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azncindy619

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When North Korea crossed into South Korea,
 
  a. Truman kept to calculated plans about defense perimeters instead of following the more knee-jerk reactions of his top generals.
  b. the United States was unable to mobilize the UN Security Council to endorse a collective security response because the Soviet Union vetoed the measure.
  c. the United States was able to mobilize the UN Security Council to endorse a collective security response.
  d. the United States was unable to mobilize the UN Security Council to endorse a collective security response and so deployed its military unilaterally to halt the North Korean aggression.
  e. the United States took no immediate action, expecting the South Korean army to easily rout the North Korean forces.

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The reason for American provision of assistance to Greece and Turkey, later known as the Truman Doctrine, was articulated as
 
  a. the need to maintain a balance of power in the eastern Mediterranean.
   b. the need to contain Soviet expansion.
   c. the need to contain communism.
  d. the need to honor British security commitments that, after the war, the British were no longer able to maintain.
  e. a need to protect free peoples everywhere.



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joewallace

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: c

Answer to Question 2

Answer: e




azncindy619

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Reply 2 on: Sep 4, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


mjenn52

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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