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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through International Affairs and the United States.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was probably the outstanding leader of the abolitionist movement and president of the American Anti-Slavery Society?
(a) John Calhoun.
(b) Martin Van Buren.
(c) Henry Clay.
(d) William Lloyd Garrison.

2. Who was the director of the laboratories in Los Alamos, NM, where the atomic bomb was perfected?
(a) J. Robert Oppenheimer.
(b) Walter Philip Reuther.
(c) William Faulkner.
(d) Albert Einstein.

3. Before leaving to live in the White House, what city did Lincoln live?
(a) St. Louis, MO.
(b) Lincoln, IL.
(c) Springfield, IL.
(d) Springfield, MA.

4. Who was a Shawnee and said that white people have no right to take the land from the Indians?
(a) Wild Bear.
(b) Red Jacket.
(c) Crazy Horse.
(d) Tecumseh.

5. The arms race was between the United States and what country?
(a) U.S.S.R.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Anthony Eden's speech "A Firm Policy", what should the objective of foreign policy be?

2. Who was a Puritan theologian that was famous for his sermons on sin, hell and punishment?

3. Who was very prominent in the Bolshevist revolution and reported on a Nazi air attack?

4. Who was that first Secretary of Treasury that was killed in a duel?

5. What did Winston Churchill say is here now, clear and shining, for both our countries in his "An Iron Curtain has Descended" speech?

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