Ch. 27-30 MCQ Review

In early 1943 at a meeting in Casablanca, A. Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agreed the Axis powers must surrender unconditionally. B. Joseph Stalin had refused to attend. C. Churchill and Roosevelt agreed to follow Stalin's strategy to defeat Germany. D. Stalin threatened to make a separate peace with Germany. E. Stalin argued against the Allies opening a second front in western Europe.

A. Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agreed the Axis powers must surrender unconditionally. B. Joseph Stalin had refused to attend.

In designing the structure of the new United Nations, planners called for A. each nation on the Security Council to have veto power over the others. B. a General Assembly in which select nations would have voting rights. C. the president of the UN to be selected from one of the five major powers. D. membership to be limited to one hundred nations. E. Germany and Japan to be added to the Security Council after 25 years.

A. each nation on the Security Council to have veto power over the others.

In 1945, when Harry Truman became president, he A. had almost no familiarity with foreign affairs. B. believed Joseph Stalin could be trusted. C. was already drawing up plans for his "Truman Doctrine." D. looked to Great Britain to contain the Soviet Union. E. renounced the Yalta accords signed by Roosevelt.

A. had almost no familiarity with foreign affairs.

In 1945, President Harry Truman conceded to communist authority in A. China. B. Poland. C. Berlin. D. Hungary. E. Yugoslavia.

B. Poland.

In 1945, Joseph Stalin's vision of a postwar world in which great powers would control strategic areas of interest was largely shared by A. Charles de Gaulle. B. Winston Churchill. C. Franklin Roosevelt. D. Mao Zedong. E. Harry Truman.

B. Winston Churchill

In 1945, when the United States Senate considered the proposed United Nations, it A. initially rejected American membership. B. quickly ratified the agreement by a large majority. C. refused to vote on the charter for nearly a year. D. made major changes to its charter. E. put the question to a national referendum.

B. quickly ratified the agreement by a large majority.

All the following statements regarding the "zones of occupation" of Germany in 1945 are true EXCEPT that A. there were a total of four zones, each controlled by a different nation. B. the zones were to be determined by the position of troops at the end of the war. C. all of Berlin was to be placed under Soviet control. D. at an unspecified date, Germany would be reunited. E. Roosevelt preferred a reconstructed and reunited Germany.

C. all of Berlin was to be placed under Soviet control.

By 1945, the Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek had A. grown antagonistic toward the United States. B. designs on taking over conquered Japan. C. little popular support. D. drifted toward communism. E. willingly ceded authority to Mao Zedong.

C. little popular support.

11. President Harry Truman initially decided to "get tough" with the Soviet Union A. following the end of the war in the Pacific. B. once the United States had successfully used the atomic bomb. C. at the Potsdam Conference. D. after his first few days in office. E. after it became clear Stalin was supporting communist forces in China.

D. after his first few days in office.

In early 1945 at the Yalta Conference, A. Franklin Roosevelt was too ill to attend. B. Joseph Stalin withdrew a promise to enter the Pacific war. C. Winston Churchill left early in a dispute with Stalin. D. it was agreed that the Soviet Union should regain land lost in the 1904 Russo-Japanese War. E. Joseph Stalin refused to agree to Roosevelt and Churchill's plans for the United Nations.

D. it was agreed that the Soviet Union should regain land lost in the 1904 Russo-Japanese War.

At the conclusion of the Yalta Conference in 1945, basic disagreements remained on A. the government of Poland. B. the unification of Germany. C. war reparations to the Soviet Union. D. both the government of Poland and the unification of Germany. E. All these answers are correct.

E. All these answers are correct

At the Tehran Conference in late 1943, A. Franklin Roosevelt knew Joseph Stalin urgently needed American aid in fighting Germany. B. Winston Churchill agreed to enter the war in the Pacific as soon as Germany was defeated. C. Franklin Roosevelt urged Joseph Stalin to postpone his westward offensive. D. it was agreed that Poland should be put under Soviet control after the war. E. Franklin Roosevelt promised an Anglo-American second front within six months.

E. Franklin Roosevelt promised an Anglo-American second front within six months.

Between the Yalta Conference and his death, President Franklin Roosevelt A. saw no evidence that Stalin would not live up to his promises at Yalta. B. concluded that diplomacy would not settle American differences with Stalin. C. began to push for major reparations to the Soviet Union in hopes that it would bring Stalin on board with the Yalta agreements. D. began to coordinate a military strike on the Soviet zone of occupation in Berlin. E. became increasingly concerned, though not without hope, that Stalin was not going to fulfill conference agreements.

E. became increasingly concerned, though not without hope, that Stalin was not going to fulfill conference agreements.

In the years immediately following World War II, the United States policy toward Asia led A. to U.S. military intervention in China to fight communist advances there. B. President Harry Truman to place restrictions on industrial development in Japan. C. President Truman to threaten communists in China with atomic bombs. D. the United States to provide financial support to Mao Zedong for reasons of stability. E. the Truman administration to encourage the rapid economic growth of Japan.

E. the Truman administration to encourage the rapid economic growth of Japan.