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laurencescou

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Which of the following statements about American military and foreign policy between 1950 and 1953 is true?
 
  A) The United States pared back its defense budget from 60 billion to 13 billion.
  B) The United States closed down many military bases around the world.
  C) The United States began to pay some three-fourths of the cost of the French war against the Vietnamese independence movement.
  D) The United States expanded trade with the Soviet Union and mainland China as a way of diminishing their aggressive tendencies.
  E) The U.S. lost interest in such newly-independent Third World countries as Egypt, India, Pakistan, and the Philippines.

Question 2

The Korean War was an example of all the following except
 
  A) limited war.
  B) the triumph of military over political leadership.
  C) the containment policy.
  D) war without congressional approval.
  E) a stalemate.



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

B



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