Unit 27 APUSH

Which of the following provides the best rationale for the policy being supported in the above speech? Providing economic assistance to Latin America essentially supported the unstable governments there. A swift economic recovery of the war-devastated countries would provide political stability against Communism. The growth of the U.S. economy depended solely on the growth of the European economy in the years after World War II. An economically stable Europe would keep Germany from rising again as a major power in the foreseeable future.

A swift economic recovery of the war-devastated countries would provide political stability against Communism.

Which of these was a consequence of the Korean War? Close to 10 percent of Korea's population was killed. Mao Zedong was removed from power in China. The United States lost more soldiers than it had in World War II. Communism was rolled back significantly in Korea.

Close to 10 percent of Korea's population was killed.

What happened in the 1948 presidential election? President Truman refrained from attacking Republicans for fear of alienating voters. Early polls seemed to indicate that Harry S. Truman would lose. Strong party support for Truman was crucial in his triumph over Dewey. The Progressive and Dixiecrat candidates combined to win 30 percent of the popular vote.

Early polls seemed to indicate that Harry S. Truman would lose.

What happened at the Tehran Conference in late 1943? Franklin D. Roosevelt knew Joseph Stalin urgently needed American aid in fighting Germany. Winston Churchill agreed to enter the war in the Pacific as soon as Germany was defeated. Franklin D. Roosevelt promised an Anglo-American second front within six months. Franklin D. Roosevelt urged Joseph Stalin to postpone his westward offensive.

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

What happened to the American economy during the mid-1940s? It fell back to depression conditions. It experienced few labor strikes. It kept women workers in their wartime jobs. It was plagued by serious inflation.

It was plagued by serious inflation.

Why did President Harry S. Truman relieve General Douglas MacArthur of command in 1951? MacArthur publicly criticized President Truman's policy in Korea. MacArthur refused to support Truman's plan to use atomic weapons in Korea. MacArthur had invaded North Korea without presidential authorization. MacArthur publicly stated that an invasion of China would be a military disaster.

MacArthur publicly criticized President Truman's policy in Korea.

What happened during Joseph McCarthy's investigation into alleged subversion in the government in the early 1950s? Republicans criticized his broad attacks on the Democratic Party. McCarthy never produced conclusive evidence that any federal employee was a Communist. After Dwight D. Eisenhower won the 1952 election, he publicly spoke out against McCarthy. Most of the public criticized McCarthy's blunt tactics and coarse behavior.

McCarthy never produced conclusive evidence that any federal employee was a Communist.

What was the immediate cause of the Korean War in 1950? the decision by the United States to send troops to South Korea the triumph of Communism under Mao in China North Korea's military invasion of South Korea the division of Korea into northern and southern halves

North Korea's military invasion of South Korea

Which of the following is true of the campaign of 1952? President Harry S. Truman ran for another term despite passage of the Twenty-Second Amendment. Richard Nixon was forced to step down from the Republican ticket due to scandal. It was a contest between two war heroes, neither of whom had ever held elected office Television played a role in shaping public perception of the candidates.

Television played a role in shaping public perception of the candidates.

What happened as a result of the Korean War? The government reduced military expenditures to pre-World War II levels. The American economy was dragged into a postwar recession. The American public worried something was wrong with their country. The American public felt reassured that Communism was being contained.

The American public worried something was wrong with their country.

What did traditional historians of the Cold War generally believe? The United States was mostly responsible for the beginning of the rivalry. The economic factors were more important than political motives in initiating the rivalry. The origins of the rivalry mostly emerged from the situation at the end of World War I. The Soviet Union was primarily responsible for the start of the rivalry.

The Soviet Union was primarily responsible for the start of the rivalry.

Which of the following statements best characterizes the larger effect of the policy stated in this speech on reshaping the role of the United States in global affairs? Dedication of resources to national rebuilding left the United States unable to compete globally. The nation became the political and economic leader of the Western world in the following years. U.S. influence in the world became focused exclusively on Western Europe in the subsequent decades. The United States joined with democratic and Communist countries to forcefully support antiwar policies.

The nation became the political and economic leader of the Western world in the following years.

Which of these is true about the actions of the United States in the early Cold War? They kept the country in a position of global leadership after its intervention in World War II. They were similar to how the country conducted its foreign affairs through most of the 1800s. The nation withdrew its military forces from around the globe, as it had following World War I. The Cold War caused America to withdraw to the isolationism it had favored before 1914.

They kept the country in a position of global leadership after its intervention in World War II.

Which of these places events in the correct chronological order? McCarthyism, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, NATO NATO, McCarthyism, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, NATO, McCarthyism Marshall Plan, NATO, McCarthyism, Truman Doctrine

Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, NATO, McCarthyism

In 1949, President Harry S. Truman succeeded in getting Congress to pass ________. federal aid for education nationalized health care aid for public housing civil rights legislation

aid for public housing

After World War II, what did the Soviet Union seem to want? diplomacy squarely based on the principles agreed upon by the Allies in the Atlantic Charter an international order in which the great powers controlled spheres of influence the elevation of the principle of the self-determination of peoples in international affairs no international organization at all—and certainly nothing like the League of Nations

an international order in which the great powers controlled spheres of influence

In 1947, how did the Truman administration respond to Republican attacks that it was "soft on Communism"? by launching a program to investigate the loyalty of federal employees by strongly supporting passage of the McCarran Internal Security Act by charging the Republicans with harboring Communists within their own party by ignoring them publicly while launching a private internal investigation

by launching a program to investigate the loyalty of federal employees

In 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ________. declared that an attack on one member nation was an attack on all called for a demilitarized zone across Western Europe was the response of the West to Stalin's blockade of Berlin was created in response to the Soviet Union's Warsaw Pact

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

Which broad U.S. policy goal of the mid-twentieth century was supported by the implementation of the policy proposed in this speech? widespread reduction of poverty through extension of New Deal policies at home increased equality of opportunity through expansion of civil and human rights abroad reduction in the role of the federal government in relation to state authority political and economic resistance to the spread of Soviet Communist influence abroad

political and economic resistance to the spread of Soviet Communist influence abroad

Beginning in 1947, the United States' policy of containment was ________. used to resist implementation of the Truman Doctrine the basis for its foreign policy for more than forty years first applied in Poland and the rest of Eastern Europe an extension of the principles of the Atlantic Charter

the basis for its foreign policy for more than forty years

What did President Harry S. Truman's Fair Deal call for? an end to public low-income housing a freeze on the minimum wage to combat inflation a retraction of many New Deal programs the creation of national health insurance

the creation of national health insurance

What was the first target of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947? the State Department the movie industry the Democratic Party labor unions

the movie industry

At the conclusion of the Yalta Conference in 1945, what basic disagreements remained? Soviet assistance against Japan in the Pacific the date of the opening of the second front the desirability of forming the United Nations the postwar government of Poland

the postwar government of Poland

When did President Harry S. Truman initially decide to "get tough" with the Soviet Union? after the Soviets developed their atomic bomb when he met Stalin at the Potsdam Conference when he had been in office for only a few days following the end of the war in the Pacific

when he had been in office for only a few days