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The Kennedy administration's covert program against Fidel Castro was called ____________________.

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The Alliance for Progress was a solid success.

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President Dwight D.Eisenhower toured the Soviet Union in 1959.

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Eisenhower's American Indian policy included


A) violent suppression of resistance.
B) forced removal of Indians to South and Central America.
C) increased federal aid.
D) a constitutional amendment awarding civil rights to Indians.
E) the termination of reservations and tribal states.

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According to the Eisenhower doctrine of "massive ____________________" the threat of U.S.atomic weaponry would hold Communist powers in check.

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Radio Liberty broadcast to the Soviet Union.

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The Cuban-exile invasion of Castro's Cuba, approved by John F.Kennedy, was first proposed during the Eisenhower presidency.

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The Communist leader of the Vietnamese war for independence from France was


A) Mao Tse Tung.
B) Ho Chi Minh.
C) Ngo Dinh Diem.
D) Jiang Jieshi.
E) Chen Chang.

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____________________ turned desert into agricultural land.

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In the 1950s, U.S.policy in Latin America


A) initiated social and economic reforms.
B) encouraged and supported the spread of democracy.
C) often supported military dictatorships that suppressed leftist movements.
D) withdrew support from oppressive regimes.
E) supported Communist regimes.

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John F.Kennedy's opponent in the 1960 presidential election was Richard M.Nixon.

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Social critics of the 1950s portrayed the United States as a society of


A) rugged individualists.
B) "other-directed" conformists.
C) "inner-directed" rebels.
D) semiliterate comic-book readers.
E) violent rebels.

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The president of South Vietnam during the Eisenhower and Kennedy years was


A) Ho Chi Minh.
B) Mao Tse Tung.
C) Ngo Dinh Diem.
D) Bao Di.
E) Jiang Jieshi.

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No one proposed extending the deficit to promote economic growth.

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IDENTIFICATIONS -Operation Wetback

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In 1953 the CIA staged a coup in Iran that


A) ensured that it would develop a democratic government.
B) led to the rise of a communist state.
C) established a popular, pro-western government.
D) overthrew a legitimate elected government to establish a ruthless dictatorship.
E) resulted in the creation of five new nations in that region.

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The Warren Commission's account of a lone assassin came under intense scrutiny soon after its report was published.

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By 1950, more than ____________________ percent of Mexican Americans were living in urban areas.

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