Chapter 29A
UN forces reaching Yalu river brought about:
A massive chinese intervention
During the 1948 presidential campaign, Truman endorsed all of the following EXCEPT:
Abolishing Social Security
With the end of WW2, Korea:
Became divided into Northern and Southern halves.
In regard to Israel's founding in 1948, the United States:
Became the first country to recognize the Jewish state
President Truman vetoed the McCarran Internal Security Act:
Because he felt in promoted thought control
The United States experienced a shock in 1949 when Communists took over:
China
One of Truman's greatest strengths as he assumed the presidency was his:
Decisive character
On the domestic front, President Truman soon made clear his intention to:
Enlarge the New Deal
Senator McCarthy was very effective in:
Exploiting public fears.
Truman Fired MacArthur:
For insubordination
The secretary of state who devised the plan of massive economic recovery aid to europe was:
George Marshall
All of the following are true of Harry Truman EXCEPT that he:
Had an Ivy League education
A major economic problem president truman faced immediately after the war was:
High rates of inflation
In the 1948 campaign, the Dixiecrats did all of the following EXCEPT:
Influence Truman to slow down on civil rights
All of the following were original NATO members EXCEPT:
Japan
Truman's response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948 was to:
Launch massive airlift of supplies into West Berlin
The soviet acquisition of the atomic bomb in 1949 inspired Truman to:
Order the development of a hydrogen bomb.
The GI bill did all of the following EXCEPT:
Pay veterans large bonuses to remain in the military
In the Truman years, the United States abandoned a longtime tradition with its involvement in:
Peacetime alliances
The Yalta pledges of democratic elections in Eastern Europe:
Proved to be meaningless
One major reason that World War 2 inspired postwar changes in race relations was the:
Racist nature of the enemies of the United States
The person who benefited most from the outcome of Hiss-Chambers case was:
Richard Nixon
When confronted with strikes in the coal and railroad industries in 1946, President Truman's response was to:
Temporarily seize those industries
When North Korea attacked South Korea, Truman concluded:
That Stalin and the soviets were behind it.
All of the following were established by the National Security Act of 1947 EXCEPT:
The department of homeland security
In 1947, President Truman took actions to banish communists from:
The federal government
In 1948, President Truman desegregated:
The military
The second-place finisher in the 1948 election was:
Thomas Dewey
The 1948 election is probably best remembered for:
Truman's upset victory
By and large, Truman's Fair Deal proposals:
Were thwarted by conservative coalition in congress
