The Cold War chapter 27
12.In the 1948 presidential election, most people believed
Harry Truman would lose.
7. What U.S. policy following World War II was a second arm of the policy expressed above and shared the same overarching purpose?
Maintaining the military at wartime levels and building up the Nuclear arsenal
6. What ways can the adoption of the policy suggested in this speech best be seen as a turning point in the history of U.S. foreign policy?
Major U.S. commitment to foreign policy of collective security
2.The National Security Act of 1947 created the
NSC Security Council, created the Central CIA Agency and created the Department of DOW
"The truth of the matter is that Europe's requirements for the next 3 or 4 years of foreign food and other essential products -- principally from America -- are so much greater than her present ability to pay that she must have substantial additional help, or face economic, social, and political deterioration of a very grave character. The remedy lies in breaking the vicious circle and restoring the confidence of the European people in the economic future of their own countries and of Europe as a whole. ... Aside from the demoralizing effect on the world at large and the possibilities of disturbances arising as a result of the desperation of the people concerned, the consequences to the economy of the United States should be apparent to all. It is logical that the United States should do whatever it is able to do to assist in the return of normal economic health in the world, without which there can be no political stability and no assured peace. Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos. Its purpose should be the revival of working economy in the world so as to permit the emergence of political and social conditions in which free institutions can exist." -- George C. Marshall, remarks made at Harvard University on June 5, 1947 4. Which broad U.S. policy goal of the mid-twentieth century was supported by the implementation of the policy proposed in this speech?
Political and economic resistance to spread of soviet communist influence aboard
8. Which of the following provides the best rationale for the economic focus of the policy being supported in the above speech?
Strong economic recovery of war devastated countries providing economic stability against communism
5. What best characterizes the larger effect of the policy stated in this speech on reshaping the role of the United States in global affairs?
The nation is the Political and economic leader of collective security
3.In 1948, President Harry Truman responded to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin by
airlifting supplies.
9.In 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization declared that
an attack on one member nation was an attack on all.
13.A 1948 public opinion poll revealed that a majority of Americans believed
atomic power would in the long run, do more good than harm.
17.The initial response by the American public to the dismissal of General Douglas McArthur was
criticism of President Truman.
10.The Servicemen's Readjustment Act or GI Bill of 1944
gave economic and education subsidies to veterans.
16.In 1951, President Harry Truman relieved General Douglas McArthur of command because
he publicly criticized President Truman's policy in Korea
19.In 1950, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were accused
of spying for the Soviet Union
15.The Truman administration responded in 1950 to the onset of fighting in Korea by calling on
the United States to intervene.
Beginning in 1947, the United States' policy of "containment" was
the basis for its foreign policy for more than forty years.
11.President Harry Truman's Fair Deal called for
the creation of national health insurance.
14.The immediate cause of the Korean War, in 1950, was
the military invasion by North Korea into South Korea.
18.In 1947, the first target of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was
the movie industry.
