Question 1

President Truman's domestic legislative plan was dubbed the

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A)  Square Deal. 
B)  New Deal. 
C)  Fair Deal. 
D)  Redeal. 
E)  New Frontier. 
A)  Square Deal. 
B)  New Deal. 
C)  Fair Deal. 
D)  Redeal. 
E)  New Frontier.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

Accepted Answer

American citizens convicted an

Question 3

Should the victory of the communists in the Chinese civil war in 1949 be judged as a failure of American foreign policy? Why or why not?

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The victory of the communists in the Chi

Question 4

Before he was elected vice president of the United States in 1944, Harry S Truman had served as all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  a haberdashery store owner. 
B)  secretary of the navy. 
C)  a World War I artillery officer.. 
D)  a World War I artillery officer. 
E)  a United States senator. 
A)  a haberdashery store owner. 
B)  secretary of the navy. 
C)  a World War I artillery officer.. 
D)  a World War I artillery officer. 
E)  a United States senator.

Question 5

The National Security Act of 1947 created the

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A)  Joint Chiefs of Staff. 
B)  Central Intelligence Agency. 
C)  Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
D)  Selective Service System. 
E)  Department of Defense. 
A)  Joint Chiefs of Staff. 
B)  Central Intelligence Agency. 
C)  Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
D)  Selective Service System. 
E)  Department of Defense.

Question 6

In response to Senator Joseph McCarthy's anticommunist attacks, President Eisenhower

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A)  publicly denounced him only after he attacked General George Marshall. 
B)  quietly encouraged him to continue his attacks on Democrats. 
C)  publicly opposed his ruthless tactics but privately enjoyed his personal charm. 
D)  declined to confront the senator's irresponsible accusations of communism against upstanding and loyal government officials, effectively allowing him to control personnel policy at the State Department. 
E)  privately supported him but publicly kept his distance. 
A)  publicly denounced him only after he attacked General George Marshall. 
B)  quietly encouraged him to continue his attacks on Democrats. 
C)  publicly opposed his ruthless tactics but privately enjoyed his personal charm. 
D)  declined to confront the senator's irresponsible accusations of communism against upstanding and loyal government officials, effectively allowing him to control personnel policy at the State Department. 
E)  privately supported him but publicly kept his distance.

Question 7

Senator McCarthy's anti-communist crusade ended when he

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A)  began to attack the personal integrity of General George C. Marshall. 
B)  alleged that there were communists in Hollywood. 
C)  alleged that there were communists in the Foreign Service. 
D)  alleged that many college professors were communists. 
E)  maliciously and recklessly attacked the U.S. Army for allegedly sheltering communists. 
A)  began to attack the personal integrity of General George C. Marshall. 
B)  alleged that there were communists in Hollywood. 
C)  alleged that there were communists in the Foreign Service. 
D)  alleged that many college professors were communists. 
E)  maliciously and recklessly attacked the U.S. Army for allegedly sheltering communists.

Question 8

The immediate crisis that prompted the announcement of the Truman Doctrine was related to the threat of a communist takeover in

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A)  Iran. 
B)  Greece and Turkey. 
C)  Communist China. 
D)  Czechoslovakia. 
E)  West Germany. 
A)  Iran. 
B)  Greece and Turkey. 
C)  Communist China. 
D)  Czechoslovakia. 
E)  West Germany.

Question 9

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) Berlin airlift, (B) Korean War, and (C) fall of China.

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A)  A, C, B 
B)  A, C, B.. 
C)  A, C, B. 
D)  A, C, B... 
E)  C, B, A 
A)  A, C, B 
B)  A, C, B.. 
C)  A, C, B. 
D)  A, C, B... 
E)  C, B, A

Question 10

Soviet specialist George F. Kennan framed a coherent approach for America in the Cold War by advising a policy of

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A)  détente. 
B)  appeasement. 
C)  containment. 
D)  rollback. 
E)  negotiation. 
A)  détente. 
B)  appeasement. 
C)  containment. 
D)  rollback. 
E)  negotiation.

Question 11

Much of the prosperity of the 1950s and 1960s rested on the underpinnings of

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A)  foreign aid. 
B)  income and business tax cuts on the wealthy. 
C)  foreign trade. 
D)  a thriving automobile industry. 
E)  colossal military budgets. 
A)  foreign aid. 
B)  income and business tax cuts on the wealthy. 
C)  foreign trade. 
D)  a thriving automobile industry. 
E)  colossal military budgets.

Question 12

Though he was decidedly unpopular when he left the presidency, President Truman has since come to be viewed as one of America's 10 greatest presidents. Explain why his popularity was so low in 1952 and why he is so well-rated in retrospect. What is your evaluation of President Truman as president? Defend you view with specific examples illustrating Truman's performance.

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President Truman's low popularity in 195

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of Douglas MacArthur.

Accepted Answer

Allied commander who was fired

Question 14

Explain the rationale for the postwar policy of containment. Show how it was applied in the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, NATO, the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947, the creation of the "Voice of America," and the resurrection of the military draft in 1948. What were the realistic U.S. foreign policy alternatives to containment, and why weren't they explored by the Truman administration?

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The rationale for the postwar policy of

Question 15

Evaluate President Truman's strategy and conduct as Commander-in-Chief during the Korean War. Assess the realism of his goals and the propriety of his means.

Accepted Answer

President Truman's strategy and conduct

Question 16

The passage of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act (GI Bill of Rights) was partly motivated by

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A)  fear of postwar veterans' protests. 
B)  memories of the mistreatment of the veterans' Bonus Army in the 1930s. 
C)  fear that the labor markets could not absorb millions of discharged veterans. 
D)  a desire to expand the social diversity of American colleges and universities. 
E)  the need of American business for a more highly educated workforce. 
A)  fear of postwar veterans' protests. 
B)  memories of the mistreatment of the veterans' Bonus Army in the 1930s. 
C)  fear that the labor markets could not absorb millions of discharged veterans. 
D)  a desire to expand the social diversity of American colleges and universities. 
E)  the need of American business for a more highly educated workforce.

Question 17

The fundamental idea of the containment doctrine, embraced by President Truman, was

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A)  the Soviet Union should be gradually forced to give up its sphere of influence in Eastern Europe. 
B)  the Soviet Union should be prevented from trading with nations in Africa and Asia. 
C)  the West and the Soviet Union should seek to contain the spread of nuclear weapons. 
D)  Soviet communist expansion in regions of the world should be blocked by firm political, economic, military, and diplomatic defense of free peoples and nations by America. 
E)  military competition between the West and the Soviets should be replaced by economic competition. 
A)  the Soviet Union should be gradually forced to give up its sphere of influence in Eastern Europe. 
B)  the Soviet Union should be prevented from trading with nations in Africa and Asia. 
C)  the West and the Soviet Union should seek to contain the spread of nuclear weapons. 
D)  Soviet communist expansion in regions of the world should be blocked by firm political, economic, military, and diplomatic defense of free peoples and nations by America. 
E)  military competition between the West and the Soviets should be replaced by economic competition.

Question 18

The continued growth of the suburbs led to

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A)  increased school integration. 
B)  better entertainment opportunities in the cities. 
C)  an increase in urban poverty. 
D)  a decrease in urban crime. 
E)  more efficient transportation. 
A)  increased school integration. 
B)  better entertainment opportunities in the cities. 
C)  an increase in urban poverty. 
D)  a decrease in urban crime. 
E)  more efficient transportation.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of George F. Kennan.

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Diplomat and Soviet

Question 20

As a result of Senator McCarthy's crusade against communist subversion in America

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A)  the FBI was shown to have had several spies working as communist agents. 
B)  the United States Army was forced to give dishonorable discharges to more than 100 officers. 
C)  the State Department lost a number of Asian specialists who might have counseled a wiser course in Vietnam. 
D)  Eisenhower nearly lost the Republican presidential nomination in 1956. 
E)  the United States achieved a stronger settlement in Korea. 
A)  the FBI was shown to have had several spies working as communist agents. 
B)  the United States Army was forced to give dishonorable discharges to more than 100 officers. 
C)  the State Department lost a number of Asian specialists who might have counseled a wiser course in Vietnam. 
D)  Eisenhower nearly lost the Republican presidential nomination in 1956. 
E)  the United States achieved a stronger settlement in Korea.

Exam 34: The Cold War Begins

President Truman's domestic legislative plan was dubbed the

Identify and state the historical significance of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

Should the victory of the communists in the Chinese civil war in 1949 be judged as a failure of American foreign policy? Why or why not?

Before he was elected vice president of the United States in 1944, Harry S Truman had served as all of the following EXCEPT

The National Security Act of 1947 created the

In response to Senator Joseph McCarthy's anticommunist attacks, President Eisenhower

Senator McCarthy's anti-communist crusade ended when he

The immediate crisis that prompted the announcement of the Truman Doctrine was related to the threat of a communist takeover in

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) Berlin airlift, (B) Korean War, and (C) fall of China.

Soviet specialist George F. Kennan framed a coherent approach for America in the Cold War by advising a policy of

Much of the prosperity of the 1950s and 1960s rested on the underpinnings of

Identify and state the historical significance of Douglas MacArthur.

Evaluate President Truman's strategy and conduct as Commander-in-Chief during the Korean War. Assess the realism of his goals and the propriety of his means.

The passage of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act (GI Bill of Rights) was partly motivated by

The fundamental idea of the containment doctrine, embraced by President Truman, was

The continued growth of the suburbs led to

Identify and state the historical significance of George F. Kennan.

As a result of Senator McCarthy's crusade against communist subversion in America

New World Beginnings

The Contest for North America

Settling the English Colonies

American Life in the Seventeenth Century

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

The Road to Revolution

America Secedes From the Empire

The Confederation and the Constitution

Launching the New Ship of State

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism

The Rise of a Mass Democracy

Forging the National Economy

The Ferment of Reform and Culture

The South and the Slavery Controversy

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy

Renewing the Sectional Struggle

Drifting Toward Disunion

Girding for War the North and the South

The Furnace of Civil War

The Ordeal of Reconstruction

The Industrial Era Dawns

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

America Moves to the City

The Conquest of the West

Rumbles of Discontent

Empire and Expansion

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War

American Life in the Roaring Twenties

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War

America in World War II

American Zenith

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A Sea of Troubles

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America Confronts the Post Cold War Era

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