Chapter 6 Self-test questions

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. Which of the following statements about the crisis in East Germany is not correct?

The crisis in East Germany (1953) was produced by the explosive mix of forced collectivization and industrialization combined with the reduction of political and economic repression. correct incorrect

More than 100,000 people fled from East to West Berlin in the first four months of 1953. correct incorrect

The Soviet leadership opted to increase Soviet subsidies to East Germany. correct incorrect

The uprisings were quelled throughout East Germany with the help of Soviet troops and tanks. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following elements of Khrushchev's speech at the 20^th Communist Party Congress in USSR had the most significant Cold War consequences?

Disbanding of the Cominform. correct incorrect

The unilateral reduction of Soviet troop numbers by over a million. correct incorrect

Gomulka's rehabilitation in Poland. correct incorrect

The confession that Stalin had committed reprehensible crimes. correct incorrect

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. In 1956 how many Hungarians were killed in Budapest by Soviet troops?

50,000 correct incorrect

10,000 correct incorrect

25,000 correct incorrect

35,000 correct incorrect

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. What did Britain want to base closer relations with Europe on at the Messina Conference?

A supranational economic bloc of the Messina participants correct incorrect

Close ties between Europe and Africa correct incorrect

Military integration in a more federal North Atlantic Treaty Organisation correct incorrect

Inter-governmental co-operation in a free trade area rather than supra-national institutions in a customs union correct incorrect

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. What was the US aim in promoting trans-Atlantic nuclear cooperation in the early 1960s?

A special (nuclear) relationship with Britain based on a common culture and language. correct incorrect

A special (nuclear) relationship with France and West Germany by providing de Gaulle and Adenauer with nuclear technology. correct incorrect

The creation of a Multilateral Nuclear Force (MNF) correct incorrect

A quest for greater US influence in Western Europe and NATO correct incorrect

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. Why was the US action against Arbenz in Guatemala initiated?

A shipment (to Guatemala) of Czech arms was made in May 1954. correct incorrect

Nearly three-quarters of the cultivatable United Fruit Company land in Guatemala was left fallow. correct incorrect

Arbenz planned that disproportionate sums of money be used to build ports and roads. correct incorrect

Dulles feared that communists would take over Arbenz's left wing government. correct incorrect