Question 1

The most important question at the Teheran Conference concerned the future of ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The most important question at the Teheran...

Question 2

In early 1945 at the Yalta Conference,

Accepted Answer

A)  Franklin Roosevelt was too ill to attend. 
B)  Joseph Stalin withdrew a promise to enter the Pacific war. 
C)  Winston Churchill left early in a dispute with Stalin. 
D)  it was agreed that the Soviet Union should regain land lost in the 1904 Russo-Japanese War. 
E)  Joseph Stalin refused to agree to Roosevelt and Churchill's plans for the United Nations. 
A)  Franklin Roosevelt was too ill to attend. 
B)  Joseph Stalin withdrew a promise to enter the Pacific war. 
C)  Winston Churchill left early in a dispute with Stalin. 
D)  it was agreed that the Soviet Union should regain land lost in the 1904 Russo-Japanese War. 
E)  Joseph Stalin refused to agree to Roosevelt and Churchill's plans for the United Nations.

Question 3

The Soviet Union's 1948 blockade of West Berlin was primarily a response to the

Accepted Answer

A)  Marshall Plan. 
B)  United States putting nuclear missiles in Turkey. 
C)  establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 
D)  Truman Doctrine. 
E)  creation of a unified West Germany. 
A)  Marshall Plan. 
B)  United States putting nuclear missiles in Turkey. 
C)  establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 
D)  Truman Doctrine. 
E)  creation of a unified West Germany.

Question 4

President Truman was the first president in the twentieth century to propose significant civil rights legislation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Dwight Eisenhower's Democratic opponent in 1952 was ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Dwight Eisenhower's Democratic opponent in 1952 was...

Question 6

How and why did President Truman alter Franklin Roosevelt's foreign policy toward the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

President Truman altered Franklin Roosev

Question 7

In the last months of 1949,events in the Soviet Union and China included

Accepted Answer

A)  Russia's successful test of an atomic weapon. 
B)  the collapse of Mao Zedong's government to communist forces. 
C)  the death of Joseph Stalin. 
D)  both the collapse of Mao Zedong's government to communist forces, and the death of Joseph Stalin. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  Russia's successful test of an atomic weapon. 
B)  the collapse of Mao Zedong's government to communist forces. 
C)  the death of Joseph Stalin. 
D)  both the collapse of Mao Zedong's government to communist forces, and the death of Joseph Stalin. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 8

The National Security Act represented an attempt by Congress to gain a measure of control over the making of American foreign policy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

America's major military and diplomatic institutions were reshaped by the ________ Act of 1947.

Accepted Answer

The answer of America's major military and diplomatic institutions were...

Question 10

In 1951,General ________ was relieved of his command by President Truman.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In 1951,General ________ was relieved of his...

Question 11

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were

Accepted Answer

A)  not members of the Communist Party. 
B)  accused of passing American secrets to its enemies. 
C)  convicted and sentenced to life in prison. 
D)  both accused of passing American secrets to its enemies, and convicted and sentenced to life in prison. 
E)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  not members of the Communist Party. 
B)  accused of passing American secrets to its enemies. 
C)  convicted and sentenced to life in prison. 
D)  both accused of passing American secrets to its enemies, and convicted and sentenced to life in prison. 
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 12

During the mid-1940s,the American economy

Accepted Answer

A)  was plagued by serious inflation. 
B)  experienced few labor strikes. 
C)  fell back to depression conditions. 
D)  witnessed a significant tax increase. 
E)  confronted a wave of unexpected bank failures. 
A)  was plagued by serious inflation. 
B)  experienced few labor strikes. 
C)  fell back to depression conditions. 
D)  witnessed a significant tax increase. 
E)  confronted a wave of unexpected bank failures.

Question 13

In 1945,a small percentage of working women wanted to continue working after the war.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The election of 1952 saw

Accepted Answer

A)  a contest between two war heroes, neither of whom had ever held elective office. 
B)  President Harry Truman run for another term. 
C)  Richard Nixon forced to step down from the Republican ticket. 
D)  Joseph McCarthy run for president. 
E)  television play a role in the campaign. 
A)  a contest between two war heroes, neither of whom had ever held elective office. 
B)  President Harry Truman run for another term. 
C)  Richard Nixon forced to step down from the Republican ticket. 
D)  Joseph McCarthy run for president. 
E)  television play a role in the campaign.

Question 15

Describe the Marshall Plan and assess its importance in the postwar world.

Accepted Answer

The Marshall Plan, officially known as t

Question 16

In assessing the origins of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union,was one country or one leader more responsible for it than the other?

Accepted Answer

The origins of the Cold War between the

Question 17

In the 1948 presidential election,

Accepted Answer

A)  early polls had seemed to indicate that Harry Truman would lose. 
B)  President Truman refrained from attacking Republicans, for fear of alienating voters. 
C)  the Progressive and "Dixiecrat" candidates combined for 20 percent of the popular vote. 
D)  both of these were the case: early polls had seemed to indicate that Harry Truman would lose, and President Truman refrained from attacking Republicans for fear of alienating voters. 
E)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  early polls had seemed to indicate that Harry Truman would lose. 
B)  President Truman refrained from attacking Republicans, for fear of alienating voters. 
C)  the Progressive and "Dixiecrat" candidates combined for 20 percent of the popular vote. 
D)  both of these were the case: early polls had seemed to indicate that Harry Truman would lose, and President Truman refrained from attacking Republicans for fear of alienating voters. 
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 18

President Harry Truman's Fair Deal called for

Accepted Answer

A)  a retraction of many New Deal programs. 
B)  an end to public housing. 
C)  a freeze on the minimum wage to combat inflation. 
D)  the creation of national health insurance. 
E)  an end to the Fair Employment Practices Act and other wartime measures. 
A)  a retraction of many New Deal programs. 
B)  an end to public housing. 
C)  a freeze on the minimum wage to combat inflation. 
D)  the creation of national health insurance. 
E)  an end to the Fair Employment Practices Act and other wartime measures.

Question 19

A 1948 public opinion poll revealed that a majority of Americans believed atomic power would

Accepted Answer

A)  cause significant harm to the environment if used as an energy source. 
B)  likely result in the destruction of much of human civilization in the next few decades. 
C)  be used in war within the next five years. 
D)  have few practical applications in the foreseeable future. 
E)  in the long run, do more good than harm. 
A)  cause significant harm to the environment if used as an energy source. 
B)  likely result in the destruction of much of human civilization in the next few decades. 
C)  be used in war within the next five years. 
D)  have few practical applications in the foreseeable future. 
E)  in the long run, do more good than harm.

Question 20

The Yalta accords were less a settlement of postwar issues than a set of loose principles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 27: The Cold War

The most important question at the Teheran Conference concerned the future of ________.

In early 1945 at the Yalta Conference,

The Soviet Union's 1948 blockade of West Berlin was primarily a response to the

President Truman was the first president in the twentieth century to propose significant civil rights legislation.

Dwight Eisenhower's Democratic opponent in 1952 was ________.

How and why did President Truman alter Franklin Roosevelt's foreign policy toward the Soviet Union?

In the last months of 1949,events in the Soviet Union and China included

The National Security Act represented an attempt by Congress to gain a measure of control over the making of American foreign policy.

America's major military and diplomatic institutions were reshaped by the ________ Act of 1947.

In 1951,General ________ was relieved of his command by President Truman.

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were

During the mid-1940s,the American economy

In 1945,a small percentage of working women wanted to continue working after the war.

The election of 1952 saw

Describe the Marshall Plan and assess its importance in the postwar world.

In assessing the origins of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union,was one country or one leader more responsible for it than the other?

In the 1948 presidential election,

President Harry Truman's Fair Deal called for

A 1948 public opinion poll revealed that a majority of Americans believed atomic power would

The Yalta accords were less a settlement of postwar issues than a set of loose principles.

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Transplantations and Borderlands

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian Era

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

America’s Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

The Progressives

America and the Great War

The “New Era”

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The Global Crisis, 1921–1941

America in a World at War

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Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

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