Question 1

The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

Accepted Answer

A) accused Richard Nixon and John Wayne of spying for the Communists. 
B) proved that the labor movement was loyal and procapitalist. 
C) helped capture and convict some of the most dangerous Soviet spies in the United States. 
D) destroyed the careers of hundreds of TV and movie workers. 
E) identified those who worked for the Nazi Party in the U.S. 
A) accused Richard Nixon and John Wayne of spying for the Communists. 
B) proved that the labor movement was loyal and procapitalist. 
C) helped capture and convict some of the most dangerous Soviet spies in the United States. 
D) destroyed the careers of hundreds of TV and movie workers. 
E) identified those who worked for the Nazi Party in the U.S.

Question 2

Chief executive officers of movie studios bravely defended actors and writers against charges that they were communist sympathizers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The Fair Deal's national health insurance program

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A) was very liberal and well received. 
B) was supported by large insurance companies. 
C) was simple to understand 
D) was rejected. 
E) was supported by the American Medical Association. 
A) was very liberal and well received. 
B) was supported by large insurance companies. 
C) was simple to understand 
D) was rejected. 
E) was supported by the American Medical Association.

Question 4

The Soviets were not frightened by the atomic bomb.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Strom Thurmond

Accepted Answer

the southern segregationist who ran as a

Question 6

Examine the beginnings of the Cold War.Explore the issues,points of conflict,and policies of the various participants.

Accepted Answer

Essay should address several key points:

Question 7

Republicans welcomed McCarthy's assaults on their Democratic rivals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The Central Intelligence Agency was

Accepted Answer

A) created by Franklin Roosevelt during World War II. 
B) given a mandate to infiltrate suspicious organizations within the United States. 
C) an information-gathering agency with authority to participate in international covert actions. 
D) required to receive congressional approval before it undertook any controversial actions. 
E) not an important agency during the Cold War years. 
A) created by Franklin Roosevelt during World War II. 
B) given a mandate to infiltrate suspicious organizations within the United States. 
C) an information-gathering agency with authority to participate in international covert actions. 
D) required to receive congressional approval before it undertook any controversial actions. 
E) not an important agency during the Cold War years.

Question 9

Before his death Alger Hiss admitted his involvement with the communist party.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Examine Harry Truman's stand on the major civil rights issues of the 1940s and 1950s.

Accepted Answer

Harry Truman was the first twentieth-cen

Question 11

The Taft-Hartley Act

Accepted Answer

A) enacted the highest tariff in U.S.history. 
B) negated many union gains from the New Deal years. 
C) implemented the first peacetime draft in U.S.history. 
D) required strict loyalty oaths from all Americans. 
E) imposed the first income tax. 
A) enacted the highest tariff in U.S.history. 
B) negated many union gains from the New Deal years. 
C) implemented the first peacetime draft in U.S.history. 
D) required strict loyalty oaths from all Americans. 
E) imposed the first income tax.

Question 12

The Kinsey Report published in 1948

Accepted Answer

A) was a study of the major educational institutions in the United States. 
B) exposed thousands of communists who worked for the State Department. 
C) called for racial equality. 
D) found that 30 percent of FBI agents were psychotic. 
E) asserted that homosexuality was normal and should be tolerated. 
A) was a study of the major educational institutions in the United States. 
B) exposed thousands of communists who worked for the State Department. 
C) called for racial equality. 
D) found that 30 percent of FBI agents were psychotic. 
E) asserted that homosexuality was normal and should be tolerated.

Question 13

According to the popular view of the containment policy

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A) the U.S.should only involve itself in the international disputes when U.S.territory is attacked. 
B) all leftist insurgencies everywhere are controlled by the Russian Communists. 
C) the U.S.must keep the public calm by carefully containing potentially frightening information. 
D) both Communist and non-Communist nations must be contained within their own borders. 
E) the spread of Communism is an indirect threat to the U.S. 
A) the U.S.should only involve itself in the international disputes when U.S.territory is attacked. 
B) all leftist insurgencies everywhere are controlled by the Russian Communists. 
C) the U.S.must keep the public calm by carefully containing potentially frightening information. 
D) both Communist and non-Communist nations must be contained within their own borders. 
E) the spread of Communism is an indirect threat to the U.S.

Question 14

The Dixiecrat Party episode of 1948 was a direct reaction to Harry Truman's stance on ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Dixiecrat Party episode of 1948 was...

Question 15

In the campaign of 1952,General Eisenhower was perceived as a far right candidate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Accepted Answer

A) established a European free-trade zone. 
B) continued the traditional U.S.policy of nonentanglement. 
C) delivered economic aid to the Soviet Union. 
D) called for preemptive wars against likely aggressors. 
E) considered an attack on one member nation an attack on all members. 
A) established a European free-trade zone. 
B) continued the traditional U.S.policy of nonentanglement. 
C) delivered economic aid to the Soviet Union. 
D) called for preemptive wars against likely aggressors. 
E) considered an attack on one member nation an attack on all members.

Question 17

The National Association of Manufacturers

Accepted Answer

A) supported the idea of a "Second Bill of Rights." 
B) believed that expanded domestic programs would destroy private free-enterprise. 
C) supported President Truman. 
D) supported bills to expand public housing. 
E) advocated stronger environmental laws. 
A) supported the idea of a "Second Bill of Rights." 
B) believed that expanded domestic programs would destroy private free-enterprise. 
C) supported President Truman. 
D) supported bills to expand public housing. 
E) advocated stronger environmental laws.

Question 18

All of the following were part of the "G.I.Bill" except

Accepted Answer

A) providing veterans with financial assistance for education. 
B) mandating that veterans receive favorable terms for securing loans for home purchases. 
C) mandating preferential treatment when veterans applied for public-sector jobs. 
D) the promise to veterans of a future financial bonus. 
E) it eventually provided medical care in veterans' hospitals. 
A) providing veterans with financial assistance for education. 
B) mandating that veterans receive favorable terms for securing loans for home purchases. 
C) mandating preferential treatment when veterans applied for public-sector jobs. 
D) the promise to veterans of a future financial bonus. 
E) it eventually provided medical care in veterans' hospitals.

Question 19

Examine the war in Korea.Describe the U.S.goals in entering the conflict and the implications of the war for American foreign policy.

Accepted Answer

The Korean War began in June 1950 when a

Question 20

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Labor-Management Relations

Accepted Answer

popularly referred to as the Taft-Hartle

Exam 27: The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

Chief executive officers of movie studios bravely defended actors and writers against charges that they were communist sympathizers.

The Fair Deal's national health insurance program

The Soviets were not frightened by the atomic bomb.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Strom Thurmond

Examine the beginnings of the Cold War.Explore the issues,points of conflict,and policies of the various participants.

Republicans welcomed McCarthy's assaults on their Democratic rivals.

The Central Intelligence Agency was

Before his death Alger Hiss admitted his involvement with the communist party.

Examine Harry Truman's stand on the major civil rights issues of the 1940s and 1950s.

The Taft-Hartley Act

The Kinsey Report published in 1948

According to the popular view of the containment policy

The Dixiecrat Party episode of 1948 was a direct reaction to Harry Truman's stance on ____________________.

In the campaign of 1952,General Eisenhower was perceived as a far right candidate.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

The National Association of Manufacturers

All of the following were part of the "G.I.Bill" except

Examine the war in Korea.Describe the U.S.goals in entering the conflict and the implications of the war for American foreign policy.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Labor-Management Relations

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, conquest, catastrophe

The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America

England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, liberty, and Expansion

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

Reform, resistance, revolution

The Revolutionary Republic

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, peoples, cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War

Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2012

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