APUSH Ch 22/23

Who did the States' Rights Party nominate for president in 1948?

Strom Thurmond

Which statement about the Korean conflict is FALSE?

TRUE : - General MacArthur argued for an invasion of China and for the use of nuclear weapons. - The United Nations authorized the use of forces to repel the North Koreans - The war ended in a cease-fire, not with a formal peace treaty NOT : - Chinese troops threatened to enter the conflict, but never did

All of the following statements are true of Truman's Fair Deal EXCEPT:

TRUE : the Fair Deal included - a provision to expand public housing. - a provision to increase the minimum wage. - a provision to create a national health insurance program. NOT : Congress passed Truman's Fair Deal to help address the issue of civil rights.

What reason did the Hollywood Ten give for not cooperating with the HUAC hearings under McCarthyism?

They felt the hearings were a violation of the First Amendment.

According to the policy of containment, as laid out by George Kennan, the:

United States was committed to preventing the spread of communism.All of the following are enactments of the policy of containment EXCEPT:

Which civil rights measure was passed into law during Truman's administration?

desegregation of the armed forces.

To wage the cultural Cold War, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Defense Department:

funded an array of artistic publications, concerts, performances, and exhibits.

Joseph McCarthy

was an embarrassment to his party by 1954.

All of the following are enactments of the policy of containment EXCEPT:

YES : - Truman Doctrine - Marshall Plan - Korean War NOT : - the Warsaw Pact

In "Who Is Loyal to America?" Henry Steele Commager:

believes that the narrow definition of loyalty denied freedom of thought.