Question 1

The Fair Deal was President Truman's name for his approach to foreign policy in the early days of the cold war.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

UN forces reaching the Yalu River brought about:

Accepted Answer

A)  a massive Chinese intervention 
B)  North Korea's surrender 
C)  the bombing of mainland China 
D)  a cease-fire followed by peace negotiations 
E)  Korea's current division along the 42nd parallel 
A)  a massive Chinese intervention 
B)  North Korea's surrender 
C)  the bombing of mainland China 
D)  a cease-fire followed by peace negotiations 
E)  Korea's current division along the 42nd parallel

Question 3

Senator McCarthy was very effective in:

Accepted Answer

A)  passing major legislation 
B)  nabbing actual Communists 
C)  gathering proof to back his accusations 
D)  protecting American freedoms 
E)  exploiting public fears 
A)  passing major legislation 
B)  nabbing actual Communists 
C)  gathering proof to back his accusations 
D)  protecting American freedoms 
E)  exploiting public fears

Question 4

In the 1948 campaign, the Dixiecrats did all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  carry several southern states 
B)  support Strom Thurmond for president 
C)  support states' rights and segregation 
D)  wave Confederate flags 
E)  influence Truman to slow down on civil rights 
A)  carry several southern states 
B)  support Strom Thurmond for president 
C)  support states' rights and segregation 
D)  wave Confederate flags 
E)  influence Truman to slow down on civil rights

Question 5

In the closing days of World War II, Truman threatened to bomb the Soviets if they did not abandon Poland.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

As a result of the Truman Doctrine:

Accepted Answer

A)  Greece and Turkey were less vulnerable to communism 
B)  Yugoslavia went Communist 
C)  the United Nations carried out its first military intervention 
D)  U.S.-Soviet relations improved 
E)  Truman became less concerned about the Soviet threat 
A)  Greece and Turkey were less vulnerable to communism 
B)  Yugoslavia went Communist 
C)  the United Nations carried out its first military intervention 
D)  U.S.-Soviet relations improved 
E)  Truman became less concerned about the Soviet threat

Question 7

The Soviet acquisition of the atomic bomb in 1949 inspired Truman to:

Accepted Answer

A)  arrange a summit conference with Stalin 
B)  order the resumption of the military draft 
C)  order the development of a hydrogen bomb 
D)  see the folly of the nuclear arms race 
E)  arm American submarines with nuclear missiles 
A)  arrange a summit conference with Stalin 
B)  order the resumption of the military draft 
C)  order the development of a hydrogen bomb 
D)  see the folly of the nuclear arms race 
E)  arm American submarines with nuclear missiles

Question 8

Due to shrinking military production, a deep recession followed the end of World War II.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The person who lost the most from the outcome of the Hiss-Chambers case was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Richard Nixon 
B)  Alger Hiss 
C)  Whittaker Chambers 
D)  Harry Truman 
E)  Douglas MacArthur 
A)  Richard Nixon 
B)  Alger Hiss 
C)  Whittaker Chambers 
D)  Harry Truman 
E)  Douglas MacArthur

Question 10

In retrospect, the Cold War was probably:

Accepted Answer

A)  the fault of the United States 
B)  the fault of the Soviet Union 
C)  avoidable under smarter leaders 
D)  inevitable 
E)  the most damaging conflict in world history 
A)  the fault of the United States 
B)  the fault of the Soviet Union 
C)  avoidable under smarter leaders 
D)  inevitable 
E)  the most damaging conflict in world history

Question 11

Trace the election of 1948. Who were the major parties, and what issues dominated the campaign? What was the eventual outcome of the race?

Accepted Answer

The election of 1948 in the United State

Question 12

In 1948, President Truman desegregated:

Accepted Answer

A)  public schools 
B)  defense industries 
C)  Washington, D.C. 
D)  public transportation 
E)  the military 
A)  public schools 
B)  defense industries 
C)  Washington, D.C. 
D)  public transportation 
E)  the military

Question 13

Soviet and Communist activities in regard to Turkey and Greece were intended to:

Accepted Answer

A)  provoke a war with the Americans and the British 
B)  gain the rich natural resources of those countries 
C)  inspire Russian patriotic feeling 
D)  gain the Soviets access to the Mediterranean 
E)  free those countries from dictatorships 
A)  provoke a war with the Americans and the British 
B)  gain the rich natural resources of those countries 
C)  inspire Russian patriotic feeling 
D)  gain the Soviets access to the Mediterranean 
E)  free those countries from dictatorships

Question 14

All of the following were original NATO members EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  Japan 
B)  Canada 
C)  the United States 
D)  Britain 
E)  France 
A)  Japan 
B)  Canada 
C)  the United States 
D)  Britain 
E)  France

Question 15

Within a few months of the end of World War II, there were strikes and other labor disputes in the steel, coal, and railroad industries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Trace the major developments in the cold war from 1945 to 1948.

Accepted Answer

The major developments in the Cold War f

Question 17

Detail the early civil rights movement in the 1940s. In what ways did World War II help push this movement into reality?

Accepted Answer

The early civil rights movement in the 1

Question 18

By and large, Truman's Fair Deal proposals:

Accepted Answer

A)  would revolutionize American life 
B)  were enacted 
C)  would wipe out the New Deal 
D)  disappointed most Democrats 
E)  were thwarted by a conservative coalition in Congress 
A)  would revolutionize American life 
B)  were enacted 
C)  would wipe out the New Deal 
D)  disappointed most Democrats 
E)  were thwarted by a conservative coalition in Congress

Question 19

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Henry A. Wallace

Accepted Answer

A) wrote influential article on cold war policy in Foreign Affairs 
B) formed a new Progressive party 
C) was the Dixiecrat presidential candidate in 1948 
D) was convicted in 1950 of lying about espionage 
E) was the Republican presidential candidate in 1948
F)gave civil rights speech at 1948 Democratic convention
G)was removed from military command in 1951
H)was a senator from Wisconsin
I)was the secretary of state in 1947
J)led UN forces in Korea after April 1951 
A) wrote influential article on cold war policy in Foreign Affairs 
B) formed a new Progressive party 
C) was the Dixiecrat presidential candidate in 1948 
D) was convicted in 1950 of lying about espionage 
E) was the Republican presidential candidate in 1948
F)gave civil rights speech at 1948 Democratic convention
G)was removed from military command in 1951
H)was a senator from Wisconsin
I)was the secretary of state in 1947
J)led UN forces in Korea after April 1951

Question 20

In the Truman years, the United States abandoned a longtime tradition with its involvement in:

Accepted Answer

A)  undeclared wars 
B)  spying 
C)  cracking down on dissenters 
D)  other parts of the world 
E)  peacetime alliances 
A)  undeclared wars 
B)  spying 
C)  cracking down on dissenters 
D)  other parts of the world 
E)  peacetime alliances

Exam 27: The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

The Fair Deal was President Truman's name for his approach to foreign policy in the early days of the cold war.

UN forces reaching the Yalu River brought about:

Senator McCarthy was very effective in:

In the 1948 campaign, the Dixiecrats did all of the following EXCEPT:

In the closing days of World War II, Truman threatened to bomb the Soviets if they did not abandon Poland.

As a result of the Truman Doctrine:

The Soviet acquisition of the atomic bomb in 1949 inspired Truman to:

Due to shrinking military production, a deep recession followed the end of World War II.

The person who lost the most from the outcome of the Hiss-Chambers case was:

In retrospect, the Cold War was probably:

Trace the election of 1948. Who were the major parties, and what issues dominated the campaign? What was the eventual outcome of the race?

In 1948, President Truman desegregated:

Soviet and Communist activities in regard to Turkey and Greece were intended to:

All of the following were original NATO members EXCEPT:

Within a few months of the end of World War II, there were strikes and other labor disputes in the steel, coal, and railroad industries.

Trace the major developments in the cold war from 1945 to 1948.

Detail the early civil rights movement in the 1940s. In what ways did World War II help push this movement into reality?

By and large, Truman's Fair Deal proposals:

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Henry A. Wallace

In the Truman years, the United States abandoned a longtime tradition with its involvement in:

The Collision of Cultures

England’s Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion, 1830-1848

The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era, 1860-1900

The New South and the New West, 1865-1900

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

The Reactionary Twenties

The Great Depression, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

Cold War America, 1950-1959

A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present

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