Question 1

How and why did decolonization struggles and the newly independent states of the Third World become a major battleground in the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

The decolonization struggles and the new

Question 2

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Military-industrial complex

Accepted Answer

The term "military-industrial complex" r

Question 3

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Middle East that correctly identifies each of the following: 
   
Jordan

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying...

Question 4

How did the policies of both the United States and Soviet Union lead to the start of the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

The policies of both the United States a

Question 5

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Middle East that correctly identifies each of the following: 
   
Egypt

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The answer of Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying...

Question 6

Why did President Harry Truman develop the Truman Doctrine in 1947?

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A)  He wanted to give European countries economic assistance. 
B)  He wanted to rebuild the militaries of Great Britain and France in order to resist communism. 
C)  He wanted to provide military and economic aid for Turkey and Greece to resist the spread of communism. 
D)  He wanted to offer the Soviet Union an opportunity for reconciliation. 
E)  He wanted to place atomic weapons under international control. 
A)  He wanted to give European countries economic assistance. 
B)  He wanted to rebuild the militaries of Great Britain and France in order to resist communism. 
C)  He wanted to provide military and economic aid for Turkey and Greece to resist the spread of communism. 
D)  He wanted to offer the Soviet Union an opportunity for reconciliation. 
E)  He wanted to place atomic weapons under international control.

Question 7

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Second Red Scare

Accepted Answer

The Second Red Scare was a period of ant

Question 8

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
NSC-68

Accepted Answer

NSC-68, also known as National Security

Question 9

What substantive civil rights accomplishments did the Truman administration achieve? To what extent were those accomplishments the work of Truman, and to what extent were they the product of outside groups, other branches of the government, and political pressures?

Accepted Answer

The Truman administration achieved sever

Question 10

President Truman was especially motivated to promote civil-rights policies beginning in 1946 because

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A)  He believed African American participation in World War II earned them the full rights of citizenship. 
B)  He wanted to demonstrate to the world that the Soviet Union was far more racist than the U.S. 
C)  International criticism of racism in the U.S. undercut America's ability to espouse democracy abroad. 
D)  All of these choices 
E)  None of these choices 
A)  He believed African American participation in World War II earned them the full rights of citizenship. 
B)  He wanted to demonstrate to the world that the Soviet Union was far more racist than the U.S. 
C)  International criticism of racism in the U.S. undercut America's ability to espouse democracy abroad. 
D)  All of these choices 
E)  None of these choices

Question 11

In what ways did the Cold War affect American life from 1945 to 1953 as decisively as any military engagement that the nation had ever fought? Discuss, for example, the impact of the Cold War on the following: the military; Americans' views of their role in the world; domestic politics; political parties; New Deal liberalism; American conservatism; civil liberties; and learning to live in a nuclear age.

Accepted Answer

The Cold War had a profound impact on Am

Question 12

Discuss the origins of the Cold War. Explain the differences in policy, goals, and assumptions between the United States and the Soviet Union. Is it possible to assess "blame" for the Cold War, or were both sides responsible?

Accepted Answer

The origins of the Cold War can be trace

Question 13

MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of Europe and the Middle East that correctly identifies each of the following: 
   
Iran

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The answer of MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions: Choose the letter on...

Question 14

Who were the "Hollywood Ten"?

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A)  They were a group of prominent film directors and screenwriters who refused to testify about past political associations on the basis of their free speech rights. 
B)  They were the ten most popular film stars of the early 1950s. 
C)  They were the ten most powerful movie producers in Hollywood, who signed on to make anticommunist movies for the federal government. 
D)  They were Harry Truman's favorite movie comedians. 
E)  They were a group of prominent film directors and screenwriters who exposed communist infiltration in the major Hollywood studios. 
A)  They were a group of prominent film directors and screenwriters who refused to testify about past political associations on the basis of their free speech rights. 
B)  They were the ten most popular film stars of the early 1950s. 
C)  They were the ten most powerful movie producers in Hollywood, who signed on to make anticommunist movies for the federal government. 
D)  They were Harry Truman's favorite movie comedians. 
E)  They were a group of prominent film directors and screenwriters who exposed communist infiltration in the major Hollywood studios.

Question 15

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, what did the House Un-American Activities Committee, Hollywood, and some thirty-nine state legislatures have in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were all revealed to be riddled with communist spies and other subversives. 
B)  They all took vigorous stands against the witch hunting of Senator Joseph McCarthy. 
C)  They all participated in the crusade to clear Alger Hiss and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg of charges that they passed secrets to the Soviets. 
D)  They all contributed to the anticommunist hysteria of the period and tried to root out subversives in American society. 
E)  none of these choices. 
A)  They were all revealed to be riddled with communist spies and other subversives. 
B)  They all took vigorous stands against the witch hunting of Senator Joseph McCarthy. 
C)  They all participated in the crusade to clear Alger Hiss and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg of charges that they passed secrets to the Soviets. 
D)  They all contributed to the anticommunist hysteria of the period and tried to root out subversives in American society. 
E)  none of these choices.

Question 16

Why did the Truman administration adopt a "get tough" policy concerning Poland in 1945-1946?

Accepted Answer

A)  Truman worried that the American economy would be hurt by Soviet domination in Eastern Europe. 
B)  Democrats feared the domestic political repercussions of appearing to be abandoning Poland. 
C)  Truman advisers argued that American generosity or conciliation could lead to Soviet aggression. 
D)  Truman wanted to demonstrate that he was in command. 
E)  all of these choices 
A)  Truman worried that the American economy would be hurt by Soviet domination in Eastern Europe. 
B)  Democrats feared the domestic political repercussions of appearing to be abandoning Poland. 
C)  Truman advisers argued that American generosity or conciliation could lead to Soviet aggression. 
D)  Truman wanted to demonstrate that he was in command. 
E)  all of these choices

Question 17

What actions support the notion of President Eisenhower as a centrist or moderate politician?

Accepted Answer

President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who serv

Question 18

Which of the following was not one of the reasons that many Americans became concerned about the nation's security during the late 1940s?

Accepted Answer

A)  The communist victory in China. 
B)  The Soviet development of a hydrogen bomb. 
C)  The discovery of a major spy network that had given American atomic secrets to the Soviets. 
D)  Hysteria about communist infiltrators. 
E)  Publicity over Congressional investigations into communist influence in American life. 
A)  The communist victory in China. 
B)  The Soviet development of a hydrogen bomb. 
C)  The discovery of a major spy network that had given American atomic secrets to the Soviets. 
D)  Hysteria about communist infiltrators. 
E)  Publicity over Congressional investigations into communist influence in American life.

Question 19

Who were the Dixiecrats?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were states' rights segregationists who hoped to deny Truman's re-election and preserve their "way of life." 
B)  They bolted the Democratic party and supported Thomas Dewey in the 1948 presidential election. 
C)  They formed the core of President Truman's support in the solid South during the 1948 election. 
D)  They were Northerners who moved to the south in the postwar years to build new industries and take advantage of cheap labor. 
E)  They were the leftwing Democrats who joined with communists to launch a new Progressive Party in 1948. 
A)  They were states' rights segregationists who hoped to deny Truman's re-election and preserve their "way of life." 
B)  They bolted the Democratic party and supported Thomas Dewey in the 1948 presidential election. 
C)  They formed the core of President Truman's support in the solid South during the 1948 election. 
D)  They were Northerners who moved to the south in the postwar years to build new industries and take advantage of cheap labor. 
E)  They were the leftwing Democrats who joined with communists to launch a new Progressive Party in 1948.

Question 20

MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of Europe and the Middle East that correctly identifies each of the following: 
   
Turkey

Accepted Answer

The answer of MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions: Choose the letter on...

Exam 26: The Cold War Abroad and at Home

How and why did decolonization struggles and the newly independent states of the Third World become a major battleground in the Cold War?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Military-industrial complex

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Middle East that correctly identifies each of the following: Jordan

How did the policies of both the United States and Soviet Union lead to the start of the Cold War?

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Middle East that correctly identifies each of the following: Egypt

Why did President Harry Truman develop the Truman Doctrine in 1947?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Second Red Scare

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. NSC-68

What substantive civil rights accomplishments did the Truman administration achieve? To what extent were those accomplishments the work of Truman, and to what extent were they the product of outside groups, other branches of the government, and political pressures?

President Truman was especially motivated to promote civil-rights policies beginning in 1946 because

Discuss the origins of the Cold War. Explain the differences in policy, goals, and assumptions between the United States and the Soviet Union. Is it possible to assess "blame" for the Cold War, or were both sides responsible?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of Europe and the Middle East that correctly identifies each of the following: Iran

Who were the "Hollywood Ten"?

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, what did the House Un-American Activities Committee, Hollywood, and some thirty-nine state legislatures have in common?

Why did the Truman administration adopt a "get tough" policy concerning Poland in 1945-1946?

What actions support the notion of President Eisenhower as a centrist or moderate politician?

Which of the following was not one of the reasons that many Americans became concerned about the nation's security during the late 1940s?

Who were the Dixiecrats?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of Europe and the Middle East that correctly identifies each of the following: Turkey

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