Truman & the Beginning of the Cold War (1)
The essential element of the policy of containment was?:
a commitment to holding communism within the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
Truman's response to the Berlin Blockade was to?:
airlift all necessary supplies into Berlin for almost a year.
The removal of General Douglas MacArthur from command of the United States-United Nations forces during the Korean War exemplifies the constitutional principle of?:
civilian control of the military.
Harry Truman aided the cause of civil rights by?:
desegregating the armed forces.
The main economic problem faced by President Truman in his first term was?:
inflation.
The Marshall Plan could be be understood as part of an American desire to?:
make communism less appealing to Europeans creating economic prosperity.
Most of Truman's Fair Deal program?:
met defeat at the hands of a coalition of Republicans and Southern Democrats.
President Truman contributed to the anti-Communist fear after the Second World War by?:
ordering investigations into the loyalty of federal employees.
The Taft-Harley Act of 1947 provided for all of the following EXCEPT?:
permitting union contributions to political campaigns.
The United Nations was able to provide military assistance to South Korea in 1950 because?:
the USSR boycotted the session of the Security Council at which the decision was made.