Chapter 24 Self-Quiz 1

. By 1947, the United States and USSR were antagonistic powers. The source of their conflict lay in which of the following?

The Americans feared the Soviet Union was as dangerous as Germany had been.

Each looked at the other with fear.

Ideological, political, and economic differences.

All of the above

. At the Yalta Conference, the Americans, British, and Russians

discussed the postwar world.

agreed to a multinational collective problem-solving institution.

Discussed what to do with Poland.

All of the above.

. What became known as the "containment policy" was written by

Winston S. Churchill.

Harry S. Truman.

George F. Kennan.

George C. Marshall.

. In trying to "fight" the Cold War, Truman and his advisors revolutionized:

foreign aid

overseas alliances

national defense

all of the above

. Historians generally agree that the Cold War

was inevitable

brought some stability to poorer countries in the form of aid

was the result of Soviet intransigence

none of the above

. The main purpose of the Truman Doctrine was to

support freedom fighters abroad and contain communism by not letting it spread to other nations.

continue support for further labor and social welfare reforms.

regulate the banking industry in hopes of avoiding another depression.

support all civil rights movements both in the United States and abroad.

. A major effect of the Marshall Plan was

a strengthening of the economic relationship between the United States and western Europe.

the political downfall of President Truman.

that the communist movement in western Europe gained momentum.

that business and labor never supported the political or economic philosophy of the plan.

. The National Security Act of 1947 accomplished all of the following except

It reorganized the military branches.

It created the Central Intelligence Agency.

It created an annual military service for American men.

It created the National Security Council.

. What was the outcome of the Korean War?

The United States radically reduced its involvement in Asian affairs.

Korea remained divided.

An intense antiwar movement had developed in the United States.

Civilian control of the American armed forces had serious eroded.

. The National Security Council's 1950 document known as NSC-68 held that

the United States must significantly increase its defense spending.

good relations with the Soviet Union were imperative.

critics had exaggerated the strength of the Soviet military.

the development of the hydrogen bomb would make the United Stats so powerful the Soviets would not attack.

. At the end of the war, American labor

had never been more powerful.

had organized to call strikes and other work stoppages.

prospered.

All of the above.

. Following the war, African Americans

sought to preserve and extend the rights and advances they had accomplished during the war.

were lucky to find jobs when they got home.

re-encountered segregation.

All of the above.

. President Harry Truman's Fair Deal

broke away from the policies of New Deal.

restored power to the states.

built on and expanded the New Deal.

rejected Keynesianism.

. In the late 1940s and early 1950s the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)

investigated the abuses of power committed by Joseph McCarthy and other extreme anticommunists.

was known for its careful investigations of alleged subversive activities, unlike McCarthy and his Senate committee.

targeted the film industry.

confined itself to investigating anti-American propaganda and sentiment abroad.

. Alger Hiss, who was accused in 1948 of having once been a member of a secret communist cell in the government, in 1945 had

been an aide to Congressman Richard Nixon.

served as an aide in the State Department.

served as a Treasury Department official.

been an FBI agent.

. The key to driving the communists from the Republic of South Korea rested on a victory by General MacArthur at Inchon in September 1950.

TRUE

FALSE

. NSC-68 called for the abandonment of the Containment Policy in favor of a relaxation of tensions between the United States and USSR.

TRUE

FALSE

. When production caught up with the demand for goods and services, the high inflation of the immediate postwar years subsided considerably.

TRUE

FALSE

. The Communist Party of the United States of America was a legal political party, and it was losing membership following the war.

TRUE

FALSE

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

TRUE

FALSE

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