DEUSH Ch 23 Reading Questions

What obstacle did Harry Truman face when he assumed the presidency following the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in April 1945?

Harry Truman had absolutely no experience in foreign policy, the most important qualification at this point in American history.

How did the Soviet focus on social and economic rights in the Cold War human rights debate affect American attitudes?

In the climate of anti-communist hysteria, it prompted many Americans to condemn these rights as a first step to socialism.

In 1949, Mao Zedong:

Led a successful communist revolution in China.

Which long-held US territory was granted independence in 1946?

Philippines.

The "Iron Curtain":

Separated the free West from the communist East.

After WWII, the only nation that could rival the United States was:

The Soviet Union

How had the political climate changed in the South during WWII in the early Cold War years?

The number of African Americans in the region that were registered to vote increased seven fold.

Why did nearly 5 million workers walk off their jobs over the course of 1946?

The removal of price controls resulted in a drop in workers' real income.

To wage the cultural Cold War, the Central Intelligence Agency and Defense Department:

funded artistic publications, concerts, performances, and exhibits.

Operation Dixie was:

the postwar union campaign in the South.