Apush chapter 28 & 29

The truman adminstratiom saw the war in korea as

A test of american will being directed by stalin

The "new conservatives" such as William F BBuckley Junior

Advocated victory over communism rather than containment

Dwight David Eisenhower's popularity stemmed from

All of the above. His image as a plane but good man, his career as a war hero and his ability tto protect calm and reassurance

The impact of television under politics could be seen clearly in

All of the above. Reaction to coverage of the Little Rock crisis, the Nixon Kennedy debates, in the army McCarthy hearings

1950 saw all of the following except

American disengagement from global politics

American involvement with Vietnam began

And the Truman a ministration begin eating the French in their attempt to regain their former colony

The proliferation in popularity of science fiction in monster films in the 1950s reflected

Anxieties that underlie the apparent complacency of the 1950s

During the 1950s the Central intelligence agency

Became increasingly involved in clandestine operations

Which of the following is the best description of US-USSR relations in the late 1940s?

Both nations sought the upper hand in Europe, feeding each other's fear and setting the stage for conflict

Which of the following statements about postwar demobilization is not true ?

The Soviet Union followed a similar pattern of demobilization

Which of the following statements about brown versus Board of Education of Topeka is correct

The Supreme Court rejected the separate but equal doctrine and ruled that racial segregation violates the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment

According to the Truman doctrine

The US would support free peoples everywhere if they were threatened by armed minorities outside pressure

President Eisenhower advanced his domino theory to justify US intervention in the international affairs of

Vietnam

To most Americans, the idea of "limited war"

Was difficult to understand, especially in view of the total war completed only a few years earlier

The Dixiecrats

We're white supremacists who were determined to protect the southern way of life

The result of Eisenhowers silence after the brown versus Board of Education decision was that

White resistance to the decision became more and more open

The united States dealt with the Berlin crisis by

organizing and persisting at an an airlift of supplies until the Soviets relented

The Marshall Plan

provided billions of dollars to rebuild Western Europe

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization did all of the following except

provoke the soviet union into attacking Berlin

Mao Tse-tung's establishment of the People's Republic of China

seemed to many American to be result of failed or even traitorous American policy

Who held up a laundry list and claimed "I have here in my hand a list of 205 names known to the Secretary of State as being part of the communist party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy"?

Joseph R. McCarthy

In his farewell address Eisenhower warned against "the acquisition of unwarranted influence" by whom?

Military industrial complex

Which of the following phrases best describes Eisenhowers domestic policy and programs

Moderation

1950s government policies of termination and relocation prove disastrous for

Native Americans

In which of these conflicts did American and soviet troops clash on the battlefield

None

The Korean War

Set a precedent for US participation in undeclared wars not approved by congress

The Suez crisis of 1957 led to all of the following except

The British regained control of the canal

The beats were

A group of nonconformist writers who rejected the materialism and conformity of American society

NSC-68

Called for a massive US military build up to counter the USSR's aggressive intentions

The purpose of the Bretton woods agreement was to

Create a stable international trade regime

The Cold War led the US to do all of the following except

Declare the Monroe doctrine no longer valid

In which of these cases did the Supreme Court rule that congress could curtail freedom of speech to protect national security?

Dennis v. United States

"Eight millionaires in a plumber quote describes

Eisenhowers cabinet

All of the following statements about the interstate highway program are true except

It halted "white flight" from the inner cities to the suburbs

The GI bill provided funds for veterans to do all of the following except

Find new jobs

The "architect of containment" was

George F. Kennan

What was George F Kennan describing when he wrote about "a toy automobile wound up and heading in a given direction, stopping on;y when it meets some unanswerable force"?

He was describing Soviet expansionism

Alger Hiss was accused of

Helping the communists come to power in china in 1949 by sending them information on Jiang Jieshis secret military plans

Which of the following actions of President Eisenhower please the right wing of the Republican Party?

His appointment of John Foster Dulles as Secretary of State

Of whom did Eisenhower say that "possibly 80% of the population would have voted for him as their leader"?

Ho Chi Minh