Question 1

How do you account for the rise of Joseph McCarthy? Why were his tactics successful? What did he accomplish?

Accepted Answer

The rise of Joseph McCarthy can be accou

Question 2

In 1947, the Truman Doctrine

Accepted Answer

A)  asserted it was the obligation of the United States to support free peoples around the world. 
B)  assumed the Soviet Union would continually attempt a global expansion of its authority. 
C)  was initially invoked to provide aid to Greece and Turkey. 
D)  both asserted it was the obligation of the United States to support free peoples around the world, and assumed the Soviet Union would continually attempt a global expansion of its authority. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  asserted it was the obligation of the United States to support free peoples around the world. 
B)  assumed the Soviet Union would continually attempt a global expansion of its authority. 
C)  was initially invoked to provide aid to Greece and Turkey. 
D)  both asserted it was the obligation of the United States to support free peoples around the world, and assumed the Soviet Union would continually attempt a global expansion of its authority. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 3

At Yalta, Roosevelt and Stalin agreed that Germany should be permanently divided.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In the last months of 1949, events in the Soviet Union and China included

Accepted Answer

A)  Russia's successful test of an atomic weapon. 
B)  the collapse of Mao Zedong's government to communist forces. 
C)  the death of Joseph Stalin. 
D)  both the collapse of Mao Zedong's government to communist forces, and the death of Joseph Stalin. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  Russia's successful test of an atomic weapon. 
B)  the collapse of Mao Zedong's government to communist forces. 
C)  the death of Joseph Stalin. 
D)  both the collapse of Mao Zedong's government to communist forces, and the death of Joseph Stalin. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 5

Beginning in 1947, the House ________ Committee instituted a serious investigation of internal subversion.

Accepted Answer

Un-America

Question 6

How and why did President Truman alter Franklin Roosevelt's foreign policy toward the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

President Truman altered Franklin Roosev

Question 7

Describe the origins of the Cold War, 1945-1947.

Accepted Answer

The origins of the Cold War can be trace

Question 8

The government of Syngman Rhee in Korea after World War II

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A)  was pro-Western. 
B)  had a powerful military. 
C)  was supported by the Soviet Union. 
D)  was backed by communists in China. 
E)  was remarkably democratic. 
A)  was pro-Western. 
B)  had a powerful military. 
C)  was supported by the Soviet Union. 
D)  was backed by communists in China. 
E)  was remarkably democratic.

Question 9

The Truman Doctrine was announced in part to garner support for American aid to two countries, ________ and Turkey.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Truman Doctrine was announced in part...

Question 10

A freshman congressman from California named ________ helped convict Alger Hiss.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A freshman congressman from California named ________...

Question 11

In 1950, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were accused of spying for

Accepted Answer

A)  the Soviet Union. 
B)  North Korea. 
C)  China. 
D)  Poland. 
E)  Israel. 
A)  the Soviet Union. 
B)  North Korea. 
C)  China. 
D)  Poland. 
E)  Israel.

Question 12

Following World War II, the great majority of working American women

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A)  kept the same jobs they had had during the war. 
B)  voluntarily left the labor force. 
C)  moved to jobs outside the service sector. 
D)  found themselves excluded from nearly all employment. 
E)  wanted to keep working. 
A)  kept the same jobs they had had during the war. 
B)  voluntarily left the labor force. 
C)  moved to jobs outside the service sector. 
D)  found themselves excluded from nearly all employment. 
E)  wanted to keep working.

Question 13

The Yalta accords were less a settlement of postwar issues than a set of loose principles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin avoided bitterness by coming to a final settlement on the future of Poland.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Senator Joseph McCarthy routinely accused the Democrats of committing "twenty years of ________."

Accepted Answer

The answer of Senator Joseph McCarthy routinely accused the Democrats...

Question 16

The 1946 elections

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A)  revealed growing public support for President Harry Truman's domestic agenda. 
B)  saw the Democrats retain control of the House, but lose the Senate. 
C)  saw Republicans win control of both houses of Congress. 
D)  saw President Truman chastise Republican critics with the slogan "Had Enough?" 
E)  saw Republicans argue that Truman aimed to roll back the New Deal. 
A)  revealed growing public support for President Harry Truman's domestic agenda. 
B)  saw the Democrats retain control of the House, but lose the Senate. 
C)  saw Republicans win control of both houses of Congress. 
D)  saw President Truman chastise Republican critics with the slogan "Had Enough?" 
E)  saw Republicans argue that Truman aimed to roll back the New Deal.

Question 17

In the years immediately following World War II, the United States policy toward Asia led

Accepted Answer

A)  to U.S. military intervention in China to fight communist advances there. 
B)  President Harry Truman to place restrictions on industrial development in Japan. 
C)  President Truman to threaten communists in China with atomic bombs. 
D)  the United States to provide financial support to Mao Zedong for reasons of stability. 
E)  the Truman administration to encourage the rapid economic growth of Japan. 
A)  to U.S. military intervention in China to fight communist advances there. 
B)  President Harry Truman to place restrictions on industrial development in Japan. 
C)  President Truman to threaten communists in China with atomic bombs. 
D)  the United States to provide financial support to Mao Zedong for reasons of stability. 
E)  the Truman administration to encourage the rapid economic growth of Japan.

Question 18

The Soviets responded to the creation of NATO by forming an alliance with communist governments, called the Warsaw Pact.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed as spies despite two years of protests and appeals by sympathizers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What role did wartime diplomacy, personalities, and tensions play in the coming of the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

Wartime diplomacy, personalities, and te

Exam 27: The Cold War

How do you account for the rise of Joseph McCarthy? Why were his tactics successful? What did he accomplish?

In 1947, the Truman Doctrine

At Yalta, Roosevelt and Stalin agreed that Germany should be permanently divided.

In the last months of 1949, events in the Soviet Union and China included

Beginning in 1947, the House ________ Committee instituted a serious investigation of internal subversion.

How and why did President Truman alter Franklin Roosevelt's foreign policy toward the Soviet Union?

Describe the origins of the Cold War, 1945-1947.

The government of Syngman Rhee in Korea after World War II

The Truman Doctrine was announced in part to garner support for American aid to two countries, ________ and Turkey.

A freshman congressman from California named ________ helped convict Alger Hiss.

In 1950, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were accused of spying for

Following World War II, the great majority of working American women

The Yalta accords were less a settlement of postwar issues than a set of loose principles.

Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin avoided bitterness by coming to a final settlement on the future of Poland.

Senator Joseph McCarthy routinely accused the Democrats of committing "twenty years of ________."

The 1946 elections

In the years immediately following World War II, the United States policy toward Asia led

The Soviets responded to the creation of NATO by forming an alliance with communist governments, called the Warsaw Pact.

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed as spies despite two years of protests and appeals by sympathizers.

What role did wartime diplomacy, personalities, and tensions play in the coming of the Cold War?

The Collision of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderlands

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian Era

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

America’s Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

The Progressives

America and the Great War

The “New Era”

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The Global Crisis, 1921–1941

America in a World at War

The Affluent Society

Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

The Crisis of Authority

From the “Age of Limits” to the Age of Reagan

The Age of Globalization

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