chapter 27

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

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In 1947, the Truman Doctrine

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As a result of the Korean War, the

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

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

after his first few days in office.

In the 1948 presidential election,

early polls had seemed to indicate that Harry Truman would lose.

During the mid-1940s, the American economy

was plagued by serious inflation.

The government of Syngman Rhee in Korea after World War II

was pro-Western.

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

Hiss was convicted of espionage.

In early 1943 at a meeting in Casablanca,

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

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

Winston Churchill.

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

creation of a unified West Germany.

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

criticism of President Truman.

In 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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

In designing the structure of the new United Nations, planners called for

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

President Harry Truman's actions after the 1946 election included

proposing a major civil rights bill.

In 1950, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were accused of spying for

the Soviet Union.

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

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

In 1948, the Americans for Democratic Action

tried to draft Dwight Eisenhower for president.

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

wanted to keep working.

U.S. aid through the Marshall Plan

was offered to the Soviet Union.

The National Security Act of 1947

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In 1945, President Harry Truman conceded to communist authority in

Poland.

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

Richard Nixon.

Between the Yalta Conference and his death, President Franklin Roosevelt

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

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

calling on the United Nations to intervene.

The American invasion at Inchon during the Korean War

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

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

rail and steel.

All of the following statements regarding Korea are true EXCEPT that

the United States left Korea in 1946.

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

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

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

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

At the Tehran Conference in late 1943,

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

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

Russia's successful test of an atomic weapon.

Joseph McCarthy burst into national prominence by charging that there were known communists in the

State Department

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were

accused of passing American secrets to its enemies

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

aid for public housing.

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

airlifting supplies to West Berlin.

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

all of Berlin was to be placed under Soviet control.

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

beginning an investigation into the loyalty of federal employees.

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

both a humanitarian concern for the European people, and a desire to create strong European markets for American goods.

When Joseph McCarthy first leveled charges of communist infiltration in the government, he was a

first-term Republican senator.

The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944

gave economic and education subsidies to veterans.

In 1945, when Harry Truman became president, he

had almost no familiarity with foreign affairs.

During Joseph McCarthy's investigation into alleged subversion in government,

he never produced conclusive evidence that any federal employee was a communist.

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

housing discrimination.

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

in the long run, do more good than harm.

In early 1945 at the Yalta Conference,

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

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

little popular support.

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

military invasion by North Korea into South Korea.

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

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

The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947

permitted the "union shop."

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

publicly criticized President Truman's policy in Korea.

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

quickly ratified the agreement by a large majority.

The McCarran Internal Security Act

required communist organizations to register with the government.

The 1946 elections

saw Republicans win control of both houses of Congress.

The election of 1952 saw

television play a role in the campaign.

President Harry Truman's Fair Deal called for

the creation of national health insurance.

The results of the election of 1952 saw

the end to a long period of Democratic dominance.

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

the movie industry.