APUSH Chapter 27
As a result of the Korean War the
American public believed there was something wrong with the United States
At the Tehran Conference in late 1943
Franklin Roosevelt promised an Anglo-American second front within six months
All of the following statements regarding the HUAC investigation of Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers are true except that
Hiss was convicted of espionage
By 1945 President Harry Truman conceded to communist authority in
Poland
In 1945 President Harry Truman Conceded to communist authority in
Poland
In the last months of 1949, events in the Soviet Union and China included
Russia's succesfull test of an atomic weapon
Joseph McCarthy burst into national prominence by charging that there were known communists in the
State Department
In 1947, the Truman administration responded to Republican Attacks that it was weak on communism by
beginning an investigation into the loyalty of the federal employees
In 1945 when Harry Truman became President he
had almost no familiarity with foreing affairs
During Joseph McCarthy investigation into alleged subversion in government
he never produced conclusive evidence that any federal employee was a communist
The Supreme Court case fo Shelley v Kraemer 1948 dealt a blow to
housing discrimination
A 1948 public opinion poll revealed that a majority of American Believed atomic power
in the long run do more good than harm
In early 1945 at the Yalta confrence
it was agreed that the soviet union should regain land lost in the 1904 Russo Japanese War
By 1945 the Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek had
little popular support
The immediate cause of the Korean War in 1950 was the
military invasion of North Korea into South Korea
In 1949 the truman administration made progress in civil rights by
ordering an end to discrimination in the hiring of government employees
The Taft Hartley Act of 1947
permitted the union shop
The American invasion at Inchon during the Korean War
prompted President Truman to try to push communists out of North Korea
President Harry Truman action after the 1946 election included
proposing a major civil rights bill
In 1951, President Harry Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur of command because of MacArthur
publicly criticized President Truman's policy in Korea
In 1945 when the United States Senate considered the proposed United nations it
quickly ratified the agreement by a large majority
During the Korean War, the Truman administration faced major strikes in the industries of
rail and steel
The 1946 elections
saw Republicans win control of both houses of Conress
In 1950, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were accused of spying for
the Soviet Union
All of the following statements regarding Korea are true except that
the United States left Korea in 1946
Beginning in 1947, the United States policy of containment was
the basis for its foreign policy for more than 40 years
President Harry Truman Fair Deal Called for
the creation of national health insurance
The results of the the election of 1952 saw
the end to a long period of Democratic dominance
In the years immediately following World War II the United States policy toward Asia led
the truman administration to encourage rapid economic growth in Japan
The 1950 National Security Council Report known as a NSC-68 stated
the united states must resist communism anywhere it developed in the world
Of the following, the HUAC investigation of Alger Hiss primarily helped the political career of
Richard Nixon (THE DICK)
In 1945, Joseph Stalins vision of a post war world in which great powers would control strategic areas of interest was largely shared by
Winston Churchill
In Early 1943 a meeting in Casablanca
Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agreed the axis powers must surrender unconditionally
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were
accused of passing American secrets to its enemies
President Harry Truman initially decided to get tough with the soviet union
after his first few days in office
In 1949 President Harry Truman succeeded in getting Congress to pass
aid for public housing
All of the following statements regarding the zones of occupation of Germany in 1945 are true except
all of Berlin was placed under soviet control
In 1947, the truman doctrine
asserted it was the obligation of the United States to support free peoples around the world. assumed the Soviet Union would continually attempt a global expansion of its authority. was initially invoked to provide aid to Greece and Turkey. both asserted it was the obligation of the United States to support free peoples around the world, and assumed the Soviet Union would continually attempt a global expansion of its authority. All these answers are correct.
Between the Yalta Conference and his death President FDR
became increasingly concerned though not without hope that stalin was not going to fulfill conference agreements
The Truman administration responded in 1950 to the onset of fighting in Korea by
calling on the United Nations to intervene
The national security act of 1947
created the National Security Council. created the Central Intelligence Agency. created the Department of Defense. combined the functions previously performed separately by the War and Navy Departments. All these answers are correct.
The Soviet Union's 1948 blockade of West Berlin was primarily a response to the
creation of a unified West Germany
The initial response by the American Public to the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur was
criticism of President Truman
In 1949, the north atlantic treaty organization
declared than an attack on one member nation was an attack on all
In designing the structure of the new United Nations planners called for
each nation on the security council to have veto power over the others
In the 1948 presidential election
early polls had seemed to indicate that Harry Truman would lose. President Truman refrained from attacking Republicans, for fear of alienating voters. the Progressive and "Dixiecrat" candidates combined for 20 percent of the popular vote. 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. None of these answers is correct.
When Joseph McCarthy first leveled charges of communist infiltration in the government he was a
first time Republican Senator
The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944
gave economic and education and education subsidies to veterans
The McCarran internal security act
required communist organizations to register with the government
The Election of 1952 saw
television play a role in the campaign
At the conclusion of the yalta conference in 1945 basic disagreements remained on
the government of Poland. the unification of Germany. war reparations to the Soviet Union. both the government of Poland and the unification of Germany. All these answers are correct.
In 1948, the American for Democratic Action
tried to draft Dwight Einsenhower for President
Following World War II the great majority of working American Women
wanted to keep working
The U.S. aid through the marshall plan
was offered to the soviet union
During the mid 1940s the American economy
was plagued by a serious inflation
The government of Syngman Rhee in Korea after World War II
was pro western
In 1947 the first target of the House of the Un American Activities (HUAC)
was the movie industry