u.s. history module nine quiz

What was the GI Bill?

*It provided loans to veterans for education, job training, and the building of homes and businesses.

Which of the following accurately describes Korea at the end of the Second World War?

*Korea was ignored by both the Soviet Union and the United States.

What happened when United Nations forces reached the Yalu River on North Korea's border with China?

?North Korea surrendered.

What was the result of the Hiss-Chambers case?

Alger Hiss was convicted for lying about espionage.

Why did President Truman veto the McCarran Internal Security Act?

He believed the Act promoted thought control.

How did Jackie Robinson change baseball?

He was the first African American to play in the major league.

During the 1948 election, which candidate was critical of anti-Soviet policies?

Henry Wallace, a Progressive

Which of the following is true of the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947?

It allowed the president to impose a cooling-off period during strikes.

What was the result of the Truman Doctrine?

It committed the United States to help "free people" who were facing pressure from Communism.

Which of the following statements is true of Israel's founding in 1948?

Korea became divided into North and South Korea.

Which of the following was authored by Paul Nitze and endorsed a massive, militarized version of containment that guided American foreign policy for decades?

NSC-68

As a result of the Korean War, U.S. foreign policy led to U.S. military intervention in

Southeast Asia

What was the stance of the Dixiecrats in the 1948 campaign?

They supported racial segregation.

The 1948 election is best remembered for

Truman's surprise upset victory.

To what did Winston Churchill compare the boundary between Soviet-occupied Eastern Europe and Western Europe?

an iron curtain

Among Truman's strengths, as he assumed the presidency, were his

authenticity and ability to arise above his limitations.

Truman viewed the results of the 1948 election as a mandate for

expanded social welfare programs.

Senator McCarthy was very effective in

for public insubordination

Which major economic problem did President Truman face immediately after the Second World War?

high rates of inflation

In retrospect, which of the following led to the Cold War?

ideological competition between democratic capitalism and totalitarian Communism

Truman's response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948 was to

launch an airlift of supplies to West Berlin.

Soviet acquisition of the atomic bomb in 1949 inspired Truman to

order the development of a hydrogen bomb.

In his Wheeling speech, Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed to have a list of Communists in

the State Department.

On the domestic front, President Truman presented a twenty-one-point program to guide Americans from wartime to peacetime. Which of the following formed part of his plan?

the enlargement of the New Deal

In 1947, President Truman issued an executive order banishing Communists from which of the following?

the federal government

The Yalta pledges of democratic elections in Eastern Europe were

violated by the Soviet Union.