Question 1

To what did Winston Churchill compare the boundary between Soviet-occupied Eastern Europe and Western Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  an open window 
B)  an iron curtain 
C)  a malleable screen 
D)  a concrete ship 
E)  a blast furnace 
A)  an open window 
B)  an iron curtain 
C)  a malleable screen 
D)  a concrete ship 
E)  a blast furnace

Question 2

Henry Wallace ran for president in 1948 as the Progressive party candidate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

In the civil war that broke out in Greece after the Second World War, the United States assisted the British-supported government and announced what came to be known as the Truman Doctrine.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Detail the early civil rights movement in the 1940s. In what ways did the Second World War help push this movement into reality?

Accepted Answer

The early civil rights movement in the 1

Question 5

Discuss the causes and major events that led to the announcement of the Truman Doctrine.

Accepted Answer

The announcement of the Truman Doctrine

Question 6

Which of the following reorganized the American defense and intelligence establishment in 1947, creating the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense, National Security Council, and Central Intelligence Agency?

Accepted Answer

A)  Taft-Hartley Act 
B)  The Marshall Plan 
C)  GI Bill 
D)  National Security Act 
E)  Serviceman Readjustment Act 
A)  Taft-Hartley Act 
B)  The Marshall Plan 
C)  GI Bill 
D)  National Security Act 
E)  Serviceman Readjustment Act

Question 7

Match each description with the item below.
-Ethel Rosenberg

Accepted Answer

A) authored the "Long Telegram" and advised containing Soviet expansionism 
B) organized the GI Forum to foster equal treatment of Mexican American veterans 
C) was governor of South Carolina and the Dixiecrat presidential candidate in 1948 
D) wrote The Crucible, inspired by the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUA
C)  
E) was the first African American to play major league baseball and drew more diverse crowds
F)was part of the same Soviet spy ring as Klaus Fuchs, a German-born English nuclear physicist
G)was the consul in charge of U.S.-occupied Japan and served as supreme commander of the UN forces
H)was a senator from Wisconsin who took advantage of anti-Communist anxieties
I)was the secretary of state in 1947 who devised the plan of economic recovery aid to Europe
J)was appointed by Truman to lead UN forces in Korea after April 1951 
A) authored the "Long Telegram" and advised containing Soviet expansionism 
B) organized the GI Forum to foster equal treatment of Mexican American veterans 
C) was governor of South Carolina and the Dixiecrat presidential candidate in 1948 
D) wrote The Crucible, inspired by the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUA
C)  
E) was the first African American to play major league baseball and drew more diverse crowds
F)was part of the same Soviet spy ring as Klaus Fuchs, a German-born English nuclear physicist
G)was the consul in charge of U.S.-occupied Japan and served as supreme commander of the UN forces
H)was a senator from Wisconsin who took advantage of anti-Communist anxieties
I)was the secretary of state in 1947 who devised the plan of economic recovery aid to Europe
J)was appointed by Truman to lead UN forces in Korea after April 1951

Question 8

Which of the following appears to have led to the cold war in retrospect?

Accepted Answer

A)  Truman's refusal to adopt an antagonistic foreign policy and his ongoing efforts at collaboration with the Soviet Union 
B)  ideological competition between democratic capitalism and totalitarian communism and their opposing views of what the postwar world should become 
C)  the ongoing threat of Nazism following the Second World War around the globe, but most especially in the United States and the Soviet Union 
D)  the lack of Russian casualties and invasions in Russia during the Second World War that left the nation more powerful than ever before 
E)  the upholding of promises made at the Yalta Conference following the Second World War by all parties involved and the independence of Eastern European nations 
A)  Truman's refusal to adopt an antagonistic foreign policy and his ongoing efforts at collaboration with the Soviet Union 
B)  ideological competition between democratic capitalism and totalitarian communism and their opposing views of what the postwar world should become 
C)  the ongoing threat of Nazism following the Second World War around the globe, but most especially in the United States and the Soviet Union 
D)  the lack of Russian casualties and invasions in Russia during the Second World War that left the nation more powerful than ever before 
E)  the upholding of promises made at the Yalta Conference following the Second World War by all parties involved and the independence of Eastern European nations

Question 9

What were the major international developments during 1949-1950, and how did they alter U.S. foreign policy?

Accepted Answer

During 1949-1950, there were several maj

Question 10

Match each description with the item below.
-Joseph R. McCarthy

Accepted Answer

A) authored the "Long Telegram" and advised containing Soviet expansionism 
B) organized the GI Forum to foster equal treatment of Mexican American veterans 
C) was governor of South Carolina and the Dixiecrat presidential candidate in 1948 
D) wrote The Crucible, inspired by the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUA
C)  
E) was the first African American to play major league baseball and drew more diverse crowds
F)was part of the same Soviet spy ring as Klaus Fuchs, a German-born English nuclear physicist
G)was the consul in charge of U.S.-occupied Japan and served as supreme commander of the UN forces
H)was a senator from Wisconsin who took advantage of anti-Communist anxieties
I)was the secretary of state in 1947 who devised the plan of economic recovery aid to Europe
J)was appointed by Truman to lead UN forces in Korea after April 1951 
A) authored the "Long Telegram" and advised containing Soviet expansionism 
B) organized the GI Forum to foster equal treatment of Mexican American veterans 
C) was governor of South Carolina and the Dixiecrat presidential candidate in 1948 
D) wrote The Crucible, inspired by the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUA
C)  
E) was the first African American to play major league baseball and drew more diverse crowds
F)was part of the same Soviet spy ring as Klaus Fuchs, a German-born English nuclear physicist
G)was the consul in charge of U.S.-occupied Japan and served as supreme commander of the UN forces
H)was a senator from Wisconsin who took advantage of anti-Communist anxieties
I)was the secretary of state in 1947 who devised the plan of economic recovery aid to Europe
J)was appointed by Truman to lead UN forces in Korea after April 1951

Question 11

During the 1948 election, which candidate was MOST critical of the current administration's anti-Soviet policies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Strom Thurmond, a Dixiecrat 
B)  Thomas Dewey, a Republican 
C)  Henry Wallace, a Progressive 
D)  Harry Truman, a Democrat 
E)  George Marshall, an Independent 
A)  Strom Thurmond, a Dixiecrat 
B)  Thomas Dewey, a Republican 
C)  Henry Wallace, a Progressive 
D)  Harry Truman, a Democrat 
E)  George Marshall, an Independent

Question 12

At the 1948 Democratic convention, Minneapolis mayor and liberal Hubert Humphrey urged his party to

Accepted Answer

A)  deny Truman renomination. 
B)  take better care of veterans. 
C)  adopt a strong civil rights plank. 
D)  get tougher on the Russians. 
E)  make him the vice-presidential nominee. 
A)  deny Truman renomination. 
B)  take better care of veterans. 
C)  adopt a strong civil rights plank. 
D)  get tougher on the Russians. 
E)  make him the vice-presidential nominee.

Question 13

What did Truman mean by a Fair Deal? How did it compare to FDR's New Deal?

Accepted Answer

Truman's Fair Deal was a set of domestic

Question 14

Harry Truman was famously short-tempered and outspoken.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Truman banned racial discrimination in the federal government and segregation in the military.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Drawing on the assumptions of the "domino theory," Truman believed the Soviet and Communist activities in Greece would

Accepted Answer

A)  provoke an immediate war with the Americans and the British that would escalate into the third world war. 
B)  help them gain the rich natural resources of the Mediterranean countries and, thus, limit the claim European countries had. 
C)  be merely a game to test the strength of their diplomatic strategies and would not actually pose a threat to the United States. 
D)  allow for the fall of the other nations in eastern Mediterranean, followed by those in Western Europe, if unchecked. 
E)  free those countries from dictatorships and, thus, would ultimately prove beneficial to the United States. 
A)  provoke an immediate war with the Americans and the British that would escalate into the third world war. 
B)  help them gain the rich natural resources of the Mediterranean countries and, thus, limit the claim European countries had. 
C)  be merely a game to test the strength of their diplomatic strategies and would not actually pose a threat to the United States. 
D)  allow for the fall of the other nations in eastern Mediterranean, followed by those in Western Europe, if unchecked. 
E)  free those countries from dictatorships and, thus, would ultimately prove beneficial to the United States.

Question 17

The year 1949 saw both the Communists' winning control of China and the Soviets' development of an atomic bomb.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

As a result of the global burdens the United States assumed after the Second World War, how did the federal government change?

Accepted Answer

A)  Although it grew larger in general, most power remained with Congress, as Congress came to assert its authority far more frequently such as by making the decision to declare war in Korea. 
B)  It became much smaller in response to conservatives' criticisms that big government represented a threat to liberty in America and that taxes funding the federal government were too high. 
C)  Although it grew smaller at the federal level, local and state governments swelled as they took on additional responsibilities, including those that had previously fallen under federal agencies. 
D)  It became smaller due to pressure from the disenchanted American public after people soon realized that the paranoia brought by the Red Scare was in many ways politically motivated. 
E)  It became larger, more powerful, and more secretive, in part due to the actions of both major political parties and the lobbying efforts of the military-industrial complex. 
A)  Although it grew larger in general, most power remained with Congress, as Congress came to assert its authority far more frequently such as by making the decision to declare war in Korea. 
B)  It became much smaller in response to conservatives' criticisms that big government represented a threat to liberty in America and that taxes funding the federal government were too high. 
C)  Although it grew smaller at the federal level, local and state governments swelled as they took on additional responsibilities, including those that had previously fallen under federal agencies. 
D)  It became smaller due to pressure from the disenchanted American public after people soon realized that the paranoia brought by the Red Scare was in many ways politically motivated. 
E)  It became larger, more powerful, and more secretive, in part due to the actions of both major political parties and the lobbying efforts of the military-industrial complex.

Question 19

Baseball was integrated in 1947 when ________ played for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Accepted Answer

A)  Ted Williams 
B)  Ty Cobb 
C)  Cy Young 
D)  Babe Ruth 
E)  Jackie Robinson 
A)  Ted Williams 
B)  Ty Cobb 
C)  Cy Young 
D)  Babe Ruth 
E)  Jackie Robinson

Question 20

What was the role of the Truman Doctrine?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was an American commitment to using atomic bombs as a first line of defense. 
B)  It promised that the United States would only intervene in the Western Hemisphere if necessary. 
C)  It committed the United States to help "free peoples" facing pressure from communism. 
D)  It was a policy at odds with the "domino theory" and, thus, proved widely unpopular at the time. 
E)  It made it clear that the United States would not get involved in the affairs of Europe or Asia again. 
A)  It was an American commitment to using atomic bombs as a first line of defense. 
B)  It promised that the United States would only intervene in the Western Hemisphere if necessary. 
C)  It committed the United States to help "free peoples" facing pressure from communism. 
D)  It was a policy at odds with the "domino theory" and, thus, proved widely unpopular at the time. 
E)  It made it clear that the United States would not get involved in the affairs of Europe or Asia again.

Exam 27: The Cold War and the Fair Deal

To what did Winston Churchill compare the boundary between Soviet-occupied Eastern Europe and Western Europe?

Henry Wallace ran for president in 1948 as the Progressive party candidate.

In the civil war that broke out in Greece after the Second World War, the United States assisted the British-supported government and announced what came to be known as the Truman Doctrine.

Detail the early civil rights movement in the 1940s. In what ways did the Second World War help push this movement into reality?

Discuss the causes and major events that led to the announcement of the Truman Doctrine.

Which of the following reorganized the American defense and intelligence establishment in 1947, creating the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense, National Security Council, and Central Intelligence Agency?

Match each description with the item below. -Ethel Rosenberg

Which of the following appears to have led to the cold war in retrospect?

What were the major international developments during 1949-1950, and how did they alter U.S. foreign policy?

Match each description with the item below. -Joseph R. McCarthy

During the 1948 election, which candidate was MOST critical of the current administration's anti-Soviet policies?

At the 1948 Democratic convention, Minneapolis mayor and liberal Hubert Humphrey urged his party to

What did Truman mean by a Fair Deal? How did it compare to FDR's New Deal?

Harry Truman was famously short-tempered and outspoken.

Truman banned racial discrimination in the federal government and segregation in the military.

Drawing on the assumptions of the "domino theory," Truman believed the Soviet and Communist activities in Greece would

The year 1949 saw both the Communists' winning control of China and the Soviets' development of an atomic bomb.

As a result of the global burdens the United States assumed after the Second World War, how did the federal government change?

Baseball was integrated in 1947 when ________ played for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

What was the role of the Truman Doctrine?

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