Question 1

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Operation Wetback

Accepted Answer

Operation Wetback was a military-style i

Question 2

Why was it inevitable that the United States and the Soviet Union would eventually come into conflict after the war ended?

Accepted Answer

A)  FDR had privately told his advisers that the wartime friendly relationship between both nations could never last. 
B)  Historically, both nations had never shared long-term interests or values. 
C)  It was clear as early as the Tehran conference that Stalin had never intended to follow through on any of the Grand Alliance agreements. 
D)  Exploitation of Iran's northern oil fields suggested the Soviet Union was already ahead of the United States in postwar economic development. 
E)  The Soviet Union had not fulfilled its obligations from the Yalta conference. 
A)  FDR had privately told his advisers that the wartime friendly relationship between both nations could never last. 
B)  Historically, both nations had never shared long-term interests or values. 
C)  It was clear as early as the Tehran conference that Stalin had never intended to follow through on any of the Grand Alliance agreements. 
D)  Exploitation of Iran's northern oil fields suggested the Soviet Union was already ahead of the United States in postwar economic development. 
E)  The Soviet Union had not fulfilled its obligations from the Yalta conference.

Question 3

Defend the arrests, convictions, and sentences of Alger Hiss and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Were there any similarities in these cases? If so, what were they? How were the outcomes of the cases justified? Explain your position.

Accepted Answer

The arrests, convictions, and sentences

Question 4

Which of the following statements is true of the Fair Deal?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Fair Deal included a provision to reduce public housing. 
B)  Congress passed Truman's Fair Deal to raise the standard of living for Americans. 
C)  The Fair Deal included a provision to freeze the minimum wage. 
D)  The Fair Deal included a provision to create a national health insurance program. 
E)  The Fair Deal included a provision to cut Social Security coverage. 
A)  The Fair Deal included a provision to reduce public housing. 
B)  Congress passed Truman's Fair Deal to raise the standard of living for Americans. 
C)  The Fair Deal included a provision to freeze the minimum wage. 
D)  The Fair Deal included a provision to create a national health insurance program. 
E)  The Fair Deal included a provision to cut Social Security coverage.

Question 5

How did Truman respond to Joseph Stalin's blockade around Berlin?

Accepted Answer

A)  He asked the United Nations to get involved. 
B)  He invaded East Berlin. 
C)  He ordered an airlift. 
D)  He started a long process of diplomatic negotiations. 
E)  He sent supplies by ship. 
A)  He asked the United Nations to get involved. 
B)  He invaded East Berlin. 
C)  He ordered an airlift. 
D)  He started a long process of diplomatic negotiations. 
E)  He sent supplies by ship.

Question 6

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Operation Dixie

Accepted Answer

Operation Dixie was a campaign launched

Question 7

Briefly explain the role that the military industry played during the Cold War.

Accepted Answer

During the Cold War, the military indust

Question 8

Hollywood remained the one voice of protest during the McCarthy era, making films that glorified individualism, socialism, and the questioning of authority.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following describes Oscar Handlin's denunciation?

Accepted Answer

A)  He believed immigrants should pay higher taxes before having the possibility of becoming U.S. citizens. 
B)  He believed all immigrants needed to be more "American" if they wanted to become U.S. citizens. 
C)  He believed the McCarren-Walter Act assumed there were different degrees of American citizenship. 
D)  He believed the government was not making as big an effort as it should to eliminate communism. 
E)  He believed all Russian descendants should be deported. 
A)  He believed immigrants should pay higher taxes before having the possibility of becoming U.S. citizens. 
B)  He believed all immigrants needed to be more "American" if they wanted to become U.S. citizens. 
C)  He believed the McCarren-Walter Act assumed there were different degrees of American citizenship. 
D)  He believed the government was not making as big an effort as it should to eliminate communism. 
E)  He believed all Russian descendants should be deported.

Question 10

The "Iron Curtain"

Accepted Answer

A)  separated south and north Vietnam. 
B)  isolated Japan from the world economy. 
C)  was a term used to ridicule the Soviet Union. 
D)  separated Japan from the rest of Asia. 
E)  was a term used in reference to the division between the capitalist West and the communist East. 
A)  separated south and north Vietnam. 
B)  isolated Japan from the world economy. 
C)  was a term used to ridicule the Soviet Union. 
D)  separated Japan from the rest of Asia. 
E)  was a term used in reference to the division between the capitalist West and the communist East.

Question 11

How was Truman's national health insurance plan defeated?

Accepted Answer

A)  Doctors did not have enough support from patients. 
B)  It appeared to be something that Nazis would endorse. 
C)  It was painted as socialist. 
D)  Insurance companies endorsed the plan. 
E)  Too many doctors faced malpractice suits. 
A)  Doctors did not have enough support from patients. 
B)  It appeared to be something that Nazis would endorse. 
C)  It was painted as socialist. 
D)  Insurance companies endorsed the plan. 
E)  Too many doctors faced malpractice suits.

Question 12

Jackie Robinson, the first black man to play in Major League Baseball, won the Rookie of the Year award.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

After World War II, the U.S. government maintained wartime agencies to regulate production.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Why did Harry Truman's loyalty review system target homosexuals working for the government?

Accepted Answer

A)  The president was an outspoken homophobe. 
B)  Joseph McCarthy's announcement that there were over fifty homosexuals in the State Department had forced Truman's hand. 
C)  Homosexuals were legally prohibited from working for the government. 
D)  Homosexuals were considered susceptible to blackmail and thought to be lacking the manly qualities necessary to fight communism. 
E)  Truman was alleged to be gay himself and sought to deflect any suspicions. 
A)  The president was an outspoken homophobe. 
B)  Joseph McCarthy's announcement that there were over fifty homosexuals in the State Department had forced Truman's hand. 
C)  Homosexuals were legally prohibited from working for the government. 
D)  Homosexuals were considered susceptible to blackmail and thought to be lacking the manly qualities necessary to fight communism. 
E)  Truman was alleged to be gay himself and sought to deflect any suspicions.

Question 15

Harry Truman's reelection in 1948 was one of the greatest upsets in American political history.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Before breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball, Jackie Robinson did what?

Accepted Answer

A)  He served overseas in the navy during World War II. 
B)  He organized a march for voting rights in Selma, Alabama. 
C)  He dropped as a paratrooper in Normandy for D-Day. 
D)  He opposed segregated seating on a bus at Fort Hood, Texas. 
E)  He attempted to break the color barrier of the National Basketball Association. 
A)  He served overseas in the navy during World War II. 
B)  He organized a march for voting rights in Selma, Alabama. 
C)  He dropped as a paratrooper in Normandy for D-Day. 
D)  He opposed segregated seating on a bus at Fort Hood, Texas. 
E)  He attempted to break the color barrier of the National Basketball Association.

Question 17

The charges against which of the following organizations led to the downfall of Joseph McCarthy in 1954?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Defense Department 
B)  the Voice of America 
C)  the State Department 
D)  the army 
E)  the Communist Party 
A)  the Defense Department 
B)  the Voice of America 
C)  the State Department 
D)  the army 
E)  the Communist Party

Question 18

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Accepted Answer

The Universal Declaration of Human Right

Question 19

In the context of the crusade against communism, one critic asked if there was any other way to accept "the aid of tyrants" on practical grounds "without corrupting our speeches by identifying tyranny with freedom." What is he referring to?

Accepted Answer

The critic's question addresses a moral

Question 20

Considering that there were very few radicals involved in the civil rights movement, groups like the NAACP remained unaffected by McCarthyism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 23: The United States and the Cold War, 1945-1953

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Operation Wetback

Why was it inevitable that the United States and the Soviet Union would eventually come into conflict after the war ended?

Defend the arrests, convictions, and sentences of Alger Hiss and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Were there any similarities in these cases? If so, what were they? How were the outcomes of the cases justified? Explain your position.

Which of the following statements is true of the Fair Deal?

How did Truman respond to Joseph Stalin's blockade around Berlin?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Operation Dixie

Briefly explain the role that the military industry played during the Cold War.

Hollywood remained the one voice of protest during the McCarthy era, making films that glorified individualism, socialism, and the questioning of authority.

Which of the following describes Oscar Handlin's denunciation?

The "Iron Curtain"

How was Truman's national health insurance plan defeated?

Jackie Robinson, the first black man to play in Major League Baseball, won the Rookie of the Year award.

After World War II, the U.S. government maintained wartime agencies to regulate production.

Why did Harry Truman's loyalty review system target homosexuals working for the government?

Harry Truman's reelection in 1948 was one of the greatest upsets in American political history.

Before breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball, Jackie Robinson did what?

The charges against which of the following organizations led to the downfall of Joseph McCarthy in 1954?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Universal Declaration of Human Rights

In the context of the crusade against communism, one critic asked if there was any other way to accept "the aid of tyrants" on practical grounds "without corrupting our speeches by identifying tyranny with freedom." What is he referring to?

Considering that there were very few radicals involved in the civil rights movement, groups like the NAACP remained unaffected by McCarthyism.

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Beginnings of English America, 1607-1660

Creating Anglo-America, 1660-1750

Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution, 1763-1783

The Revolution Within

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Securing the Republic, 1790-1815

The Market Revolution, 1800-1840

Democracy in America, 1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform, 1820-1840

A House Divided, 1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War, 1861-1865

What Is Freedom: Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Americas Gilded Age, 1870-1890

Freedoms Boundaries, at Home and Abroad, 1890-1900

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Safe for Democracy: the United States and World War I, 1916-1920

From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties, 1920-1932

The New Deal, 1932-1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II, 1941-1945

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