AMH 2020: Quiz #11: Chapter 29

Baseball was integrated in 1947 when Jackie Robinson played for the:

Brooklyn Dodgers

The United States experienced a shock in 1949 when Communists took over:

China

By the spring of 1945, the U. S. and Britain were becoming deeply concerned over Soviet actions in:

Eastern Europe

The secretary of state who devised the plan of massive economic recovery aid to Europe was:

George Marshall

As a result of the Truman Doctrine:

Greece and Turkey were less vulnerable to communism

All of the following were original NATO members EXCEPT:

Japan

The conventional, or "orthodox," view of cold war history holds whom or what most responsible for beginning this conflict?

Stalin's quest for world domination

The 1948 election is probably best remembered for:

Truman's upset victory

With the end of World War II, Korea:

became divided into northern and southern halves

In regard to Israel's founding in 1948, the United States:

became the first country to recognize the Jewish state

The Korean War did all of the following EXCEPT:

bring about major changes in boundaries

Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council:

can veto any major proposal

One of Truman's great strengths as he assumed the presidency was his:

decisive character

Senator McCarthy was very effective in:

exploiting public fears

In retrospect, the cold war was probably:

inevitable

Truman's response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948 was to:

launch a massive airlift of supplies into West Berlin

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

order the development of a hydrogen bomb

The GI Bill did all of the following EXCEPT:

pay veterans large bonuses to remain in the military

One major reason that World War II inspired postwar changes in race relations was the:

racist nature of the enemies of the United States

In 1947, President Truman took actions to banish Communists from:

the federal government