Question 1

At Casablanca,Roosevelt and Churchill announced that they would accept nothing less than the unconditional surrender of the Axis powers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Place the Korean War in the context of the Cold War.How and why did President Truman respond as he did? How and why did he change American war aims?

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The Korean War took place from 1950 to 1...

Question 3

In the years immediately following World War II,the United States policy toward Asia led

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A)   President Truman to threaten communists in China with atomic bombs.
B)   President Harry Truman to place restrictions on industrial development in Japan.
C)   to U.S. military intervention in China to fight communist advances there.
D)   the Truman administration to encourage the rapid economic growth of Japan.
E)   the United States to provide financial support to Mao Zedong for reasons of stability.

Question 4

All of the following statements regarding Korea are true EXCEPT that

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A)   the Soviet Union established a communist government in the north.
B)   the United States left Korea in 1946.
C)   the country was divided along the 38th parallel.
D)   the Soviet Union left Korea in 1949.
E)   in 1945, both the United States and the Soviet Union had troops in Korea.

Question 5

The Yalta accords were less a settlement of postwar issues than a set of loose principles.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

By 1945,the Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek had

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A)   willingly ceded authority to Mao Zedong.
B)   designs on taking over conquered Japan.
C)   grown antagonistic toward the United States.
D)   drifted toward communism.
E)   little popular support.

Question 7

In early 1943 at a meeting in Casablanca,

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A)   Stalin argued against the Allies opening a second front in Western Europe.
B)   Stalin threatened to make a separate peace with Germany.
C)   Joseph Stalin had refused to attend.
D)   Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agreed the Axis powers must surrender unconditionally.
E)   Churchill and Roosevelt agreed to follow Stalin's strategy to defeat Germany.

Question 8

In assessing the origins of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union,was one country or one leader more responsible for it than the other?

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Question 9

Describe the Truman Doctrine,noting whether or not it contributed to world peace and security.

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Question 10

Describe the major goals of the Truman administration in the Cold War,and explain how they sought to achieve those goals.

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Question 11

The Soviet Union was invited to participate in the Marshall Plan.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

President Harry Truman's actions after the 1946 election included

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A)   deciding not to run for office in 1948.
B)   calling his opponents "soft on communism."
C)   proposing a major civil rights bill.
D)   becoming more conservative.
E)   abandoning his Fair Deal.

Question 13

At the Tehran Conference in late 1943,

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A)   Winston Churchill agreed to enter the war in the Pacific as soon as Germany was defeated.
B)   Franklin Roosevelt knew Joseph Stalin urgently needed American aid in fighting Germany.
C)   Franklin Roosevelt urged Joseph Stalin to postpone his westward offensive.
D)   it was agreed that Poland should be put under Soviet control after the war.
E)   Franklin Roosevelt promised an Anglo-American second front within six months.

Question 14

The election of 1952 saw

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A)   President Harry Truman run for another term.
B)   Richard Nixon forced to step down from the Republican ticket.
C)   a contest between two war heroes, neither of whom had ever held elective office.
D)   television play a role in the campaign.
E)   Joseph McCarthy run for president.

Question 15

The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944

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A)   helped to reduce government spending.
B)   gave economic and education subsidies to veterans.
C)   was limited to servicemen who had been wounded in combat.
D)   explicitly discriminated against African Americans.
E)   mainly provided counseling for emotionally troubled veterans.

Question 16

The National Security Act of 1947

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A)   created the National Security Council.
B)   created the Department of Defense.
C)   combined the functions previously performed separately by the War and Navy Departments.
D)   created the Central Intelligence Agency.
E)   All these answers are correct.

Question 17

In 1950,Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were accused of spying for

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A)   Israel.
B)   Poland.
C)   North Korea.
D)   China.
E)   the Soviet Union.

Question 18

In 1948,the Americans for Democratic Action

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A)  supported Henry A.Wallace for president.
B)  supported Strom Thurmond for president.
C)  formed as a coalition of conservative Democrats.
D)  was the major support group for President Harry Truman.
E)  tried to draft Dwight D.Eisenhower for president.

Question 19

In 1945,when the United States Senate considered the proposed United Nations,it

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A)   made major changes to its charter.
B)   quickly ratified the agreement by a large majority.
C)   initially rejected American membership.
D)   put the question to a national referendum.
E)   refused to vote on the charter for nearly a year.

Question 20

In 1948,President Harry Truman responded to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin by

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A)   threatening war with the Soviet Union.
B)   encouraging the United Nations to pass economic sanctions.
C)   creating a blockade of East Berlin.
D)   airlifting supplies to West Berlin.
E)   sending American paratroopers into West Berlin.

Exam 27: The Cold War Key

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