LEP Chapter 27

Each of the following ran for the presidency in 1948 except a. Harry Truman. b. Thomas Dewey. c. Strom Thurmond. d. Dwight D. Eisenhower. e. Henry Wallace.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

The article in Foreign Affairs that called for the policy of containment to be used against the Soviets was authored by

George Kennan.

The Truman Doctrine was first applied when the President asked Congress to extend aid to the governments of

Greece and Turkey.

Adlai Stevenson, the Democratic presidential candidate in 1952, was from

Illinois.

Which of the following was not included in the National Security Act of 1947?

It created the Federal Bureau of Investigation

The first player to break Major League Baseball's policy of racial discrimination was

Jackie Robinson.

All of the following occurred in 1949-1950 except a. communists gained victory in China. b. Russia exploded an atomic bomb. c. the Korean War began. d. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed. e. Joseph McCarthy charged there were communists in the State Department.

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed.

The Long Island suburb of ____, which opened in 1947, consisted of more than 10,000 affordable homes for middle-income families.

Levittown

The 1949 military and political alliance linking Western European nations with the United States was

NATO.

The war in Korea began when the

North Korean army moved across the thirty-eighth parallel into South Korea.

When Eisenhower was elected President in 1952

Republicans won narrow victories in both houses of Congress.

Who of the following was not accused by Joseph McCarthy of traitorous actions against the United States? a. Dean Acheson b. Richard Nixon c. Alger Hiss d. George Marshall e. Millard Tydings

Richard Nixon

The couple arrested, tried, convicted, and executed (in 1953) for espionage were named

Rosenberg. (Julius and Ethel? I think)

The "Dixiecrats" were officially called the

States' Rights Democratic Party.

In 1949, Mao Zedong forced Jiang Jieshi's forces off mainland China to the offshore island of (Mao-Communist, Jiang Jieshi-Nationalist)

The correct answer is: Formosa. (Today, it isk nown as Taiwan)

The so-called "white flight" refers to

The correct answer is: middle-class white families leaving the cities to live in the suburbs

In the post-war years, in South Africa the U.S. supported

a white supremacist government that enforced strict subordination of blacks.

The Mattachine Society

advocated equal rights for gays (men)

Truman responded to the Berlin blockade by

airlifting tons of supplies to the city. (aka Berlin Airlift)

According to the popular view of the containment policy

all leftist insurgencies everywhere are controlled by the Russian Communist

The U.S.-backed government of Syngman Rhee in South Korea was

an autocratic government.

The Fair Deal can be viewed as all of the following except a. a continuation of New Deal policies such as Social Security. b. an attempt to act on the Democratic Party's promises for civil rights and national health care. c. an effort to expand on Truman's desire for "maximum" employment policies. d. support for farm prices. e. an effort to silence critics who considered Harry Truman unfit to be president. The correct answer is: an effort to silence critics who considered Harry Truman unfit to be president.

an effort to silence critics who considered Harry Truman unfit to be president.

The Central Intelligence Agency was

an information-gathering agency with authority to participate in international covert actions.

In the late 1940s militant ideologues charged the Truman Administration was subverting the cause of

anticommunism.

The Kinsey Report published in 1948

asserted that homosexuality was normal and should be tolerated.

Women in movies referred to as film noir were portrayed as

beautiful but dangerous.

Supporters of the "Second Bill of Rights"

believed all Americans had a right to such rights as food, shelter, education and health care.

The National Association of Manufacturers

believed that expanded domestic programs would destroy private free-enterprise.

All of the following were characteristics of the suburbs except they a. offered privacy, playgrounds, and built-in appliances b. increased property ownership and symbolized the crusade against communism c. served as model communities for racial integration. d. benefited from federal loan policies and tax breaks e. represented an optimistic spirit and confidence in the future.

c. served as model communities for racial integration.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

considered an attack on one member nation an attack on all members.

The major goal of the Marshall Plan was to

counter communism by offering economic aid to war-torn European countries.

The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

destroyed the careers of hundreds of TV and movie workers.

In the post war years commitment to "national security" served to

extend the power of the executive branch of government

In the presidential campaign of 1948, candidate Henry Wallace criticized President Truman for

his militant containment policies toward the Soviet Union.

The Taft-Hartley Act

negated many union gains from the New Deal years.

Prior to the 1950s Dwight D. Eisenhower had

not publicly declared his political party affiliation.

Alger Hiss was charged with

perjury

General Douglas MacArthur was fired by Truman because MacArthur

publicly disagreed with Truman's containment policy.

The U.S. anti-Communist crusade caused the federal government to

support corrupt, oppressive, racist governments in other countries.

Harry Truman's policy in regard to the Soviet Union was based on his belief that

the United States had to take a firm stand in opposition to Soviet territorial and ideological expansion

Bernard Baruch's plan for limiting atomic power included

the eventual destruction of U.S. atomic weapons

Truman's domestic policies were based on

the idea that economic growth would finance federal welfare programs.

All of the following were part of the "G.I. Bill" except a. providing veterans with financial assistance for education. b. mandating that veterans receive favorable terms for securing loans for home purchases. c. mandating preferential treatment when veterans applied for public-sector jobs. d. the promise to veterans of a future financial bonus. e. it eventually provided medical care in veterans' hospitals.

the promise to veterans of a future financial bonus.

President Truman's loyalty program

was criticized by both the political far left and the far right.

All of the following are true about the Truman Doctrine except that it a. argued that the United States must oppose Communist aggression around the world. b. argued that the United States must allocate money for nations resisting outside subversion. c. was initially tied to the Greek civil war. d. was strongly opposed by all members of Congress. e. it called for the U.S. to aid those who were resisting armed minorities from within.

was strongly opposed by all members of Congress.

Anticommunism was used to

weaken labor unions

National Security Council Document 68 (NSC 68) endorsed which of the following?

All of this stuff a. massive military buildup b. covert actions c. enlarged propaganda efforts both inside and outside the United States d. economic pressure

A plan for the international control of atomic power was proposed by presidential aid and special representative to the United Nations

Bernard Baruch.

All of the following contributed to Truman's victory in the election of 1948 except a. the lackluster campaign of his Republican opponent. b. Truman's vigorous cross-country, old-fashioned, speaking tour. c. Truman's denunciation of the "do nothing" eightieth Congress. d. Dewey's reputation as a communist sympathizer. e. voter loyalty to the memory of Roosevelt and the New Deal.

Dewey's reputation as a communist sympathizer.

In 1951, Harry Truman relieved General ____ of his command in Korea for insubordination.

Douglas MacArthur