HIST 1302 Ch. 27

A major economic problem President Truman faced immediately after the war was

high rates of inflation

State Department official George Kennan:

said the United States should contain Soviet expansionist tendencies.

All of the following were established by the National Security Act of 1947 EXCEPT:

the Office of Homeland Security.

When North Korean Communists invaded South Korea:

the United Nations authorized military intervention against the aggressors.

In 1948, President Truman desegregated

the military

When confronted with a railroad strike in 1946, President Truman's response was to:

threaten to draft the strikers.

Israel's creation in 1948 was followed immediately by a war with its Arab neighbors.

true

The Servicemen's Readjustment Act was also known as the GI Bill of Rights

true

Truman viewed his victory as a mandate for

liberalism

By the spring of 1945, the United States and Britain were becoming deeply concerned over Soviet actions in

Eastern Europe

As a result of the Truman Doctrine

Greece and Turkey were less vulnerable to communism.

All of the following were original North Atlantic Treaty Organization members EXCEPT:

Japan

As the 1948 election approached:

Truman seemed to be in deep political trouble

With the end of World War II, Korea:

became divided into northern and southern halves

President Truman vetoed the McCarran Internal Security Act

because he felt it promoted thought control

One of Truman's great strengths as he assumed the presidency was his:

determined, decisive character

Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council

each have veto power over major UN decisions.

Due to shrinking military production, a deep recession followed the end of World War II.

false

J. Strom Thurmond was from New York.

false

The Fair Deal was President Truman's name for his approach to foreign policy in the early days of the cold war.

false