Question 1

In 1948, Whittaker Chambers testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee that former State Department official Alger Hiss was

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A)  an anarchist. 
B)  a socialist. 
C)  a Nazi. 
D)  a communist. 
E)  a homosexual.

Question 2

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Ho Chi Minh, Vietminh, Dienbienphu

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Question 3

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
McCarthyism, Joseph R. McCarthy

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Question 4

What brought about the end of McCarthy's red scare?

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A)  Eisenhower launched a vigorous public campaign to denounce the senator and his tactics. 
B)  The televised Army-McCarthy hearings gave the public a chance to see what a bully he was. 
C)  He died from alcoholism. 
D)  The House of Representatives voted to censure him. 
E)  All of these choices

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
NATO

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Question 6

Which of the following did not occur in the 1948 presidential election?

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A)  Southern segregationists bolted the Democratic party. 
B)  Leftwing Democrats joined with communists to launch a new Progressive Party. 
C)  Truman blasted the "no-good, do-nothing" Republicans as "gluttons of privilege." Pollsters predicted a Dewey victory. 
D)  Governor Thomas Dewey of New York defeated President Truman for reelection. 
E)  The radicalism of the Progressives and Dixiecrats kept most moderates safely in the Democratic fold.

Question 7

How did President Eisenhower steer a middle-of-the-road course in his domestic policies? What did he mean when he called his philosophy "dynamic conservatism" and "modern Republicanism"?

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Question 8

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Fair Deal

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Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Richard Nixon

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Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Truman Doctrine

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Question 11

Which of the following was not one of the reasons that the Republicans were victorious in the 1952 election?

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A)  Americans were tired of the stalemate in Korea. 
B)  Wage-and-price freezes had angered many Americans. 
C)  Truman's approval rating was 23 percent, the lowest ever recorded, tarnishing the Democratic party's chances. 
D)  Eisenhower's military stature and infectious smile won him many admirers. 
E)  Americans were comforted by the soothing moderation of Eisenhower's running mate, Richard Nixon.

Question 12

What does it mean that the Korean War was a limited war? Why did it develop this way? Why was the development of a limited war significant to civil-military relations in the United States?

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Question 13

What effect did the Cold War have on the domestic programs of both Presidents Truman and Eisenhower?

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Question 14

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
House Un-American Activities Committee

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Question 15

What was Winston Churchill referring to in 1946 when he spoke in Missouri about an "iron curtain"?

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A)  the division that had developed between President Truman's loyal supporters in his home state and his opponents in the rest of the country. 
B)  a division between Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe and the rest of the continent. 
C)  the barrier that had to be established in order to contain communism within its existing boundaries. 
D)  the cultural and intellectual barrier that prevented Westerners from understanding Asia. 
E)  the atomic espionage ring supposedly organized by Klaus Fuchs.

Question 16

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Marshall Plan

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Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Ngo Dinh Diem

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Question 18

What 1949 event embittered many conservatives?

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A)  The establishment of the communist People's Republic of China 
B)  The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 
C)  The outcome of the Korean War 
D)  The loss of Eastern Europe to communism 
E)  The provisions of the Yalta agreements

Question 19

What did Secretary of State John Foster Dulles believe?

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A)  He believed the United States had to open negotiations with the Soviet Union to reduce tensions. 
B)  He believed the United States needed to offer the Soviet Union concessions in order to improve diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. 
C)  He believed the United States should pursue a strong anti-communist foreign policy. 
D)  He believed the United States should unilaterally offer to eliminate its nuclear weapons. 
E)  He believed the United States had to accelerate defense spending and to challenge the Soviet Union throughout the world.

Question 20

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Inchon

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Exam 26: The Cold War Abroad and at Home

In 1948, Whittaker Chambers testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee that former State Department official Alger Hiss was

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Ho Chi Minh, Vietminh, Dienbienphu

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. McCarthyism, Joseph R. McCarthy

What brought about the end of McCarthy's red scare?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. NATO

Which of the following did not occur in the 1948 presidential election?

How did President Eisenhower steer a middle-of-the-road course in his domestic policies? What did he mean when he called his philosophy "dynamic conservatism" and "modern Republicanism"?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Fair Deal

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Richard Nixon

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Truman Doctrine

Which of the following was not one of the reasons that the Republicans were victorious in the 1952 election?

What does it mean that the Korean War was a limited war? Why did it develop this way? Why was the development of a limited war significant to civil-military relations in the United States?

What effect did the Cold War have on the domestic programs of both Presidents Truman and Eisenhower?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. House Un-American Activities Committee

What was Winston Churchill referring to in 1946 when he spoke in Missouri about an "iron curtain"?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Marshall Plan

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Ngo Dinh Diem

What 1949 event embittered many conservatives?

What did Secretary of State John Foster Dulles believe?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Inchon