Chapter 36 True and False

Harry S Truman brought extensive experience and confidence to the presidency he assumed in April 1945.

False

Labor unions continued to grow rapidly in the industrial factories throughout the 1940s and 1950s

False

The American Consumer economy began to grow dramatically as soon as the war ended, during the years 1945 to 1950

False

The Marshall Plan was developed primarily as a response to the possible Soviet military invasion of Western Europe.

False

The Truman Doctrine was initiated in response to threatened Soviet gains in Iran and Afghanistan.

False

The Western Allies pushed to establish a separate nation of West Germany while the Russians wanted to restore a unified German State.

False

The economic and population growth of the Sunbelt occurred because the South relied less than the North did on federal government spending for its economic well-being

False

The fundamental purpose of NATO was to end the historical feuds among the European nations of Britain, France, Italy, and Germany

False

The new United Nations proved more effective than the old League of Nations because it did not give a veto to the great powers represented on it Security Council

False

Truman defeated Dewey in 1948 partly because of the deep splits within the Republican party that year.

False

After World War II American big cities became heavily populated with minorities while most whites lived in the suburbs.

True

Government policies sometimes encouraged residential segregation in the cities and new suburbs.

True

The postwar economic boom was fueled by military spending and cheap energy.

True

The postwar hunt for communist subversion was supposedly aimed at rooting out American communists from positions in government and teaching.

True

Truman fired General MacArthur because MacArthur wanted to expand the Korean War into China.

True