APUSH Ch. 27
the nation's most prominent leader of the crusade against domestic subversion was
Joseph McCarthy
The Economic Cooperation Administration was also known as the
Marshall Plan
the Korean War began when
North Korean forces invaded South Korea
The strikes by the United Mine Workers and the nation's railroads in 1946 were settled when
Truman either ordered or threatened government control
Post-WWII America exhibited all of the following economic characteristics except
a depression after the effects of wartime spending wore off
In the late 1940s, Truman managed to push through Congress all of the following Fair Deal legislation except
a national health insurance plan to provide medical care to the poor
The National Security Council report represented
a strengthening of America's containment to policy
After the end of WWII and the return of demobilized forces to the workforce, women
all of the answers below
The Korean War resulted in all of the following developments except
an increased confidence in America's position as a world power dedicated to stopping the spread of communism
On the issue of racial discrimination, Truman managed to
begin dismantling segregation within the armed forces
The Marshall Plan accomplished all of the following except
caused a few successful pro-western coups
In dealing with the Soviets during his first few months in office, President Truman
chastised the Soviets for violating the Yalta agreements
The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 was supported by
conservative Republicans in Congress
During the struggle in China between nationalists and communists after WWII, the US
continued to support Chiang Kaishek with money and weapons even when it became clear his cause was lost
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, accused of transferring atomic secrets to the Soviets, were
convicted, sentenced to death, and executed, despite two years of appeals and public protests
the National Security Act of 1947 contained all of the following provisions except
creating the Atomic Energy Commission to oversee and speed atomic research
Above all other reasons, policy makes supported the Marshall Plan because they
feared that the shaky pro-American governments in western Europe might fall under communist control
In the election of 1948, Truman employed all of the following political tactics except
keeping a low profile once he gained a large lead in the polls
The Republican candidate, Dwight Eisenhower, won the presidential election of 1952 because much of the public
liked the geniality and statesmanlike quality of Eisenhower
One major purpose of the Taft-Hartley Act was to
limit the power of labor unions
The Marshall Plan adopted policies toward communist countries that
offered assistance to the Soviet Union and its easter European satellites, but they refused
In his crusade against domestic subversion, Joseph McCarthy used all of the following means except
producing conclusive evidence that several federal employees had communist ties
President Truman relieved Douglas MacArthur from command because MacArthur
publicity indicated his dissatisfaction with Truman's policy on Korea
The conviction of Alger Hiss resulted in all of the following developments except
repealing the statute of limitations for espionage so that Hiss could be tried
Truman's policy of "containment" called for the US to
support free people who were resisting communist expansion
The history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization involved all of the following events except
the US Senate did not ratify the charter until a decade after the organization was formed
The film style of film noir emphasized
the alienation of individuals in an impersonal world
In the early 1950s, the campaign against domestic communism in the US resulted from all of the following developments except
the death of Mao Zedong
The National Security Council report resulted from all of the following events except
the invasion of South Korea by communist North Korean forces
In 1948, Stalin initiated the Berlin Blockade in response to
the merging of American, British, and French zones of Germany to create a new West German Republic
In the election of 1948, Southern conservatives bolted the Democratic party because
they disapproved of Truman's proposed civil rights bill
In the election of 1948, Truman
won the presidency, and the Democrats also won both houses of Congress
