HIST 1302 Ch. 27
A major economic problem President Truman faced immediately after the war was
high rates of inflation
State Department official George Kennan:
said the United States should contain Soviet expansionist tendencies.
All of the following were established by the National Security Act of 1947 EXCEPT:
the Office of Homeland Security.
When North Korean Communists invaded South Korea:
the United Nations authorized military intervention against the aggressors.
In 1948, President Truman desegregated
the military
When confronted with a railroad strike in 1946, President Truman's response was to:
threaten to draft the strikers.
Israel's creation in 1948 was followed immediately by a war with its Arab neighbors.
true
The Servicemen's Readjustment Act was also known as the GI Bill of Rights
true
Truman viewed his victory as a mandate for
liberalism
By the spring of 1945, the United States and Britain were becoming deeply concerned over Soviet actions in
Eastern Europe
As a result of the Truman Doctrine
Greece and Turkey were less vulnerable to communism.
All of the following were original North Atlantic Treaty Organization members EXCEPT:
Japan
As the 1948 election approached:
Truman seemed to be in deep political trouble
With the end of World War II, Korea:
became divided into northern and southern halves
President Truman vetoed the McCarran Internal Security Act
because he felt it promoted thought control
One of Truman's great strengths as he assumed the presidency was his:
determined, decisive character
Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council
each have veto power over major UN decisions.
Due to shrinking military production, a deep recession followed the end of World War II.
false
J. Strom Thurmond was from New York.
false
The Fair Deal was President Truman's name for his approach to foreign policy in the early days of the cold war.
false