Chapter 31

The Communists gained control of China in

1949

Perhaps the crucial military maneuver in the Korean conflict involved

An amphibious landing an Inch'on

To deal with labor strikes after World War II Truman

Backed wage increases

The Taft-Hartley Act

Banned the closed shop but permitted the union shop

As president Harry Truman wanted to

Combat inflation by stopping wage increases for labor

In response to Truman's Fair Deal proposals, the Democratic Congress

Enlarged many New Deal programs

J.Strom Thurmond ran for president in 1948 on the Progressive party ticket

False

Japanese were tried at Nuremberg for war crimes

False

The GI Bill guaranteed every former soldier a job

False

The Korean War was conducted by the United States against China

False

The Truman Doctrine aided in the rebuilding of Japan after World War II

False

In the Hiss-Chambers case

Hiss was convicted of perjury

The most serious economic problem that Truman faced was

Inflation

In the 1948 election

Lyndon Johnson was elected senator

In 1948 Republican candidate Thomas E. Dewey

Proposed to run the government more efficiently

The States Rights Democratic party in 1948 stood for

Racial segregation

Joseph R. McCarthy was a

Republican senator from Wisconsin who lead an anti-Communist crusade

Truman's program for economic recovery of Europe was called

The Marshall Plan

From April 1948 to May 1949

The Soviets blockaded Berlin

Postwar disagreements between the United States and Soviet Union especially concerned

The formations of the United Nations

Douglas MacArthur believed fighting Red China would involve the United States " in the wrong war at the wrong place at the wrong time and with the wrong enemy"

True

Foreign policy after World War II was generally bipartisan

True

George F. Kennan devised the concept of containment

True

In 1948, Truman banned racial discrimination in federal employment

True

In the elections of 1946, the Democrats won majorities in both houses of Congress

True

Jackie Robinson became the first black major league baseball player in 1947

True

National Security Council memorandum number 68 called for the creation of the Central Intelligence Agency(CIA)

True

The House Un-American Activities Committee was led by Joseph R. McCarthy

True

The United Nations Charter was drawn up in San Francisco by delegates from fifty nations, even before the fighting in Europe had ended

True

The Yalta agreements succeeded in establishing free governments in Eastern Europe

True