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

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South Carolina's governor Strom Thurmond protested President Truman's intention to enforce civil rights on a federal level,arguing that this would "convert America into a Hitler state."

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Question 21

What reason did the Hollywood Ten give for not cooperating with the HUAC hearings?

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Question 22

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

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Question 23

Republicans won control of both branches of Congress in 1946 due in part to voter unhappiness over labor disputes.

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

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Question 25

According to some critics,how did the casting of the Cold War as a worldwide struggle between freedom and slavery have unfortunate consequences?

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Question 26

What was so ironic about Dean Acheson's speech to the Delta Council in 1947?

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Question 27

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

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Question 28

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Marshall Plan

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Question 29

Why did France and other Europeans understand NATO as a form of double containment?

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Question 30

How did the United States respond to Joseph Stalin's blockade around Berlin?

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Question 31

Why did southern Democrats fear losing their position in the Democratic Party following its national convention of 1948?

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Question 32

What did Eleanor Roosevelt do of particular significance several years after the war ended?

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Question 33

Who were the "Dixiecrats"?

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Question 34

The impact of the Cold War on the civil rights movement:

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Fair Deal

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Question 36

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Army-McCarthy hearings

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Question 37

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Truman Doctrine

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Question 38

Both the Taft-Hartley Act and the McCarran-Walter Act passed over Truman's veto.

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Question 39

The Cold War impacted every aspect of American life.Discuss the domestic implications of the Cold War.Your essay should explain how the Cold War affected higher education,the economy,immigration policy,civil rights,and civil liberties.

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

South Carolina's governor Strom Thurmond protested President Truman's intention to enforce civil rights on a federal level,arguing that this would "convert America into a Hitler state."

What reason did the Hollywood Ten give for not cooperating with the HUAC hearings?

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

Republicans won control of both branches of Congress in 1946 due in part to voter unhappiness over labor disputes.

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

According to some critics,how did the casting of the Cold War as a worldwide struggle between freedom and slavery have unfortunate consequences?

What was so ironic about Dean Acheson's speech to the Delta Council in 1947?

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

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Marshall Plan

Why did France and other Europeans understand NATO as a form of double containment?

How did the United States respond to Joseph Stalin's blockade around Berlin?

Why did southern Democrats fear losing their position in the Democratic Party following its national convention of 1948?

What did Eleanor Roosevelt do of particular significance several years after the war ended?

Who were the "Dixiecrats"?

The impact of the Cold War on the civil rights movement:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Fair Deal

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Army-McCarthy hearings

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Truman Doctrine

Both the Taft-Hartley Act and the McCarran-Walter Act passed over Truman's veto.

The Cold War impacted every aspect of American life.Discuss the domestic implications of the Cold War.Your essay should explain how the Cold War affected higher education,the economy,immigration policy,civil rights,and civil liberties.

A New World

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

Founding a Nation,1783-1791

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

America’s Gilded Age,1870-1890

Freedom’s Boundaries,at Home and Abroad,1890-1900

The Progressive Era,1900-1916

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

An Affluent Society,1953-1960

The Sixties,1960-1968

The Triumph of Conservatism,1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy,1989–2001

A New Century and New Crises

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