Comprehensive Quizlet on 1984 and Cold War History

What piece of evidence of the party's dishonesty does Winston remember having come across several years earlier?

A photograph proving that certain individuals were out of the country when they were allegedly committing a crime

Julia is a member of ____

The Junior Anti-Sex League

Which of the following characters becomes an unperson?

Syme

The psychological principle that allows an individual to believe contradictory ideas at the same time is called what?

Doublethink

At the apex of the two minutes hate, Goldstein's face turns into

The image of a sheep

What project is Syme working on at the beginning of the novel?

A Newspeak dictionary

What does Winston scrawl in the dust on a table at the Chestnut Tree Cade after his mind is broken?

2+2=5

What happens to the glass paperweight?

It is shattered on the floor.

Which of the following characters is secretly a member of the Thought Police?

Mr. Charrington

Where do they take Winston to torture him?

The Ministry of Love

George Kennan believed the Soviet Union could remain a partner, and not a rival, to the United States

False

Nikolai Novikov was the Soviet Ambassador

True

Who wrote the following quote: "The foreign policy of the United States, which reflects the imperialistic tendencies of American monopolistic capital, is characterized in the postwar period by striving for world supremacy. This is the real meaning of the many statements by president Truman and other representatives of American ruling circles: that the United States has the right to lead the world."

Nikolai Novikov

George Kennan was

An American diplomat in Moscow (Soviet Union)

How does Novikov describe the state of the Soviet Union and its relationship to Eastern Europe

He describes the Soviet Union as economically sufficient and stronger than in the pre-war period, successfully rebuilding their economy despite enormous war-time losses. He portrays the relationship with Eastern Europe as one of growing influence and friendship

What does Kennan mean by "containment"?

He means to contain the influence of the Soviet Union and to ensure others don't undertake extremes (such as communism). They are expansionist and he is saying the US needs to stop being allies and start to contain their ideology

The Vietcong and the North Vietnamese won a great psychological victory over the United States with the

Tet Offensive

In the worldwide chaos of 1968 it looks like the communists are winning the cold war

True

In the fall of 1967 President Johnson decided that America could not win the war in Vietnam and withdrew all US forces

False

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Authorized Johnson "to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attacks" against US forces

Norman Morrison

Committed suicide in a protest against the war in Vietnam

Westmoreland's military strategy in Vietnam was a purposeful war of attrition

True

Prague Spring ended with Czechoslovakia successfully breaking ties with the Soviet Union

False

President Johnson reacted to the Tet Offensive in 1968 by

Deciding not to seek a second term as president

In 1968 Olympic athletes created the Olympic Project for Human Rights in order to protest racism in international sports and South African participation in the Olympics

True

In April 1968 students at Columbia University launched a protest

Against the University's relationship with institute for defense analysis

Against the displacement of a nearby African American neighborhood to build a gym

In which they took University officials hostage for 24 hours

All of these

Robert Kennedy was shot after winning the California Democratic primary

True

In his July 1971 speech, Richard Nixon identifies which of the following as challenges to American power

The power of the soviet Union

Benazir Bhutto argues that there is no one interpretation of Islam

True

In his July 1971 speech, Nixon identifies which of the following goals

Ending the isolationism of China

Which category of Islam does Benazir Bhutto advocate?

Progressive Islam

Benazir Bhutto believes in Islam there is equal opportunity for both men and women

True

Nixon's chief goal in détente was

To get the Soviet Union to negotiate on key Cold War issues

Ayatollah Khomeini criticized americans for having legal immunity in Iran

True

Ayatollah Khomeini blames the Shah's Iranian government for:

Embezzling public funds

Making Iran a virtual colony of the West

Keeping many Iranians in poverty

All of these

Ayatollah Khomeini's goal is to establish an Islamic government in Iran

True

In his July 1971 speech, Nixon believes that the US is the world's only economic superpower

False

Which of the following was NOT a policy of détente?

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

Jerry Falwell blames which of the following organizations for problems in American society:

Television

Liberals

Public Schools

All of these

Jerry Falwell believes America's problems can be fixed by congress, the presidency, and the judicial system all returning to biblical basics

True

According to Reagans first inaugural address, the primary solution to economic challenges was:

Cutting taxes and reducing government regulations

What was the main goal of Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)?

Developing a missile defense system against nuclear attacks

How does Reagan describe the nuclear freeze movement?

A dangerous fraud

"The Soviet's Vietnam" is the name given for the Soviet war in

Afghanistan

As was uncovered in the Iran-Contra scandal, the Reagan administration did all of the following except:

Publicly ally with Iran in the Iran-Iraq War

Glasnost under Mikhail Gorbachev referred to

A loosening of government censorship and control of the media

During Reagan's time in office he decreased conventional military spending

False

The US helped the Mujahideen successfully defeat the Soviets in Afghanistan

True

Reagan's great successes supporting freedom fighters come in Latin America

False