Chapter 24 Quiz - Of The People 5e, Volume 2 Student Resources

. The Cold War stemmed from all of the following except

diplomatic recognition of the Soviet Union by the United States in 1933.

economic and political differences between the United States and the Soviet Union.

the Soviet desire to spread its Communist philosophy and the American determination to hold the line on Soviet expansionism.

the American perception that Josef Stalin was a Russian version of Adolf Hitler.

. At the Yalta conference, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Josef Stalin agreed to the self-determination of all nations and

agreed to limit the self-determination of smaller nations.

war reparations from Germany.

how to share atomic secrets.

the permanent division of Germany into zones of control.

. The idea of containment was proposed as the US policy in the Cold War by

Winston Churchill.

Harry S. Truman.

George Kennan.

George C. Marshall.

. The Truman Doctrine was designed to prevent a Communist takeover in

Greece and Turkey.

West Berlin and Poland.

Italy and France.

Iran and Afghanistan.

. Western Europe recovered quickly from World War II due to all of the following except the

Marshall Plan.

formation of NATO.

National Security Act.

Truman Doctrine.

. The National Security Act of 1947

reorganized the military branches.

created the Central Intelligence Agency.

created the National Security Council.

All of the above

. The entry of Chinese Communist forces into the Korean war

made little difference to American planners.

also brought the Soviet Union in against the United States.

dealt a setback to MacArthur's successes.

laid the groundwork for the Vietnam War.

. At what boundary was the Korean peninsula divided in 1945?

The 17th parallel

The Yalu River

The Yellow Sea

The 38th parallel

. The guideline for American policy known as NSC-68 warned about all of the following situations except

The Soviet Union was proceeding to "create overwhelming military force."

The United States needed to double its defense spending.

The "possibility of annihilation" was a looming threat.

The Soviets were building an atom-fusing, thermonuclear hydrogen bomb that would threaten world peace.

. NSC-68

profoundly changed the US economy and political system.

had little effect on how the United States "fought" the Cold War.

was put to a popular referendum.

was incorporated into the US Constitution.

. Reconversion of postwar labor challenged the status of women because

both government and employers believed women should leave their jobs at the end of the war.

many believed returning veterans should be employed over women.

three-quarters of American women who wanted to stay at work found jobs.

All of the above

. After the war, African Americans

expected to enjoy the rights and privileges they had acquired during the war.

celebrated the end of discrimination in the sale and rental of housing.

struggled to find any work.

All of the above

. All of the following refer to the Hiss-Chambers case except

There was little evidence to convict Hiss of perjury.

Hiss admitted that he had known Chambers under an alias.

The outcome of the trial was a win for conservatives.

Chambers produced microfilms of documents he alleged Hiss had passed to him.

. The televised hearings in the spring of 1954 conducted by Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin sought to prove that Communists had infiltrated

the State Department.

the United States Army.

atomic weapons laboratories.

labor unions.

. How did most Americans react to the atomic testing carried out at the Nevada Test Site?

They opposed it because they feared future wars.

They opposed it based on environmental concerns.

They accepted it as a necessary part of fighting the Cold War.

They enthusiastically supported it as a step towards obliterating the Soviet Union.

. What were the Hollywood Ten accused of?

Subverting American civil rights

Fighting for foreign powers

Being Communists

Treason

. How did American, British, and French forces react to the Soviet blockade of Berlin?

By threatening Stalin with nuclear weapons

By putting troops on the ground to fight

By organizing a coordinated airlift to aid West Berlin

By backing down and negotiating with the Soviets

. What was the Treaty of Detroit?

An urban planning initiative

An environmental agreement

A civil rights agreement

A labor agreement

. What was the most publicized blow to racial inequality during the Truman years?

The nomination of Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court

Brown v. Board of Education

The Civil Rights Act of 1965

The Dodgers' promotion of Jackie Robinson to the major leagues

. How did Americans react to the Atomic Age?

They began to reveal their profound unease about the state of the world.

They ignored their fears and embraced isolationism.

They wholeheartedly supported military action against the Soviet Union.

They committed to the Communist Party in large numbers.

. In the 1948 election, Harry Truman

worked to right the New Deal coalition.

promised to restore power to the states.

formally rejected FDR's legacy.

rejected Keynesianism.

. _______ was a 1947 modification of federal labor law. The measure made it easier for employers to hire nonunion workers and to oppose the formation of unions, limited unions' right to organize and engage in political activity, and compelled union leaders to swear that they did not belong to the Communist Party.

The Taft-Hartley Act

The Hawley-Smoot Tariff

The Fair Deal

The Great Society

.

Map shows Cold War in Europe, 1950. NATO countries are Portugal, Northern Ireland, Great Britain, Iceland, Norway, France, Belgium, Netherlands, West Germany, Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Greece, and Turkey. Warsaw Pact Countries are Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Albania. Neutral Countries are Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Ireland, Sweden, Finland, Africa, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel, and Lebanon. Communist country but neutral is Yugoslavia.

Map 24-1: Cold War in Europe, 1950. Which of the following developments does the map illustrate?

The long-term impacts of the devastation of World War II

Continued instability in geopolitics after World War II

Neither a nor b

Both a and b

. In the last several years, historians have come to believe that the USSR was solely to blame for the antagonisms that began the Cold War.

True

False

. Even though the United States and USSR were allies during World War II, their relations during the war were very uneasy.

True

False

. American foreign policy analyst George Kennan said that the Cold War would inevitably lead to a clash of weapons between the United States and the then-Soviet Union.

True

False

. The Truman Doctrine covered policy issues regarding Truman's Square Deal programs.

True

False

. With the aggressive leadership of General MacArthur, the United States ultimately won a military victory over the Communists in South Korea.

True

False

. In April 1954, Senator Joseph McCarthy failed to provide evidence of treason in the army.

True

False

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The cover of the comic book has the title, Is this tomorrow. The flag of the U S burns. A man strangles a woman. One man hits another man. A police holds a man from his back. The text at the bottom reads, America Under Communism.

Is this Tomorrow? The photo illustrates the pervasiveness of the Red Scare in America.

True

False