APUSH Chapter 27 Questions
In 1950, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were accused of spying of
a. the Soviet Union
All the following statements regarding the "zones of occupation" of Germany in 1945 are true EXCEPT that
c. all of Berlin was to be placed under Soviet control
Of the following, the HUAC investigation of Alger Hiss primarily helped the political career of
a. Richard Nixon
Stalin
Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)
In the years immediately following WWII, the US policy toward Asia led
a. to US military intervention in China to fight communist advances there
US aid through the Marshall Plan
a. was offered to the Soviet Union
The government of Syngman Rhee in Korea after WWII
a. was pro-Western
In 1945, Joseph Stalin's vision of a postwar world in which great powers would control strategic areas of interest was largely shared by
b. Winston Churchill
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were
b. accused of passing American secrets to its enemies
In 1948, President Harry Truman responded to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin by
b. airlifting supplies to West Berlin
President Harry Truman's Fair Deal called for
b. an end to public housing
The Truman administration responded in 1950 to the onset of fighting in Korea by
b. calling on the United Nations to intervene
In 1951, President Harry Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur of command because MacArthur
b. publicly criticized President Truman's policy in Korea
In 1947, the first target of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was
b. the Democratic Party
The 1950 National Security Council report known as NSC-68 stated
b. the US must resist communism anywhere it developed in the world
In 1947, the Truman administration responded to Republican attacks that it was weak on communism by
c. beginning an investigation into the loyalty of federal employees
When Joseph McCarthy first leveled charges of communist infiltration in the government, he was a
c. first-term Republican senator
The immediate cause of the Korean War, in 1950, was the
c. military invasion by North Korea into South Korea
All of the following statements regarding Korea are true EXCEPT that
c. the United States left Korea in 1946
As a result of the Korean War, the
d. American public believed there was something wrong with the United States
All of the following statements regarding the HUAC investigation of Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers are true EXCEPT that
d. Hiss was convicted of espionage
The US was motivated to develop the Marshall Plan in 1947 due to
d. both a humanitarian concern for the European people, and a desire to create strong European markets for American goods
In 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
d. both was created in response to the Soviet Union's Warsaw Pact, and declared that an attack on one member nation was an attack on all
The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944
d. gave economic and education subsidies to veterans
In early 1945 at the Yalta Conference
d. it was agreed that the Soviet Union should regain land lost in the 1904 Russo-Japanese War
The American invasion at Inchon during the Korean War
d. prompted President Truman to try to push communists out of North Korea
At the conclusion of the Yalta Conference in 1945, basic disagreements remained on
e. All these answers are correct
In 1947, the Truman Doctrine
e. All these answers are correct
The National Security Act of 1947
e. All these answers are correct
Between the Yalta Conference and his death, President Franklin Roosevelt
e. became increasingly concerned, though not without hope, that Stalin was not going to fulfill conference agreements
The Soviet Union's 1948 blockade of West Berlin was primarily a response to the
e. creation of a unified West Germany
The initial response by the American public to the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur was
e. criticism of President Truman
Alger Hiss
state department offical. was accused of giving secret government documents to the Soviets
