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The great nationalist and follower of a philosophy of nonviolence,Mohandas K.Gandhi,led his country,_________ ,into independence.


A) Nepal
B) Pakistan
C) India
D) Bangladesh
E) South Africa

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The British encouraged the creation of a federated state for its African colony of _________,but it rapidly disintegrated along racial lines into separate states.


A) Malawi
B) Rhodesia
C) Natal
D) Uganda
E) Tanzania

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What was the impact of apartheid in South Africa,and why was it not challenged by the West?

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Apartheid made the legal oppression of b...

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President Dwight D.Eisenhower delivered a farewell address to the United States in which he warned that:


A) the people of the United States were suffering from a great spiritual malaise which,if not corrected,would result in the country losing its influence in the world.
B) the United States had become complacent and was in serious danger of losing its economic and military lead in the world.
C) popular culture had robbed the United States of the spirit that had made it great; people needed to return to the traditional American values.
D) a military-industrial complex had taken shape and that its influence was felt at every level of government in the United States.
E) the Soviet Union had surpassed the United States in science,education,industrial development,and military technology that caused a loss of U.S.influence in the world.

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With Nikita Khrushchev's "thaw" following his consolidation of power in 1956,some Eastern European countries were able to secure a measure of independence from the Soviet Union,such as Poland did under its leader:


A) Imre Nagy.
B) Lech Wa??sa.
C) W?adys?aw Gomu?ka.
D) Wenceslas LΓΌbeck.
E) Nicolae Ceau?escu.

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Which of the following was NOT an important element of the Marshall Plan?


A) the restriction of Catholic political movements that tended toward an inherent suspicion of American culture and political motives
B) the tacit suppression of left-leaning political movements in Western Europe in return for aid
C) the shipment of vast amounts of American money and goods to the states of Western Europe
D) restraints on wages and other fiscal measures that might further socialist political agendas in Western Europe
E) technical assistance,but not funding,to the communist states of Eastern Europe

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The British system of social welfare was grounded in the economic theories of:


A) Alan Greenspan.
B) John Maynard Keynes.
C) Paul Volcker.
D) Robert Reich.
E) Andrew Volstead.

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When Belgium withdrew from its colonies in Africa in 1960,it,unlike France,left the countries with functioning railroads,a stable economy,and an educational system in place.

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Two of the most influential international agencies,the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank,were designed to establish a stable economic landscape and were established in 1944 at:


A) Bretton Woods.
B) the Hague.
C) Birnam Wood.
D) New York City.
E) ZΓΌrich.

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Only one communist country,Yugoslavia,managed to steer clear of alliances during the Cold War and remain within neither the Soviet sphere of influence nor that of the West,primarily due to the strength of its leader:


A) Stefan Wyazynski (Marshall Broz) .
B) Josip Broz (Marshal Tito) .
C) Yahya Khan (General Shek) .
D) Slobodan Milosevic (General Matyas) .
E) W?adys?aw Gomu?ka (Marshall Lech) .

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In a 1947 speech to Congress,President Harry S Truman set out his policy of support for the resistance of "free peoples" to communism by tying politics to economics; it would be a choice between "two ways of life." This policy was known as the:


A) Fair Play for America Doctrine.
B) Share the Wealth Doctrine.
C) Truman Doctrine.
D) Marshall Doctrine.
E) Eisenhower Doctrine.

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Although Gandhi famously chose a nonviolent form of resistance in his personal hunger strike,he urged fellow Indians to move beyond the tactics of strike,refusal of taxes,and boycotting imported goods to acts of sabotage and,in some cases,violence.

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Which of the following helped foster the establishment of communist states in Eastern Europe after 1945?


A) public revulsion against the failure of the Western democracies to stop Hitler,resulting in the defeat of their allies at the polls.
B) Soviet diplomatic pressure,political infiltration,and military power
C) a massive infusion of Soviet economic and technical aid,hastening the rebuilding process
D) persistent ethnic conflict,exacerbated by the earlier Nazi occupation
E) Soviet propaganda that showed the superiority of the socialist vision of the future over that of the capitalist West

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In the late 1940s and with the concurrence of Britain,the Afrikaner government of South Africa instituted its racial policy of:


A) equality for all.
B) indentured servitude.
C) slavery.
D) Negritude.
E) apartheid.

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How did the Marshall Plan enhance the ideals set out in the Truman Doctrine?

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During the first decades of economic recovery following World War II,one country,_________ ,had a seemingly insatiable need for workers.Transient workers from all over Europe were drawn by the high demand for labor.


A) Italy
B) France
C) Great Britain
D) West Germany
E) the Netherlands

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Why did Britain not enjoy the "economic miracle" that was sweeping through Europe?

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After the war,it was assumed that states...

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How can both Nazism and Stalinism be understood as forms of totalitarianism?

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The stated U.S.policy of containment regarding the Soviet Union in the post-World War II world was set forth in 1946 by:


A) George Kennan.
B) George Marshall.
C) Harry S Truman.
D) Douglas MacArthur.
E) Dwight D.Eisenhower.

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De Gaulle created the First Republic in France in 1958 by insisting on a new constitution for the nation.

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