Question 1

Which statement about the Korean conflict is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  The United Nations authorized the use of forces to repel the North Koreans. 
B)  Chinese troops threatened to enter the conflict, but never did. 
C)  General MacArthur argued for an invasion of China and for the use of nuclear weapons. 
D)  Truman removed General MacArthur from his command when he publicly criticized Truman. 
E)  The war ended in a cease-fire, not with a formal peace treaty. 
A)  The United Nations authorized the use of forces to repel the North Koreans. 
B)  Chinese troops threatened to enter the conflict, but never did. 
C)  General MacArthur argued for an invasion of China and for the use of nuclear weapons. 
D)  Truman removed General MacArthur from his command when he publicly criticized Truman. 
E)  The war ended in a cease-fire, not with a formal peace treaty.

Question 2

The principle of human rights-the idea of basic rights belonging to all persons because they are human-was introduced into international relations:

Accepted Answer

A)  after the Holocaust. 
B)  after the dropping of the atomic bomb. 
C)  when NATO was established. 
D)  in the revolutionary period of the late eighteenth century. 
E)  when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted. 
A)  after the Holocaust. 
B)  after the dropping of the atomic bomb. 
C)  when NATO was established. 
D)  in the revolutionary period of the late eighteenth century. 
E)  when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted.

Question 3

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Taft-Hartley Act

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 4

Operation Dixie was:

Accepted Answer

A)  a postwar strike wave. 
B)  the postwar union campaign in the South. 
C)  an effort to increase black suffrage. 
D)  the congressional effort to outlaw lynching. 
E)  the mass return of African-Americans to the South after World War II. 
A)  a postwar strike wave. 
B)  the postwar union campaign in the South. 
C)  an effort to increase black suffrage. 
D)  the congressional effort to outlaw lynching. 
E)  the mass return of African-Americans to the South after World War II.

Question 5

How did white supremacists take advantage of anticommunist rhetoric?

Accepted Answer

A)  They pointed to the interracial society of the Soviet Union as a warning sign. 
B)  They stressed the fact that African-Americans were twenty times more likely to be communist than whites. 
C)  They pointed out that the United States' only reliable ally against the Soviet Union was the apartheid regime of South Africa. 
D)  They charged African-American civil rights leaders with a communist agenda. 
E)  They proposed deputizing the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) as an anticommunist paramilitary unit. 
A)  They pointed to the interracial society of the Soviet Union as a warning sign. 
B)  They stressed the fact that African-Americans were twenty times more likely to be communist than whites. 
C)  They pointed out that the United States' only reliable ally against the Soviet Union was the apartheid regime of South Africa. 
D)  They charged African-American civil rights leaders with a communist agenda. 
E)  They proposed deputizing the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) as an anticommunist paramilitary unit.

Question 6

The McCarran-Walter Act:

Accepted Answer

A)  removed immigration quotas based on nationality. 
B)  made immigration law much more flexible for Asians and Latinos. 
C)  recognized the need for political asylum for refugees from South Africa. 
D)  authorized the deportation of communists, including naturalized citizens. 
E)  was supported by President Truman. 
A)  removed immigration quotas based on nationality. 
B)  made immigration law much more flexible for Asians and Latinos. 
C)  recognized the need for political asylum for refugees from South Africa. 
D)  authorized the deportation of communists, including naturalized citizens. 
E)  was supported by President Truman.

Question 7

Joe McCarthy's downfall came in 1954 when the Army-McCarthy hearings were televised nationally.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

The Freedom Train was a special exhibiti

Question 9

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-George Kennan

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 10

Civil rights initiatives after 1948:

Accepted Answer

A)  waned, given widespread American sentiment that any criticism of American society smacked of "disloyalty." 
B)  continued in the same vein as those achieved during the Truman administration. 
C)  included enforcement of bans on discrimination in employment and housing. 
D)  remained a strong priority for the Democratic Party. 
E)  became more important after the Soviets pointed out American hypocrisy. 
A)  waned, given widespread American sentiment that any criticism of American society smacked of "disloyalty." 
B)  continued in the same vein as those achieved during the Truman administration. 
C)  included enforcement of bans on discrimination in employment and housing. 
D)  remained a strong priority for the Democratic Party. 
E)  became more important after the Soviets pointed out American hypocrisy.

Which statement about the Korean conflict is FALSE?

The principle of human rights-the idea of basic rights belonging to all persons because they are human-was introduced into international relations:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Taft-Hartley Act

Operation Dixie was:

How did white supremacists take advantage of anticommunist rhetoric?

The McCarran-Walter Act:

Joe McCarthy's downfall came in 1954 when the Army-McCarthy hearings were televised nationally.

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

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -George Kennan

Civil rights initiatives after 1948:

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

Which statement about the Korean conflict is FALSE?

The principle of human rights-the idea of basic rights belonging to all persons because they are human-was introduced into international relations:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Taft-Hartley Act

Operation Dixie was:

How did white supremacists take advantage of anticommunist rhetoric?

The McCarran-Walter Act:

Joe McCarthy's downfall came in 1954 when the Army-McCarthy hearings were televised nationally.

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

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -George Kennan

Civil rights initiatives after 1948:

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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