A-freaking-PUSH chapter 27* *with a cameo from chapter 28
Of the following, the HUAC investigation of Alger Hiss primarily helped the political career of
a. Richard Nixon
The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947
a. permitted the "union shop"
During the Korean War, the Truman administration faced major strikes in the industries of
a. rail and steel
In 1950, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were accused of spying of
a. the Soviet Union
Beginning in 1947, the United States' policy of "containment" was
a. the basis for its foreign policy for more than forty years
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
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
In the last months of 1949, events in the Soviet Union and China included
a. Russia's successful test of an atomic weapon
Joseph McCarthy burst into national prominence by charging that there were known communists in the
a. State Department
In early 1943 at a meeting in Casablanca
a. Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agreed the Axis powers must surrender unconditionally
The election of 1952 saw
a. a contest between two war heroes, neither of whom had ever held elective office
In designing the structure of the new United Nations, planners called for
a. each nation on the Security Council to have veto power over the others
In the 1948 presidential election,
a. early polls had seemed to indicate that Harry Truman would lose
US aid through the Marshall Plan
a. was offered to the Soviet Union
In 1945, President Harry Truman conceded to communist authority in
b. Poland
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
The Supreme Court case of Shelly v. Kraemer (1948) dealt a blow to
b. housing discrimination
In 1951, President Harry Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur of command because MacArthur
b. publicly criticized President Truman's policy in Korea
In 1945, when the US Senate considered the proposed United Nations, it
b. quickly ratified the agreement by a large majority
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
The result of the election of 1952 saw
b. the end to a long period of Democratic dominance
The immediate cause of the Korean War, in 1950, was the
c. military invasion by North Korea into South Korea
In 1949, the Truman administration made progress in civil rights by
c. ordering an end to discrimination in the hiring of government employees
President Harry Truman's actions after the 1946 election included
c. proposing a major civil rights bill
The 1946 elections
c. saw Republicans win control of both houses of Congress
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
President Harry Truman initially decided to "get tough" with the Soviet Union
d. after his first few days in office
In 1949, President Harry Truman succeeded in getting Congress to pass
d. aid for public housing
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
The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944
d. gave economic and education subsidies to veterans
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
A 1948 public opinion poll revealed that a majority of Americans believed atomic power would
e. in the long run, do more good than harm
During the 1950s, the general economic conditions of the United States included
e. low unemployment
The McCarran Internal Security Act
e. required communist organizations to register with the government
Following WWII, the great majority of working American women
e. wanted to keep working
In 1945, when Harry Truman became president, he
a. had almost no familiarity with foreign affairs
In the years immediately following WWII, the US policy toward Asia led
a. to US military intervention in China to fight communist advances there
During the mid-1940s, the American economy
a. was plagued by serious inflation
The government of Syngman Rhee in Korea after WWII
a. was pro-Western
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
Following WWII, the American economy
c. grew between 1945 and 1975, nearly ten times faster than the population
During Joseph McCarthy's investigation into alleged subversion in government
c. he never produced conclusive evidence that any federal employee was a communist
Between 1945 and 1960, the birth rate in the United States
c. led to a doubling of the nation's population in this period
By 1945, the Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek had
c. little popular support
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
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
During the 1950s the region of the United States that experienced the most dramatic change as a result of economic growth was
d. the West
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
At the Tehran Conference in late 1943
e. Franklin Roosevelt promised an Anglo-American second front within six months
In 1948, the Americans for Democratic Action
e. tried to draft Dwight Eisenhower for president