Question 1

American membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization did all of the following for the country except

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A)  strengthen the containment of the Soviet Union. 
B)  help reintegrate Germany into the European family. 
C)  reduce our defense expenditures, since we would get help from other countries. 
D)  reassure Europeans that the United States would not abandon them. 
E)  strike a major blow to American isolationists. 
A)  strengthen the containment of the Soviet Union. 
B)  help reintegrate Germany into the European family. 
C)  reduce our defense expenditures, since we would get help from other countries. 
D)  reassure Europeans that the United States would not abandon them. 
E)  strike a major blow to American isolationists.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-National Security Act

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The National Security Act is a pivotal p

Question 3

Postwar Japan

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A)  was, like Germany, divided into Allied occupation zones. 
B)  was destabilized by a civil war between nationalist and communist elements. 
C)  resisted the imposition of American-style democracy. 
D)  was governed from the island of Formosa (Taiwan) until 1949. 
E)  had its military leaders tried for war crimes, as had occurred in Germany. 
A)  was, like Germany, divided into Allied occupation zones. 
B)  was destabilized by a civil war between nationalist and communist elements. 
C)  resisted the imposition of American-style democracy. 
D)  was governed from the island of Formosa (Taiwan) until 1949. 
E)  had its military leaders tried for war crimes, as had occurred in Germany.

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Progressive party

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The Progressive Party, often referred to

Question 5

Locate the following placesin East Asia by reference number on the map:
Asia, Africa, Australia, Japan, and the Soviet Union in the Early Post-World War II World, c. 1945
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-____ North Korea

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The answer of Locate the following placesin East Asia by...

Question 6

Explain the rationale for the postwar policy of containment. Show how it was applied in the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, NATO, the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947, the creation of the "Voice of America," and the resurrection of the military draft in 1948. What were the realistic U.S. foreign policy alternatives to containment, and why weren't they explored by the Truman administration?

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The rationale for the postwar policy of

Question 7

Under the Truman Doctrine, the United States pledged to

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A)  refrain from polarizing the world into pro-Soviet and pro-American camps. 
B)  maintain prosperity in America after World War II. 
C)  give very limited assistance to nations fighting communism. 
D)  support those who were resisting subjugation by communists. 
E)  work to liberate the captive nations of Eastern Europe. 
A)  refrain from polarizing the world into pro-Soviet and pro-American camps. 
B)  maintain prosperity in America after World War II. 
C)  give very limited assistance to nations fighting communism. 
D)  support those who were resisting subjugation by communists. 
E)  work to liberate the captive nations of Eastern Europe.

Question 8

Assess President Truman's response to the outbreak of hostilities in Korea in 1950. Do you think that he acted properly with regard to the United Nations, Congress, and his military commanders? Why or why not?

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President Truman's response to the outbr

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-thirty-eighth parallel

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The thirty-eighth parallel is a line of

Question 10

What, if any, legitimate concerns might Americans and the American government have had about Soviet spying and American Communists' disloyalty in the late 1940s? Why did the hunt for spies and subversives expand into a wide-ranging political witch hunt that smeared many innocent Americans?

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In the late 1940s, Americans and the Ame

Question 11

Why was there such strong popular domestic political support initially for Senator Joseph McCarthy's anticommunist crusade in the early 1950s?

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Senator Joseph McCarthy's anticommunist

Question 12

Soviet specialist George F. Kennan framed a coherent approach for America in the Cold War by advising a policy of

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A)  détente. 
B)  appeasement. 
C)  containment. 
D)  rollback. 
E)  negotiation. 
A)  détente. 
B)  appeasement. 
C)  containment. 
D)  rollback. 
E)  negotiation.

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Sunbelt

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The Sunbelt refers to a region in the Un

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Douglas MacArthur

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Douglas MacArthur was a prominent Americ

American membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization did all of the following for the country except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -National Security Act

Postwar Japan

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Progressive party

Locate the following placesin East Asia by reference number on the map: Asia, Africa, Australia, Japan, and the Soviet Union in the Early Post-World War II World, c. 1945 -____ North Korea

Under the Truman Doctrine, the United States pledged to

Assess President Truman's response to the outbreak of hostilities in Korea in 1950. Do you think that he acted properly with regard to the United Nations, Congress, and his military commanders? Why or why not?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -thirty-eighth parallel

What, if any, legitimate concerns might Americans and the American government have had about Soviet spying and American Communists' disloyalty in the late 1940s? Why did the hunt for spies and subversives expand into a wide-ranging political witch hunt that smeared many innocent Americans?

Why was there such strong popular domestic political support initially for Senator Joseph McCarthy's anticommunist crusade in the early 1950s?

Soviet specialist George F. Kennan framed a coherent approach for America in the Cold War by advising a policy of

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sunbelt

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Douglas MacArthur

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the “Roaring Twenties” 1920–1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920–1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933–1939

Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933–1941

America in World War II 1941–1945

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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Exam 14: The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

American membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization did all of the following for the country except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -National Security Act

Postwar Japan

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Progressive party

Locate the following placesin East Asia by reference number on the map: Asia, Africa, Australia, Japan, and the Soviet Union in the Early Post-World War II World, c. 1945 ​ ​ -____ North Korea

Under the Truman Doctrine, the United States pledged to

Assess President Truman's response to the outbreak of hostilities in Korea in 1950. Do you think that he acted properly with regard to the United Nations, Congress, and his military commanders? Why or why not?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -thirty-eighth parallel

What, if any, legitimate concerns might Americans and the American government have had about Soviet spying and American Communists' disloyalty in the late 1940s? Why did the hunt for spies and subversives expand into a wide-ranging political witch hunt that smeared many innocent Americans?

Why was there such strong popular domestic political support initially for Senator Joseph McCarthy's anticommunist crusade in the early 1950s?

Soviet specialist George F. Kennan framed a coherent approach for America in the Cold War by advising a policy of

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sunbelt

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Douglas MacArthur

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the “Roaring Twenties” 1920–1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920–1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933–1939

Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933–1941

America in World War II 1941–1945

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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Locate the following placesin East Asia by reference number on the map: Asia, Africa, Australia, Japan, and the Soviet Union in the Early Post-World War II World, c. 1945 -____ North Korea