Chapter 27 Multiple choice questions

32. In 1948, the Americans for Democratic Action

E. tried to draft Dwight Eisenhower for president.

27. Following World War II, the great majority of working American women

E. wanted to keep working.

49. Of the following, the HUAC investigation of Alger Hiss primarily helped the political career of

A. Richard Nixon.

23. In the last months of 1949, events in the Soviet Union and China included

A. Russia's successful test of an atomic weapon.

2. In early 1943 at a meeting in Casablanca,

A. Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agreed the Axis powers must surrender unconditionally.

5. 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.

10. In 1945, when Harry Truman became president, he

A. had almost no familiarity with foreign affairs.

33. In the 1948 presidential election,

A. most people believed Harry Truman would lose.

30. The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947

A. permitted the "union shop."

45. During the Korean War, the Truman administration faced major strikes in the industries of

A. rail and steel.

15. Beginning in 1947, the United States' policy of "containment" was

A. the basis for its foreign policy for more than forty years.

18. Between 1947 and 1950, Marshall Plan aid

A. was offered to the Soviet Union.

26. During 1946-1947, the American economy

A. was plagued by serious inflation.

40. The government of Syngman Rhee in Korea after World War II

A. was pro-Western.

12. In 1945, President Harry Truman conceded to communist authority in

B. Poland.

1. In 1945, Joseph Stalin's vision of a postwar world in which great powers would control strategic areas of interest was largely shared by

B. Winston Churchill.

21. In 1948, President Harry Truman responded to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin by

B. airlifting supplies to West Berlin.

41. The Truman administration responded in 1950 to the onset of fighting in Korea by

B. calling on the United Nations to intervene.

36. The Supreme Court case of Shelley v. Kraemer (1948) dealt a blow to

B. housing discrimination.

43. In 1951, President Harry Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur of command because MacArthur

B. publicly criticized President Truman's policy in Korea.

6. In 1945, when the United States Senate considered the proposed United Nations, it

B. quickly ratified the agreement by a large majority.

24. The 1950 National Security Council report known as NSC-68 stated

B. the United States must resist communism anywhere it developed in the world.

8. All the following statements regarding the "occupation zones" of Germany in 1945 are true EXCEPT that

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

50. In 1947, the Truman administration responded to Republican attacks that it was weak on communism by

C. beginning an investigation into the loyalty of federal employees.

22. In 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

C. declared that an attack on one member nation was an attack on all.

13. By 1945, the Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek had

C. little popular support.

38. The immediate cause of the Korean War, in 1950, was the

C. military invasion by North Korea into South Korea.

35. In 1949, the Truman administration made progress in civil rights by

C. ordering an end to discrimination in the hiring of government employees.

31. President Harry Truman responded to the 1946 election results by

C. proposing a major civil rights bill.

29. The 1946 elections

C. saw Republicans win control of both houses of Congress.

39. All of the following statements regarding Korea are true EXCEPT that

C. the United States left Korea in 1946.

46. As a result of the Korean War, the

D. American public believed there was something wrong with the United States.

48. All of the following statements regarding the HUAC investigation of Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers are true EXCEPT that

D. Hiss was convicted of espionage.

11. President Harry Truman initially decided to "get tough" with the Soviet Union

D. after his first few days in office.

34. In 1949, President Harry Truman succeeded in getting Congress to pass

D. aid for public housing.

25. The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944

D. gave economic and education subsidies to veterans.

4. In early 1945 at the Yalta Conference,

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

42. The American invasion at Inchon during the Korean War

D. prompted President Truman to try to push communists out of North Korea.

28. President Harry Truman's Fair Deal called for

D. the creation of national health insurance.

16. In 1947, the Truman Doctrine

E. All these answers are correct.

17. The United States was motivated to develop the Marshall Plan in 1947 due to

E. All these answers are correct.

19. The National Security Act of 1947

E. All these answers are correct.

7. At the conclusion of the Yalta Conference in 1945, basic disagreements remained on

E. All these answers are correct.

3. At the Teheran Conference in late 1943,

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

9. Between the Yalta Conference and his death, President Franklin Roosevelt

E. became increasingly concerned that Stalin was not going to fulfill conference agreements.

20. The Soviet Union's 1948 blockade of West Berlin was primarily a response to the

E. creation of a unified West Germany.

44. The initial response by the American public to the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur was

E. criticism of President Truman

37. A 1948 public opinion poll revealed that a majority of Americans believed atomic power would

E. in the long run, do more good than harm.

14. In the years immediately following World War II, the United States policy toward Asia led

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

47. In 1947, the first target of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was

E. the movie industry.