History 8 - Chapter 23 Quiz

Hollywood remained the one voice of protest during the Red Scare, making films that glorified individualism, socialism, and the questioning of authority. True False

False

Overall, despite good intentions the Marshall Plan was not very successful. True False

False

The Democratic platform in 1948 was fairly conservative seeing that Truman knew his reelection would be close. True False

False

Generally speaking, economics and geopolitical interests motivated American foreign policy, but the language of freedom was used to justify America's actions. True False

True

The Berlin Airlift made it clear that Truman was determined to deny the Soviet Union any victories in the Cold War. True False

True

After World War II, the only nation that could rival the United States was: a. the Soviet Union. b. Germany. c. Great Britain. d. Japan.

a

Jackie Robinson: a. was president of the NAACP. b. broke the color barrier in major league baseball. c. took his case all the way to the Supreme Court. d. was banned from major league baseball.

b

The Marshall Plan: a. was limited in scope. b. offered economic assistance to noncommunist governments. c. provided economic assistance to the Soviets. d. was a United States-Soviet program to rebuild Europe.

b

The Truman Doctrine: a. called for more cordial relations with the Soviet Union. b. committed the United States to fighting communism anywhere. c. advocated a return to isolationism. d. committed the United States to fighting communism only in Asia.

b

The impact of the Cold War on American culture was: a. discouraged in the public schools. b. especially evident in the movies. c. widely criticized by the news media. d. limited in scope.

b

Joe McCarthy announced that he had a list of 205 communists who worked for the: a. AFL-CIO. b. Department of the Interior. c. State Department. d. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

c

The "Iron Curtain": a. divided East and West Germany. b. separated Japan from the rest of Asia. c. separated the free West from the communist East. d. separated the United States from the Soviet Union.

c

The Dixiecrats: a. dominated the Democratic Party in 1948. b. were led by Hubert Humphrey. c. opposed desegregation in the South. d. opposed segregation in the South.

c

The Korean War: a. demonstrated the strength of the United Nations. b. was a decisive victory for the United States. c. was a decisive victory for the North Koreans. d. ended in a stalemate.

d

What reason did the Hollywood Ten give for not cooperating with the HUAC hearings? a. They were all communists and did want to indict themselves. b. Ronald Reagan had threatened that they would lose their jobs if they cooperated. c. They were all busy making movies and did not have time to attend the hearings. d. They felt the hearings were a violation of the First Amendment.

d