Question 1

In 1948 the newly created CIA used covert action to undermine the Italian communist party.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The war in Korea began when the

Accepted Answer

A) South Korean army moved across the thirty-eighth parallel into North Korea. 
B) Chinese army moved across the thirty-eighth parallel into South Korea. 
C) North Korean army moved across the thirty-eighth parallel into South Korea. 
D) United States landed at Inchon. 
E) Soviet Union invaded South Korea. 
A) South Korean army moved across the thirty-eighth parallel into North Korea. 
B) Chinese army moved across the thirty-eighth parallel into South Korea. 
C) North Korean army moved across the thirty-eighth parallel into South Korea. 
D) United States landed at Inchon. 
E) Soviet Union invaded South Korea.

Question 3

The couple arrested,tried,convicted,and executed (in 1953)for espionage were named

Accepted Answer

A) Hiss. 
B) Chambers. 
C) Rosenberg. 
D) Ackroyd. 
E) Jones. 
A) Hiss. 
B) Chambers. 
C) Rosenberg. 
D) Ackroyd. 
E) Jones.

Question 4

The U.S.-backed government of Syngman Rhee in South Korea was

Accepted Answer

A) a communist regime. 
B) a democratic government. 
C) an autocratic government. 
D) a theocratic state. 
E) a Nazi regime. 
A) a communist regime. 
B) a democratic government. 
C) an autocratic government. 
D) a theocratic state. 
E) a Nazi regime.

Question 5

In 1948,under pressure from civil rights organizations,President Eisenhower issued an executive order that desegregated the armed forces.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The 1949 military and political alliance linking Western European nations with the United States was

Accepted Answer

A) NATO. 
B) CENTO. 
C) SEATO. 
D) the Warsaw Pact. 
E) the Marshall Plan. 
A) NATO. 
B) CENTO. 
C) SEATO. 
D) the Warsaw Pact. 
E) the Marshall Plan.

Question 7

The "Truman Doctrine" called for the United States to aid those nations that were resisting internal "subversion."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The ____________________ created the Council of Economic Advisers.

Accepted Answer

Employment

Question 9

The FBI maintained files on many civil-rights activists,artists and intellectuals who held left-leaning political ideas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Alger Hiss was convicted of espionage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The Fair Deal's housing programs made absolutely no gains.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following was not included in the National Security Act of 1947?

Accepted Answer

A) It provided the basis for the Department of Defense. 
B) It created the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
C) It created the National Security Council. 
D) It created the Air Force. 
E) It created the Central Intelligence Agency. 
A) It provided the basis for the Department of Defense. 
B) It created the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
C) It created the National Security Council. 
D) It created the Air Force. 
E) It created the Central Intelligence Agency.

Question 13

The director of the FBI who led a campaign against subversives in American life by building files on American citizens was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The director of the FBI who led...

Question 14

IDENTIFICATIONS
-apartheid

Accepted Answer

a legal system of racial segre

Question 15

Explore the postwar domestic "red scare."

Accepted Answer

At the same time President Harry Truman

Question 16

Femmes fatales were beautiful but dangerous movie heroines during the post war years.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Examine the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and discuss its role in increasing public anxiety over the threat of communist infiltration in American society.

Accepted Answer

In August of 1945,the United States was

Question 18

All of the following contributed to Truman's victory in the election of 1948 except

Accepted Answer

A) the lackluster campaign of his Republican opponent. 
B) Truman's vigorous cross-country,old-fashioned,speaking tour. 
C) Truman's denunciation of the "do nothing" eightieth Congress. 
D) Dewey's reputation as a communist sympathizer. 
E) voter loyalty to the memory of Roosevelt and the New Deal. 
A) the lackluster campaign of his Republican opponent. 
B) Truman's vigorous cross-country,old-fashioned,speaking tour. 
C) Truman's denunciation of the "do nothing" eightieth Congress. 
D) Dewey's reputation as a communist sympathizer. 
E) voter loyalty to the memory of Roosevelt and the New Deal.

Question 19

By 1951 ____________________ of the American budget went to military spending.

Accepted Answer

The answer of By 1951 ____________________ of the American budget...

Question 20

During the Cold War homosexuality was connected with communist subversion and thus used as a basis for denying government employment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 27: The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

In 1948 the newly created CIA used covert action to undermine the Italian communist party.

The war in Korea began when the

The couple arrested,tried,convicted,and executed (in 1953)for espionage were named

The U.S.-backed government of Syngman Rhee in South Korea was

In 1948,under pressure from civil rights organizations,President Eisenhower issued an executive order that desegregated the armed forces.

The 1949 military and political alliance linking Western European nations with the United States was

The "Truman Doctrine" called for the United States to aid those nations that were resisting internal "subversion."

The ____________________ created the Council of Economic Advisers.

The FBI maintained files on many civil-rights activists,artists and intellectuals who held left-leaning political ideas.

Alger Hiss was convicted of espionage.

The Fair Deal's housing programs made absolutely no gains.

Which of the following was not included in the National Security Act of 1947?

The director of the FBI who led a campaign against subversives in American life by building files on American citizens was ____________________.

IDENTIFICATIONS -apartheid

Explore the postwar domestic "red scare."

Femmes fatales were beautiful but dangerous movie heroines during the post war years.

Examine the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and discuss its role in increasing public anxiety over the threat of communist infiltration in American society.

All of the following contributed to Truman's victory in the election of 1948 except

By 1951 ____________________ of the American budget went to military spending.

During the Cold War homosexuality was connected with communist subversion and thus used as a basis for denying government employment.

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Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery

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