Question 1

U.S. aid through the Marshall Plan

Accepted Answer

A)  was offered to the Soviet Union. 
B)  failed to significantly revive European industrial production. 
C)  had little impact on communist influence within nations that accepted aid. 
D)  was opposed by many Republicans in Congress. 
E)  grew more controversial, after a Soviet coup in Czechoslovakia in 1948. 
A)  was offered to the Soviet Union. 
B)  failed to significantly revive European industrial production. 
C)  had little impact on communist influence within nations that accepted aid. 
D)  was opposed by many Republicans in Congress. 
E)  grew more controversial, after a Soviet coup in Czechoslovakia in 1948.

Question 2

Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin were in general agreement that the post-World War II world should not return to the traditional European balance of power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The American military response in Korea began with an invasion at Pyongyang.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In 1948, the Americans for Democratic Action

Accepted Answer

A)  formed as a coalition of conservative Democrats. 
B)  supported Henry Wallace for president. 
C)  was the major support group for President Harry Truman. 
D)  supported Strom Thurmond for president. 
E)  tried to draft Dwight Eisenhower for president. 
A)  formed as a coalition of conservative Democrats. 
B)  supported Henry Wallace for president. 
C)  was the major support group for President Harry Truman. 
D)  supported Strom Thurmond for president. 
E)  tried to draft Dwight Eisenhower for president.

Question 5

Senator Joseph McCarthy's investigations proved there were 205 communists in the State Department.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The American invasion at Inchon during the Korean War

Accepted Answer

A)  was aimed at preventing Chinese communists from entering the war. 
B)  was a military debacle. 
C)  led to a fight between General Douglas MacArthur and President Harry Truman. 
D)  prompted President Truman to try to push communists out of North Korea. 
E)  was ultimately thwarted due to the surprise intervention of the Chinese navy. 
A)  was aimed at preventing Chinese communists from entering the war. 
B)  was a military debacle. 
C)  led to a fight between General Douglas MacArthur and President Harry Truman. 
D)  prompted President Truman to try to push communists out of North Korea. 
E)  was ultimately thwarted due to the surprise intervention of the Chinese navy.

Question 7

The Soviet Union's 1948 blockade of West Berlin was primarily a response to the

Accepted Answer

A)  Marshall Plan. 
B)  United States putting nuclear missiles in Turkey. 
C)  establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 
D)  Truman Doctrine. 
E)  creation of a unified West Germany. 
A)  Marshall Plan. 
B)  United States putting nuclear missiles in Turkey. 
C)  establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 
D)  Truman Doctrine. 
E)  creation of a unified West Germany.

Question 8

States were given permission to pass "right-to-work" laws by the ________ Act of 1947.

Accepted Answer

The answer of States were given permission to pass "right-to-work"...

Question 9

The 1950 National Security Council report known as NSC-68 stated

Accepted Answer

A)  Western allies must take the initiative in resisting communism in their region. 
B)  the United States must resist communism anywhere it developed in the world. 
C)  the defense of Western Europe was the key to winning the fight against communism. 
D)  the United States must gradually increase its level of defense spending. 
E)  that Chinese aggression against Taiwan would result in war. 
A)  Western allies must take the initiative in resisting communism in their region. 
B)  the United States must resist communism anywhere it developed in the world. 
C)  the defense of Western Europe was the key to winning the fight against communism. 
D)  the United States must gradually increase its level of defense spending. 
E)  that Chinese aggression against Taiwan would result in war.

Question 10

In 1949, the Truman administration made progress in civil rights by

Accepted Answer

A)  making lynching a federal crime. 
B)  abolishing the poll tax. 
C)  ordering an end to discrimination in the hiring of government employees. 
D)  establishing the Fair Employment Practices Commission. 
E)  ordering the desegregation of public transportation. 
A)  making lynching a federal crime. 
B)  abolishing the poll tax. 
C)  ordering an end to discrimination in the hiring of government employees. 
D)  establishing the Fair Employment Practices Commission. 
E)  ordering the desegregation of public transportation.

Question 11

President Truman's decision to fire General Douglas MacArthur was supported by many prominent American military leaders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin met together for the first time at Teheran.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The United States was motivated to develop the Marshall Plan in 1947 due to

Accepted Answer

A)  a humanitarian concern for the European people. 
B)  a desire to roll back communism from East Asia. 
C)  a desire to create strong European markets for American goods. 
D)  both a humanitarian concern for the European people, and a desire to create strong European markets for American goods. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  a humanitarian concern for the European people. 
B)  a desire to roll back communism from East Asia. 
C)  a desire to create strong European markets for American goods. 
D)  both a humanitarian concern for the European people, and a desire to create strong European markets for American goods. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 14

In 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Accepted Answer

A)  was created in response to the Soviet Union's Warsaw Pact. 
B)  called for a de-militarized zone across Western Europe. 
C)  declared that an attack on one member nation was an attack on all. 
D)  both was created in response to the Soviet Union's Warsaw Pact, and declared that an attack on one member nation was an attack on all. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  was created in response to the Soviet Union's Warsaw Pact. 
B)  called for a de-militarized zone across Western Europe. 
C)  declared that an attack on one member nation was an attack on all. 
D)  both was created in response to the Soviet Union's Warsaw Pact, and declared that an attack on one member nation was an attack on all. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 15

Beginning in 1947, the United States' policy of "containment" was

Accepted Answer

A)  the basis for its foreign policy for more than forty years. 
B)  first applied in Poland. 
C)  an extension of the Atlantic Charter. 
D)  both the basis for its foreign policy for more than forty years, and an extension of the Atlantic Charter. 
E)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  the basis for its foreign policy for more than forty years. 
B)  first applied in Poland. 
C)  an extension of the Atlantic Charter. 
D)  both the basis for its foreign policy for more than forty years, and an extension of the Atlantic Charter. 
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 16

At the conclusion of the Yalta Conference in 1945, basic disagreements remained on

Accepted Answer

A)  the government of Poland. 
B)  the unification of Germany. 
C)  war reparations to the Soviet Union. 
D)  both the government of Poland and the unification of Germany. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  the government of Poland. 
B)  the unification of Germany. 
C)  war reparations to the Soviet Union. 
D)  both the government of Poland and the unification of Germany. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 17

The "zones of occupation" for postwar Germany left Berlin well inside the Soviet zone.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Between the Yalta Conference and his death, President Franklin Roosevelt

Accepted Answer

A)  saw no evidence that Stalin would not live up to his promises at Yalta. 
B)  concluded that diplomacy would not settle American differences with Stalin. 
C)  began to push for major reparations to the Soviet Union in hopes that it would bring Stalin on board with the Yalta agreements. 
D)  began to coordinate a military strike on the Soviet zone of occupation in Berlin. 
E)  became increasingly concerned, though not without hope, that Stalin was not going to fulfill conference agreements. 
A)  saw no evidence that Stalin would not live up to his promises at Yalta. 
B)  concluded that diplomacy would not settle American differences with Stalin. 
C)  began to push for major reparations to the Soviet Union in hopes that it would bring Stalin on board with the Yalta agreements. 
D)  began to coordinate a military strike on the Soviet zone of occupation in Berlin. 
E)  became increasingly concerned, though not without hope, that Stalin was not going to fulfill conference agreements.

Question 19

The Supreme Court case of Shelley v. Kraemer (1948) dealt a blow to

Accepted Answer

A)  voter discrimination. 
B)  housing discrimination. 
C)  communism in the United States. 
D)  labor unions. 
E)  Truman's plans for national health care. 
A)  voter discrimination. 
B)  housing discrimination. 
C)  communism in the United States. 
D)  labor unions. 
E)  Truman's plans for national health care.

Question 20

The McCarran Internal Security Act

Accepted Answer

A)  outlawed all communist organizations in the United States. 
B)  created the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
C)  was strongly supported by the Truman administration. 
D)  stripped American citizenship from all known communists. 
E)  required communist organizations to register with the government. 
A)  outlawed all communist organizations in the United States. 
B)  created the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
C)  was strongly supported by the Truman administration. 
D)  stripped American citizenship from all known communists. 
E)  required communist organizations to register with the government.

Exam 27: The Cold War

U.S. aid through the Marshall Plan

Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin were in general agreement that the post-World War II world should not return to the traditional European balance of power.

The American military response in Korea began with an invasion at Pyongyang.

In 1948, the Americans for Democratic Action

Senator Joseph McCarthy's investigations proved there were 205 communists in the State Department.

The American invasion at Inchon during the Korean War

The Soviet Union's 1948 blockade of West Berlin was primarily a response to the

States were given permission to pass "right-to-work" laws by the ________ Act of 1947.

The 1950 National Security Council report known as NSC-68 stated

In 1949, the Truman administration made progress in civil rights by

President Truman's decision to fire General Douglas MacArthur was supported by many prominent American military leaders.

Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin met together for the first time at Teheran.

The United States was motivated to develop the Marshall Plan in 1947 due to

In 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Beginning in 1947, the United States' policy of "containment" was

At the conclusion of the Yalta Conference in 1945, basic disagreements remained on

The "zones of occupation" for postwar Germany left Berlin well inside the Soviet zone.

Between the Yalta Conference and his death, President Franklin Roosevelt

The Supreme Court case of Shelley v. Kraemer (1948) dealt a blow to

The McCarran Internal Security Act

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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