Question 1

How did the Soviet focus on social and economic rights in the Cold War human rights debate affect American attitudes?

Accepted Answer

A)  It caused millions of Americans to be jealous and get curious about the Soviet Union. 
B)  It inspired American politicians to invoke the example of the Soviet Union in order to push for bolder reincarnations of the New Deal. 
C)  In the climate of anticommunist hysteria, it prompted many Americans to condemn these rights as a first step to socialism. 
D)  It gave Americans comfort to know that their own emphasis on social and economic rights placed them far ahead of the Soviet Union. 
E)  It secured voting rights for women along with a quota system for political leadership positions. 
A)  It caused millions of Americans to be jealous and get curious about the Soviet Union. 
B)  It inspired American politicians to invoke the example of the Soviet Union in order to push for bolder reincarnations of the New Deal. 
C)  In the climate of anticommunist hysteria, it prompted many Americans to condemn these rights as a first step to socialism. 
D)  It gave Americans comfort to know that their own emphasis on social and economic rights placed them far ahead of the Soviet Union. 
E)  It secured voting rights for women along with a quota system for political leadership positions.

Question 2

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Henry Steele Commager

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 3

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Joe McCarthy

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 4

During the Cold War,Americans:

Accepted Answer

A)  formed anticommunist groups who pressured public libraries to remove "un-American" books from their shelves. 
B)  were united in their outrage over the jailing of Communist Party leaders. 
C)  fired teachers who refused to sign loyalty oaths. 
D)  remained generally unconcerned over the prospect of communists living in America. 
E)  A and C 
A)  formed anticommunist groups who pressured public libraries to remove "un-American" books from their shelves. 
B)  were united in their outrage over the jailing of Communist Party leaders. 
C)  fired teachers who refused to sign loyalty oaths. 
D)  remained generally unconcerned over the prospect of communists living in America. 
E)  A and C

Question 5

The "Iron Curtain":

Accepted Answer

A)  separated the free West from the communist East. 
B)  divided East and West Germany. 
C)  separated the United States from the Soviet Union. 
D)  separated Japan from the rest of Asia. 
E)  divided North and South Korea. 
A)  separated the free West from the communist East. 
B)  divided East and West Germany. 
C)  separated the United States from the Soviet Union. 
D)  separated Japan from the rest of Asia. 
E)  divided North and South Korea.

Question 6

Describe how the Cold War was fought by each superpower.Be sure to discuss how both the United States and the Soviet Union believed that their social systems were firmly based on principles of freedom and social justice.

Accepted Answer

The Cold War was fought by each superpow

Question 7

Which statement best describes what NSC-68 called for?

Accepted Answer

A)  Patience on the part of the United States in dealing with the Soviet Union. 
B)  A permanent military buildup and a global application of containment. 
C)  Limited strategic goals, confronting the Soviets only at key industrial areas. 
D)  A sole reliance on nuclear weapons in order to spare conventional forces. 
E)  Limited strategic goals, confronting the Chinese only at key industrial areas. 
A)  Patience on the part of the United States in dealing with the Soviet Union. 
B)  A permanent military buildup and a global application of containment. 
C)  Limited strategic goals, confronting the Soviets only at key industrial areas. 
D)  A sole reliance on nuclear weapons in order to spare conventional forces. 
E)  Limited strategic goals, confronting the Chinese only at key industrial areas.

Question 8

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Jackie Robinson

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 9

Joseph McCarthy:

Accepted Answer

A)  had the full support of the Senate during his anticommunist crusade. 
B)  successfully uncovered the communist infiltration of the federal government. 
C)  successfully uncovered the communist infiltration of the U.S. army. 
D)  was hailed as an American hero for his fight against communism. 
E)  was an embarrassment to his party by 1954. 
A)  had the full support of the Senate during his anticommunist crusade. 
B)  successfully uncovered the communist infiltration of the federal government. 
C)  successfully uncovered the communist infiltration of the U.S. army. 
D)  was hailed as an American hero for his fight against communism. 
E)  was an embarrassment to his party by 1954.

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

The Marshall Plan, officially known as t

Question 11

Overall,despite good intentions,the Marshall Plan was not very successful.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

"Totalitarian" had become a shorthand way of describing those on the other side in the Cold War.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

How had the political climate changed in the South during World War II in the early Cold War years?

Accepted Answer

A)  The mass exodus of African-Americans for the West Coast and Northeast left the region almost exclusively white. 
B)  The high concentration of prisoner-of-war camps in the region had made these southerners savvy in foreign affairs. 
C)  The number of African-Americans in the region that were registered to vote increased sevenfold. 
D)  In light of the fight against an enemy with a racial ideology, the states of the upper South abolished segregation and Jim Crow rule. 
E)  The region's central role in the development of the atom bomb made it the capital of militant Cold War politics. 
A)  The mass exodus of African-Americans for the West Coast and Northeast left the region almost exclusively white. 
B)  The high concentration of prisoner-of-war camps in the region had made these southerners savvy in foreign affairs. 
C)  The number of African-Americans in the region that were registered to vote increased sevenfold. 
D)  In light of the fight against an enemy with a racial ideology, the states of the upper South abolished segregation and Jim Crow rule. 
E)  The region's central role in the development of the atom bomb made it the capital of militant Cold War politics.

Question 14

George Kennan's Long Telegram laid the foundation for the policy of containment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-States' Rights Party

Accepted Answer

A) attempted to unionize the South 
B) deported illegal aliens 
C) Greece and Turkey 
D) Dixiecrats 
E) outlined containment policy
F)"slave labor" bill
G)recommended increased spending on defense
H)first peacetime alliance for the United States
I)Truman's domestic program
J)economic aid to Europe
K)Harry Truman
L)set quotas on immigrants
M)downfall of McCarthy 
A) attempted to unionize the South 
B) deported illegal aliens 
C) Greece and Turkey 
D) Dixiecrats 
E) outlined containment policy
F)"slave labor" bill
G)recommended increased spending on defense
H)first peacetime alliance for the United States
I)Truman's domestic program
J)economic aid to Europe
K)Harry Truman
L)set quotas on immigrants
M)downfall of McCarthy

Question 16

Fully discuss and examine the limitations placed on freedom during the Cold War.Then compare those circumstances with those during the Red Scare after World War I.What was the same? What was different? Were restrictions on civil liberties justified in both cases? Why,or why not? How did Americans react in each era?

Accepted Answer

During the Cold War, limitations on free

Question 17

How did the Freedom Train suggest the meaning of freedom remained controversial?

Accepted Answer

A)  Protests erupted in a number of cities over the required recitation of the Freedom Pledge and signing of the Freedom Scroll for access to the exhibit. 
B)  American Heritage Foundation members were unhappy the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments were withdrawn from the documents to be displayed. 
C)  The Wagner Act, the law guaranteeing workers' right to form unions, was removed from inclusion in the documents display. 
D)  The international press criticized the spectacle accompanying the American train when millions of people were suffering amid the ruins of World War II. 
E)  Many viewers were upset that Native American treaties that showed the U.S. in a negative light were included. 
A)  Protests erupted in a number of cities over the required recitation of the Freedom Pledge and signing of the Freedom Scroll for access to the exhibit. 
B)  American Heritage Foundation members were unhappy the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments were withdrawn from the documents to be displayed. 
C)  The Wagner Act, the law guaranteeing workers' right to form unions, was removed from inclusion in the documents display. 
D)  The international press criticized the spectacle accompanying the American train when millions of people were suffering amid the ruins of World War II. 
E)  Many viewers were upset that Native American treaties that showed the U.S. in a negative light were included.

Question 18

After World War II,the only nation that could rival the United States was:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Soviet Union. 
B)  Germany. 
C)  Japan. 
D)  Great Britain. 
E)  France. 
A)  the Soviet Union. 
B)  Germany. 
C)  Japan. 
D)  Great Britain. 
E)  France.

Question 19

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Operation Wetback

Accepted Answer

A) attempted to unionize the South 
B) deported illegal aliens 
C) Greece and Turkey 
D) Dixiecrats 
E) outlined containment policy
F)"slave labor" bill
G)recommended increased spending on defense
H)first peacetime alliance for the United States
I)Truman's domestic program
J)economic aid to Europe
K)Harry Truman
L)set quotas on immigrants
M)downfall of McCarthy 
A) attempted to unionize the South 
B) deported illegal aliens 
C) Greece and Turkey 
D) Dixiecrats 
E) outlined containment policy
F)"slave labor" bill
G)recommended increased spending on defense
H)first peacetime alliance for the United States
I)Truman's domestic program
J)economic aid to Europe
K)Harry Truman
L)set quotas on immigrants
M)downfall of McCarthy

Question 20

Why did American policymakers agree to spend billions of dollars on the economic recovery of Europe under the Marshall Plan?

Accepted Answer

A)  They hoped to provoke the Soviet Union with this program. 
B)  They were trying to further solidify the division between the East and the West on the continent. 
C)  They were happy to provide their own constituents with profitable defense contracts. 
D)  They were afraid that if they did not help with the recovery, western European nations might fall into the Soviet sphere of influence. 
E)  Most Americans still had immediate family in Europe and felt a strong personal connection. 
A)  They hoped to provoke the Soviet Union with this program. 
B)  They were trying to further solidify the division between the East and the West on the continent. 
C)  They were happy to provide their own constituents with profitable defense contracts. 
D)  They were afraid that if they did not help with the recovery, western European nations might fall into the Soviet sphere of influence. 
E)  Most Americans still had immediate family in Europe and felt a strong personal connection.

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

How did the Soviet focus on social and economic rights in the Cold War human rights debate affect American attitudes?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Henry Steele Commager

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Joe McCarthy

During the Cold War,Americans:

The "Iron Curtain":

Describe how the Cold War was fought by each superpower.Be sure to discuss how both the United States and the Soviet Union believed that their social systems were firmly based on principles of freedom and social justice.

Which statement best describes what NSC-68 called for?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Jackie Robinson

Joseph McCarthy:

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

Overall,despite good intentions,the Marshall Plan was not very successful.

"Totalitarian" had become a shorthand way of describing those on the other side in the Cold War.

How had the political climate changed in the South during World War II in the early Cold War years?

George Kennan's Long Telegram laid the foundation for the policy of containment.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -States' Rights Party

How did the Freedom Train suggest the meaning of freedom remained controversial?

After World War II,the only nation that could rival the United States was:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Operation Wetback

Why did American policymakers agree to spend billions of dollars on the economic recovery of Europe under the Marshall Plan?

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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