Question 1

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Eleanor Roosevelt

Accepted Answer

A) accused Alger Hiss of being a spy 
B) Korean War commander 
C) 1948 Progressive Party candidate 
D) critic of the Cold War 
E) prosecuted by HUAC
F)"Who Is Loyal to America?"
G)author of containment doctrine
H)black baseball star
I)Fair Deal
J)senator from Wisconsin
K)chaired committee on human rights
L)convicted of spying 
A) accused Alger Hiss of being a spy 
B) Korean War commander 
C) 1948 Progressive Party candidate 
D) critic of the Cold War 
E) prosecuted by HUAC
F)"Who Is Loyal to America?"
G)author of containment doctrine
H)black baseball star
I)Fair Deal
J)senator from Wisconsin
K)chaired committee on human rights
L)convicted of spying K

Question 2

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Henry Wallace

Accepted Answer

A) accused Alger Hiss of being a spy 
B) Korean War commander 
C) 1948 Progressive Party candidate 
D) critic of the Cold War 
E) prosecuted by HUAC
F)"Who Is Loyal to America?"
G)author of containment doctrine
H)black baseball star
I)Fair Deal
J)senator from Wisconsin
K)chaired committee on human rights
L)convicted of spying 
A) accused Alger Hiss of being a spy 
B) Korean War commander 
C) 1948 Progressive Party candidate 
D) critic of the Cold War 
E) prosecuted by HUAC
F)"Who Is Loyal to America?"
G)author of containment doctrine
H)black baseball star
I)Fair Deal
J)senator from Wisconsin
K)chaired committee on human rights
L)convicted of spying C

Question 3

Truman was advised to "scare the hell out of people" as a means of gaining support for aid to Greece and Turkey.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

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? Why were the outcomes of the cases justified? Explain your position.

Accepted Answer

The arrests, convictions, and sentences

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

The Taft-Hartley Act, officially known a

Question 6

Why were American diplomats particularly dismayed that the Soviets had installed a procommunist government in Poland in 1945?

Accepted Answer

A)  U.S. forces had hoped to include Poland in the western European security pact that later became known at NATO. 
B)  The Soviet Union had ruled Poland brutally prior to the war and was responsible for most of the killings that took place there in the war. 
C)  Stalin had promised Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt at Yalta that he would allow a democratic government in Poland. 
D)  Americans feared that Soviet control of Poland would make it easier for the Red Army to capture and control all of Germany. 
E)  Poland had significant oil reserves that British and U.S. interests had planned to tap in an expanded Baltic Trade Agreement after the war. 
A)  U.S. forces had hoped to include Poland in the western European security pact that later became known at NATO. 
B)  The Soviet Union had ruled Poland brutally prior to the war and was responsible for most of the killings that took place there in the war. 
C)  Stalin had promised Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt at Yalta that he would allow a democratic government in Poland. 
D)  Americans feared that Soviet control of Poland would make it easier for the Red Army to capture and control all of Germany. 
E)  Poland had significant oil reserves that British and U.S. interests had planned to tap in an expanded Baltic Trade Agreement after the war.

Question 7

How did the States Rights' Democratic Party and the Progressive Party reflect America in the Cold War? Were both parties justified in their definitions of American freedom? Why,or why not? Explain.

Accepted Answer

The States Rights' Democratic Party, als

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

The Korean War, which lasted from 1950 t

Question 9

Why did the United States back away from pressuring its European allies to grant self-government to colonies in Asia and Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)  American diplomats valued nations like France more highly for their alliance in the European Cold War. 
B)  Since the United States was expanding its own empire, it was losing the moral high ground against European colonial powers. 
C)  American strategists reasoned that national independence in Asia and Africa was likely to benefit the Soviet Union more than the United States. 
D)  Southern Democrats in Congress did not want to inspire civil rights campaigns at home by supporting national independence in Asia or Africa. 
E)  The United States depended on European nations to wage war against communists in the developing world. 
A)  American diplomats valued nations like France more highly for their alliance in the European Cold War. 
B)  Since the United States was expanding its own empire, it was losing the moral high ground against European colonial powers. 
C)  American strategists reasoned that national independence in Asia and Africa was likely to benefit the Soviet Union more than the United States. 
D)  Southern Democrats in Congress did not want to inspire civil rights campaigns at home by supporting national independence in Asia or Africa. 
E)  The United States depended on European nations to wage war against communists in the developing world.

Question 10

The Marshall Plan:

Accepted Answer

A)  provided economic assistance to the Soviets. 
B)  was a U.S.-Soviet program to rebuild Europe. 
C)  offered economic assistance to noncommunist governments. 
D)  was limited in scope and focused on West Germany. 
E)  was largely unsuccessful for lack of support from Congress. 
A)  provided economic assistance to the Soviets. 
B)  was a U.S.-Soviet program to rebuild Europe. 
C)  offered economic assistance to noncommunist governments. 
D)  was limited in scope and focused on West Germany. 
E)  was largely unsuccessful for lack of support from Congress.

Question 11

Organized labor emerged as:

Accepted Answer

A)  a vocal critic of McCarthyism. 
B)  a major supporter of the foreign policy of the Cold War. 
C)  a radical wing of the Communist Party. 
D)  a militant group willing to fight the Red Scare. 
E)  the best informants for the FBI and HUAC. 
A)  a vocal critic of McCarthyism. 
B)  a major supporter of the foreign policy of the Cold War. 
C)  a radical wing of the Communist Party. 
D)  a militant group willing to fight the Red Scare. 
E)  the best informants for the FBI and HUAC.

Question 12

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Douglas MacArthur

Accepted Answer

A) accused Alger Hiss of being a spy 
B) Korean War commander 
C) 1948 Progressive Party candidate 
D) critic of the Cold War 
E) prosecuted by HUAC
F)"Who Is Loyal to America?"
G)author of containment doctrine
H)black baseball star
I)Fair Deal
J)senator from Wisconsin
K)chaired committee on human rights
L)convicted of spying 
A) accused Alger Hiss of being a spy 
B) Korean War commander 
C) 1948 Progressive Party candidate 
D) critic of the Cold War 
E) prosecuted by HUAC
F)"Who Is Loyal to America?"
G)author of containment doctrine
H)black baseball star
I)Fair Deal
J)senator from Wisconsin
K)chaired committee on human rights
L)convicted of spying

Question 13

Why did anticommunist Harry Truman veto the McCarran-Walter Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  The anticommunist measures targeting immigrants did not go far enough for Truman. 
B)  The McCarran-Walter Act closely mirrored the Committee on Immigration's report, Whom Shall We Welcome, an investigative body commissioned by Truman's political enemies. 
C)  Truman had become alarmed at the excesses of the anticommunist crusade. 
D)  Truman did not actually veto the act, preferring to propose an alternative bill. 
E)  The bill did not adequately address how to respond to illegal aliens. 
A)  The anticommunist measures targeting immigrants did not go far enough for Truman. 
B)  The McCarran-Walter Act closely mirrored the Committee on Immigration's report, Whom Shall We Welcome, an investigative body commissioned by Truman's political enemies. 
C)  Truman had become alarmed at the excesses of the anticommunist crusade. 
D)  Truman did not actually veto the act, preferring to propose an alternative bill. 
E)  The bill did not adequately address how to respond to illegal aliens.

Question 14

In 1948,the Progressive Party:

Accepted Answer

A)  advocated expanded social welfare programs. 
B)  supported segregation. 
C)  supported Truman's civil rights proposals. 
D)  agreed with Truman's Cold War policies. 
E)  did not allow socialists or communists to join. 
A)  advocated expanded social welfare programs. 
B)  supported segregation. 
C)  supported Truman's civil rights proposals. 
D)  agreed with Truman's Cold War policies. 
E)  did not allow socialists or communists to join.

Question 15

The Berlin Airlift made it clear that Truman was determined to deny the Soviet Union any victories in the Cold War.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

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 17

Undersecretary of State Dean Acheson delivered a major speech defending Harry Truman's pledge to aid "free peoples" who were protecting their "democratic institutions" that were outlined in the Truman Doctrine.Acheson's audience was a Mississippi organization,the Delta Council.While its members enjoyed genuine freedom and democracy,most of the residents of the Delta region did not.Write an essay that analyzes the complexities of a foreign policy that warns of the liberties endangered by communism and yet denies those very liberties at home to its own citizens under the banner of "life,liberty,and the pursuit of happiness."

Accepted Answer

The complexities of a foreign policy tha

Question 18

The Korean War became the first American conflict fought by an integrated army since the War for Independence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The United States won the Korean War.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and give the historical significance of...

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

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Eleanor Roosevelt

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Henry Wallace

Truman was advised to "scare the hell out of people" as a means of gaining support for aid to Greece and Turkey.

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? Why were the outcomes of the cases justified? Explain your position.

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

Why were American diplomats particularly dismayed that the Soviets had installed a procommunist government in Poland in 1945?

How did the States Rights' Democratic Party and the Progressive Party reflect America in the Cold War? Were both parties justified in their definitions of American freedom? Why,or why not? Explain.

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

Why did the United States back away from pressuring its European allies to grant self-government to colonies in Asia and Africa?

The Marshall Plan:

Organized labor emerged as:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Douglas MacArthur

Why did anticommunist Harry Truman veto the McCarran-Walter Act?

In 1948,the Progressive Party:

The Berlin Airlift made it clear that Truman was determined to deny the Soviet Union any victories in the Cold War.

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

The Korean War became the first American conflict fought by an integrated army since the War for Independence.

The United States won the Korean War.

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

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