Chapter 27

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.

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.

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 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.

In 1945, when Harry Truman became president, he

had almost no familiarity with foreign affairs.

In early 1945 at the Yalta Conference,

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

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

quickly ratified the agreement by a large majority.

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

All these answers are correct.

In 1947, the Truman Doctrine

All these answers are correct.

The National Security Act of 1947

All these answers are correct.

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

after his first few days in office.

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

creation of a unified West Germany.

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.

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

little popular support.

U.S. aid through the Marshall Plan

was offered to the Soviet Union.

In 1945, President Harry Truman conceded to communist authority in

Poland.

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.

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.