover Cleveland
The correct answer is Grover Cleveland. Taft, Roosevelt and McKinley all initiated conflicts or invasions that advanced American interests abroad. All three believed that the United States needed to expand its influence around the world to serve national interests. Wilson, who was staunchly against European Imperialism and ideologically opposed to America’s interference in foreign nations, still managed to send American troops into Nicaragua in 1914 to occupy the country and Haiti and the Dominican Republic in the years immediately after. Thus, Wilson can be seen as an Imperialist in practice if not in ideology. Grover Cleveland, on the other hand, came to the Presidency in the years shortly before Imperialist ideology took over the office, and once out of office he was a devoted member of the American Anti-Imperialist League. The Anti-Imperialist League believed that Imperialism violated the republican principles that America had been founded on, and they fiercely objected to any forced occupation of foreign lands.
Who among the following people was not responsible for the imperialist expansion of teh United States in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries?
William Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
Grover Cleveland
The correct answer is Grover Cleveland. Taft, Roosevelt and McKinley all initiated conflicts or invasions that advanced American interests abroad. All three believed that the United States needed to expand its influence around the world to serve national interests. Wilson, who was staunchly against European Imperialism and ideologically opposed to America’s interference in foreign nations, still managed to send American troops into Nicaragua in 1914 to occupy the country and Haiti and the Dominican Republic in the years immediately after. Thus, Wilson can be seen as an Imperialist in practice if not in ideology. Grover Cleveland, on the other hand, came to the Presidency in the years shortly before Imperialist ideology took over the office, and once out of office he was a devoted member of the American Anti-Imperialist League. The Anti-Imperialist League believed that Imperialism violated the republican principles that America had been founded on, and they fiercely objected to any forced occupation of foreign lands.
"General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
Which American president, while standing near the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate on June 12th, 1987, issued this challenge to the Soviet Union's leader, Mikhail Gorbachev?
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
It was President Ronald Reagan who issued this challenge to the reform-minded Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev. The Berlin Wall eventually fell on November 9th, 1989.
The Pacific Theater World War II was characterized by all of the following except __________.
large scale infantry warfare and hand to hand combat
primarily occurring between the United States and Japan
featuring large carrier battles in open water
the first use of nuclear bombs in warfare
wide use of airplanes to achieve military ends
The Pacific Theater was one of the largest extended battlefields in world history. Primarily fought between the United States and the Empire of Japan, as their European allies were occupied in Europe, the battles in the Pacific were largely naval, and in particular featured a great number of aircraft carriers and airplanes, rather than infantry engagements or even tank battles. The Pacific Theater of the war ended fighting when the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the first use of nuclear weapons.
The Pacific Theater World War II was characterized by all of the following except __________.
large scale infantry warfare and hand to hand combat
primarily occurring between the United States and Japan
featuring large carrier battles in open water
the first use of nuclear bombs in warfare
wide use of airplanes to achieve military ends
The Pacific Theater was one of the largest extended battlefields in world history. Primarily fought between the United States and the Empire of Japan, as their European allies were occupied in Europe, the battles in the Pacific were largely naval, and in particular featured a great number of aircraft carriers and airplanes, rather than infantry engagements or even tank battles. The Pacific Theater of the war ended fighting when the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the first use of nuclear weapons.