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Nation of Nations: A Concise Narrative of the American Republic, 3/e

James West Davidson, Historian
William E. Gienapp, Harvard University
Christine Leigh Heyrman, University of Delaware
Mark H. Lytle, Bard College
Michael B. Stoff, University of Texas, Austin

Cold War America (1945-1954)

Multiple Choice


1	In his famous "long telegram," U.S. diplomat George Kennan:
		A)	warned of Soviet paranoia and potential aggression, and recommended that the U.S. prepare to "contain" communism.
		B)	argued that the Soviet economy was so vastly inferior to that of the U.S. that the U.S. had little to fear.
		C)	revealed that Stalin wanted to avoid a direct confrontation with the U.S.
		D)	wanted the U.S. to launch a preventive attack on the Soviet Union.


2	In 1947, the Truman Doctrine provided $400 million in U.S. military and economic aid to:
		A)	the Soviet Union.
		B)	Mexico.
		C)	Germany and Japan.
		D)	Greece and Turkey.


3	The Marshall Plan was aimed at all of the following EXCEPT:
		A)	providing economic assistance to war-torn Western European countries.
		B)	eliminating the economic discontent that communists often exploited.
		C)	embarrassing President Truman and his Secretary of State.
		D)	increasing Western Europe's ability to purchase American goods.


4	The Berlin Airlift resulted in:
		A)	the successful evacuation of the city prior to communist takeover.
		B)	better relations between the Soviet Union and the U.S.
		C)	West Berlin remaining noncommunist, though it was over 100 miles inside communist East Germany.
		D)	the establishment of Israel as an independent nation.


5	The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO):
		A)	was created as a mutual defense pact against possible Soviet aggression.
		B)	initiated high-level talks on reducing the threat of nuclear war.
		C)	was rejected by the U.S. Senate.
		D)	led to the founding of the United Nations.


6	The "right-to-work" provisions in the Taft-Hartley Act:
		A)	limited the power of labor unions.
		B)	extended the power of labor unions.
		C)	guaranteed jobs for all Americans who wanted to work.
		D)	gave President Truman a major victory in domestic policy.


7	During their appearance before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, the so-called Hollywood Ten:
		A)	admitted to having been communists in the past, answered all questions, and "named names" of others who might have been communists.
		B)	admitted to having been communists in the past but refused to "name names" of others who might have been communists.
		C)	refused to answer the questions of the committee.


8	In making his serious allegations of communist infiltration of the U.S. government, Joseph McCarthy:
		A)	had almost no public support.
		B)	never substantiated his charges.
		C)	proved that Alger Hiss had been a communist spy.
		D)	helped President Truman pass the McCarran Act.


9	NSC-68 called for:
		A)	sharing the atomic bomb with the Soviet Union.
		B)	dramatically increasing the size of the U.S. defense budget.
		C)	sharply reducing the size of the U.S. defense budget.
		D)	rejecting the idea that the U.S. should "strive for victory" in the Cold War.


10	The "Police Action" in Korea began with the invasion of:
		A)	North Korea by South Korea.
		B)	South Korea by North Korea.
		C)	Korea by China.
		D)	Korea by the Soviet Union.


11	General MacArthur's disagreement with President Truman centered on:
		A)	his belief that the U.S. should withdraw from the conflict.
		B)	his certainty that fighting in North Korea would unwisely provoke the Chinese.
		C)	his willingness to provoke and directly attack China.
		D)	Truman's plan to use nuclear weapons again.


12	The U.S. Senate censured Joseph McCarthy in 1954 following his televised investigative hearings into:
		A)	whether Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were atomic spies.
		B)	communist infiltration of the entertainment industry in Hollywood.
		C)	communist infiltration of the U.S. Army.
		D)	the personal finances of Vice President Nixon.

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