Question 1

Describe the Marshall Plan and assess its importance in the postwar world.

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Question 2

America's major military and diplomatic institutions were reshaped by the ________ Act of 1947.

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Question 3

In 1945,a small percentage of working women wanted to continue working after the war.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

President Truman was the first president in the twentieth century to propose significant civil rights legislation.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

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 6

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were

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A)   not members of the Communist Party.
B)   accused of passing American secrets to its enemies.
C)   convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
D)   both accused of passing American secrets to its enemies, and convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
E)   None of these answers is correct.

Question 7

How and why did President Truman alter Franklin Roosevelt's foreign policy toward the Soviet Union?

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President Truman altered Franklin Roosev...

Question 8

The National Security Act represented an attempt by Congress to gain a measure of control over the making of American foreign policy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The election of 1952 saw

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

Question 10

President Harry Truman's Fair Deal called for

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A)   a retraction of many New Deal programs.
B)   an end to public housing.
C)   a freeze on the minimum wage to combat inflation.
D)   the creation of national health insurance.
E)   an end to the Fair Employment Practices Act and other wartime measures.

Question 11

The Soviet Union's 1948 blockade of West Berlin was primarily a response to the

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A)   Marshall Plan.
B)   United States putting nuclear missiles in Turkey.
C)   establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
D)   Truman Doctrine.
E)   creation of a unified West Germany.

Question 12

In early 1945 at the Yalta Conference,

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A)   Franklin Roosevelt was too ill to attend.
B)   Joseph Stalin withdrew a promise to enter the Pacific war.
C)   Winston Churchill left early in a dispute with Stalin.
D)   it was agreed that the Soviet Union should regain land lost in the 1904 Russo-Japanese War.
E)   Joseph Stalin refused to agree to Roosevelt and Churchill's plans for the United Nations.

Question 13

The most important question at the Teheran Conference concerned the future of ________.

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Question 14

During the mid-1940s,the American economy

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A)   was plagued by serious inflation.
B)   experienced few labor strikes.
C)   fell back to depression conditions.
D)   witnessed a significant tax increase.
E)   confronted a wave of unexpected bank failures.

Question 15

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 16

A 1948 public opinion poll revealed that a majority of Americans believed atomic power would

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A)   cause significant harm to the environment if used as an energy source.
B)   likely result in the destruction of much of human civilization in the next few decades.
C)   be used in war within the next five years.
D)   have few practical applications in the foreseeable future.
E)   in the long run, do more good than harm.

Question 17

Dwight Eisenhower's Democratic opponent in 1952 was ________.

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Question 18

In the 1948 presidential election,

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A)   early polls had seemed to indicate that Harry Truman would lose.
B)   President Truman refrained from attacking Republicans, for fear of alienating voters.
C)   the Progressive and "Dixiecrat" candidates combined for 20 percent of the popular vote.
D)   both of these were the case: early polls had seemed to indicate that Harry Truman would lose, and President Truman refrained from attacking Republicans for fear of alienating voters.
E)   None of these answers is correct.

Question 19

In 1951,General ________ was relieved of his command by President Truman.

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Question 20

In the last months of 1949,events in the Soviet Union and China included

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A)   Russia's successful test of an atomic weapon.
B)   the collapse of Mao Zedong's government to communist forces.
C)   the death of Joseph Stalin.
D)   both the collapse of Mao Zedong's government to communist forces, and the death of Joseph Stalin.
E)   All these answers are correct.

Exam 27: The Cold War

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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were

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President Truman was the first president in the twentieth century to propose significant civil rights legislation.

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The National Security Act represented an attempt by Congress to gain a measure of control over the making of American foreign policy.

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In the last months of 1949,events in the Soviet Union and China included

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Dwight Eisenhower's Democratic opponent in 1952 was ________.

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The most important question at the Teheran Conference concerned the future of ________.

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The Soviet Union's 1948 blockade of West Berlin was primarily a response to the

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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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The election of 1952 saw

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

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In 1951,General ________ was relieved of his command by President Truman.

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How and why did President Truman alter Franklin Roosevelt's foreign policy toward the Soviet Union?

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