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.