chapter 25 test
What was one consequence of the Korean War?
A massive increase in U.S. defense spending
How did the experience of World War II influence African American veterans returning from overseas?
It increased their resolve to fight racial injustices in the United States.
How did the United States' Asian policy change after the collapse of China's Nationalist government in 1949?
It shifted its focus to Japan.
What did Dwight D. Eisenhower emphasize in his campaign for the presidency in 1952?
The threat of communism and the need to win decisively in Korea
The G.I. Bill help to boost the U.S. economy after World War II
with the provision of job training, education, and low-interest home loans.
What was Joseph Stalin's primary goal after World War II?
To ensure friendly governments on its borders in Eastern Europe
What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Act of 1941?
To make arms, munitions, and other supplies available to Britain
Who was the author of the 1946 rationale for a hard-line U.S. foreign policy of containment?
Career diplomat George F. Kennan
What was the immediate consequence of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?
Congress endorsed President Roosevelt's call for a declaration of war.
The Allied assault against the German army on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944, is commonly known as
D Day.
What event sparked the beginning of World War II?
Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939
President Truman justified intervention in Korea by comparing events there to the crisis in which European nation?
Greece
The U.S. government's policy of containment was first implemented when President Truman asked Congress to send military and economic aid to
Greece and Turkey.
Who succeeded President Roosevelt in the White House after his death on April 12, 1945?
Harry Truman
How did President Roosevelt respond to A. Philip Randolph's plans to organize a march of 100,000 on Washington, D.C., in 1941?
He authorized the Committee on Fair Employment Practices.
How did President Roosevelt justify the proposed Lend-Lease Act in January 1941?
He cited the need to defend democracy and human rights around the world.
How did President Truman respond to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948 and 1949?
He ordered the airlifting of more than two million tons of goods to West Berliners.
What was President Truman's initial response to the Israeli declaration of statehood in 1948?
He quickly recognized Israel and pledged to make its defense a cornerstone of U.S. policies in the Middle East.
Which of the following occured as a result of the nazi-soviet treaty of nonaggression in august 1939?
Hitler's invasion of Poland
To ensure friendly governments on its borders in Eastern Europe
Its suppression of the popular will in Eastern and Central Europe had isolated those regions from the free world.
The Battle of Midway signaled to the American military that
Japanese domination of the Pacific was weakening.
Which of these men was the most infamous crusader against communism after World War II?
Joseph R. McCarthy
What was the peacetime military alliance created by the United States, Canada, and Western European countries to deter attacks from the Soviet Union?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Which factor aroused Soviet suspicions of the Western Allies during World War II?
The Western Allies' long delay in opening a second front in Western Europe
What triggered U.S. military action in Korea in 1950?
The invasion of South Korea by troops from Communist North Korea
Which of the following statements describes the relationship between American ethnic minorities and the armed forces during World War II?
They fought in large numbers in the armed forces despite discriminatory treatment.
The United States dropped a second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki only three days after the attack on Hiroshima
because the first bomb did not lead to a Japanese surrender to the United States.
The executive order President Truman issued in 1948 during his reelection campaign was designed to
desegregate every aspect of the American armed services.
During the anti-Communist scare of the late 1940s and early 1950s,
federal employees were investigated for Communist subversion.
The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, was part of the Japanese plan to
knock out a significant portion of American naval bases in the Pacific.
In February 1945, the Big Three met at Yalta to discuss
postwar self-determination for the people of Eastern Europe.
In the Atlantic Charter in August of 1941, the United States and England agreed to
protect the freedom of the seas, free trade, and the right of national self-determination.
As the Allies closed in on him in December 1944, Hitler ordered a desperate counterattack through Belgium known as
the Battle of the Bulge.
By 1947, the intense rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States was called
the Cold War.
What was the objective of the neutrality act of 1937?
to prevent increasing American involvement in European affairs
