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Congressional organization that held widely publicized investigations to prove that, under Democratic rule, the government had fostered communist subversion

Congressional organization that held widely publicized investigations to prove that, under Democratic rule, the government had fostered communist subversion

Daniel Kevins

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With whom did the United States side in the “China problem”?

Multiple Choice

The United States chose both sides, offering aid to both, though always favoring Chiang.
The United States sided with Chiang Kai-Shek.
The United States sided with Mao Zedong.
The United States chose neither side and instead supported reviving Japan.

In his speech on the containment policy, which two nations did President Truman reference?

Multiple Choice

Russia and China
East Germany and West Germany
China and Japan
Greece and Turkey

What event solidified American support for the Marshall Plan?

Multiple Choice

the division of Germany into two zones
Soviet refusal to participate in the plan
the erection of the Berlin Wall
the Czechoslovakian coup in 1948

When it became evident that Chiang Kai-shek’s nationalist forces were losing the Chinese civil war to Mao Zedong’s
communists, the Truman administration devoted increased attention to the revitalization of what nation as a strong
pro-Western force in Asia?

Multiple Choice

Taiwan
the Philippines
India
Japan
Indonesia

The concept of the policy of containment is most closely associated with

Multiple Choice

George C. Marshall.
George F. Kennan.
Douglas MacArthur.
Dwight Eisenhower.
Henry A. Wallace.

Four of the following were significant features of the National Security Act of 1947. Which is the exception?

Multiple Choice

It combined the functions of secretary of War and secretary of Navy under one secretary of Defense.
It abolished the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
It established the CIA.
It created the National Security Council.
It abolished the Office of Strategic Services.

Truman’s response to the Berlin blockade was to

Multiple Choice

give up plans for uniting the three Western zones of Germany.
create a policy of containment.
airlift all necessary supplies into Berlin for almost a year.
use military force to break the blockade of land routes into Berlin.
abandon the Western-occupied portions of Berlin.

After the election of 1948, Truman succeeded in getting four of the following parts of his domestic program passed.
Which one did Congress NOT approve?

Multiple Choice

federal construction of low-income housing
expansion of the Social Security system
increase of the minimum wage
passage of the National Housing Act
creation of the Fair Employment Practices Commission

The United States originally offered to include the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellites in the Marshall

Plan for economic recovery.

Group starts. True or False

President Truman’s “Fair Deal,” including the Taft-Hartley Act, was designed mainly as a conservative reaction
to the reforms of the New Deal.

Group startsTrue or False

The investigation by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) exposed convincing evidence that
communist agents had thoroughly infiltrated the U.S. Department of State during World War II while the United
States was officially allied with the Soviet Union against Germany.

Group startsTrue or False

In response to the anticommunist movement, President Truman undertook which of the following actions?

Multiple Choice

execution of the Rosenbergs
creation of a loyalty program for federal employees
instigating the Korean War
passage of the McCarran Act

Which of the following most accurately describes public opinion on economic policy after the war?

Multiple Choice

The public did not trust President Truman to implement Roosevelt’s programs.
The public wanted to curtail New Deal reforms.
The public was disinterested in economic policy after the war; the focus was much more on the consequences of the Cold War.
The public wanted to expand New Deal reforms.

How long did the Berlin airlift last?

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ten months
a year
ten days
a month

On what did most western scholars lay blame for the Cold War during the first decade of the conflict?

Multiple Choice

the postwar economic depression
Soviet expansionism
the need to advance capitalism
fumbling American diplomacy

Which European imperial systems did the document mention in terms of “drastic decline”?

Multiple Choice

Spain and Holland
Germany and Belgium
France and England
Switzerland and Italy

Aside from developing a stronger international community, what new policy was suggested in this document?

Multiple Choice

containment of the Soviet Union
diplomacy with the Soviet Union
alliances with ex-Axis nations
diplomatic solutions instead of military ones

When North Korea invaded South Korea, for a time they controlled almost all the peninsula. The area around what city was the only area not under North Korean control?

Multiple Choice

Pusan
Pyongyang
Panmunjom
Seoul

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