Exam 35: The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

Assess President Truman's response to the outbreak of hostilities in Korea in 1950. Do you think that he acted properly with regard to the United Nations, Congress, and his military commanders? Why or why not?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Joseph McCarthy

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -thirty-eighth parallel

Senator Joseph McCarthy first rose to national prominence by

Locate the following places in East Asia by reference number on the map: Asia, Africa, Australia, Japan, and the Soviet Union in the Early Post-World War II World, c. 1945 ​ -____ North Korea

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?

Under the Truman Doctrine, the United States pledged to

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Thomas Dewey

In early 1945, the United States was extremely eager to secure the Soviet Union's participation in the projected invasion of Japan because

The Rush to the Suburbs Locate the following places in Eastern and Central Europe by reference number on the map: ​​ Europe in the Early Post-World War II Period, c. 1945 -____ Lithuania

The continued growth of the suburbs led to

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -At the wartime Yalta conference, the Big Three allies

Postwar Japan

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek)

Compare and contrast America's anticommunist containment policy in Europe and in East Asia. Why was the policy more successful in Europe than in Asia?

Identify the factors that produced the anticommunist witch hunt, including the outrageous and ruthless actions and government purges connected to Senator Joseph McCarthy, after World War II. List some of its most important short- and long-term consequences for government and nongovernment institutions and Americans who were victims of McCarthyism and the overall postwar anticommunist witch hunt.

The Rush to the Suburbs Locate the following places in Eastern and Central Europe by reference number on the map: ​​ Europe in the Early Post-World War II Period, c. 1945 -____ Czechoslovakia

President Truman's Marshall Plan called for

Do you think that the Nazi and Japanese leaders should have been tried for war crimes even though their crimes were not clearly defined as such before the war began? Why or why not?

What, if any, legitimate concerns might Americans and the American government have had about Soviet spying and American Communists' disloyalty in the late 1940s? Why did the hunt for spies and subversives expand into a wide-ranging political witch hunt that smeared many innocent Americans?