Deck 23: The United States and the Cold War, 1945-1953

Question 1

Why did American policymakers agree to spend billions of dollars on the economic recovery of Europe under the Marshall Plan?

A) They hoped to provoke the Soviet Union with this program.
B) They were trying to further solidify the division between the East and the West on the continent.
C) They were happy to provide their own constituents with profitable defense contracts.
D) They were afraid that if they did not help with the recovery, western European nations might fall into the Soviet sphere of influence.
E) Most Americans still had immediate family in Europe and felt a strong personal connection.

Answer 1

They were afraid that if they did not help with the recovery, western European nations might fall into the Soviet sphere of influence.

Question 2

How did the United States respond to Joseph Stalin's blockade around Berlin?

A) Truman ordered that supplies be brought to Berlin via an airlift.
B) Truman put American forces on high alert and threatened atomic war if Stalin did not lift the blockade.
C) Truman ignored it.
D) Truman asked the United Nations to place an embargo on all goods going to the Soviet Union.
E) American forces forced their way through the road blockade with a caravan of armored tanks.

Answer 2

Truman ordered that supplies be brought to Berlin via an airlift.

Question 3

Japan's constitution, which Americans had written, provided for the first time in Japanese history:

A) a written constitution.
B) freedom of speech.
C) women's suffrage.
D) procedural due process.
E) freedom of assembly.

Answer 3

women's suffrage.

Question 4

Which statement best describes what NSC-68 called for?

A) Patience on the part of the United States in dealing with the Soviet Union.
B) A permanent military buildup and a global application of containment.
C) Limited strategic goals, confronting the Soviets only at key industrial areas.
D) A sole reliance on nuclear weapons in order to spare conventional forces.
E) Limited strategic goals, confronting the Chinese only at key industrial areas.

Question 5

The impact of the Cold War on American culture was:

A) especially evident in the movies.
B) limited in scope.
C) discouraged in the public schools.
D) widely criticized by the news media.
E) felt mostly in the cities.

Question 6

Which of the following events did NOT occur after Truman's 1947 speech to Congress?

A) A precedent was established for the United States to support "freedom-loving peoples" everywhere in their struggles against communism.
B) Congress approved $400 million in U.S. military aid to Greece and Turkey.
C) Truman received only immediate, short-term Republican support for his containment policies.
D) The Central Intelligence Agency and the Atomic Energy Commission were set up without democratic oversight.

Question 7

In 1949, Mao Zedong:

A) represented the Chinese at the United Nations.
B) led a successful communist revolution in China.
C) led a successful communist revolution in Taiwan.
D) was an ally of the United States.
E) cooperated with the Chinese nationalists.

Question 8

Why did the United States allow West Germany to become part of a defensive alliance less than ten years after the defeat of Nazi Germany?

A) East Germany had positioned nuclear missiles along the border to the West.
B) The United States depended heavily on the expertise of German rocket scientists.
C) The United States made this concession in order to win access to lucrative German consumer markets.
D) The successful Soviet detonation of a nuclear bomb underlined the importance of a militarily united West.
E) The United States had thoroughly "de-nazified" the country.

Question 9

Why did the United States back away from pressuring its European allies to grant self-government to colonies in Asia and Africa?

A) American diplomats valued nations like France more highly for their alliance in the European Cold War.
B) Since the United States was expanding its own empire, it was losing the moral high ground against European colonial powers.
C) American strategists reasoned that national independence in Asia and Africa was likely to benefit the Soviet Union more than the United States.
D) Southern Democrats in Congress did not want to inspire civil rights campaigns at home by supporting national independence in Asia or Africa.
E) The United States depended on European nations to wage war against communists in the developing world.

Question 10

Why was it inevitable that the United States and the Soviet Union would eventually come into conflict after the war ended?

A) FDR had privately urged his advisors that the wartime friendly relationship between both nations could never last.
B) Historically, both nations had never shared long-term interests or values.
C) It was clear as early as the Tehran conference that Stalin had never intended to follow through on any of the Grand Alliance agreements.
D) Exploitation of Iran's northern oil fields suggested the Soviet Union was already ahead of the United States in postwar economic development.

Question 11

Why was it unlikely that the Soviet Union was going to embark on a new military campaign in the years following World War II?

A) The communist nation had suffered more than 20 million casualties, along with immense devastation.
B) Stalin was eager to demonstrate to eastern Europeans the pacifist credentials of his communist regime.
C) The Soviet Union had made enormous territorial gains during the war and had every interest in securing them first.
D) Stalin was shocked and appalled by the American use of the nuclear bomb in Japan and vowed to his people never to sink to that level.
E) The Soviet politburo had replaced the warmongering Josef Stalin with the decidedly pacifist Nikola Khrushchev.

Question 12

Japan:

A) was aided by the United States in rebuilding its postwar industrial base to establish a strong economic counter to communism in the Far East.
B) was under the control of the supreme commander Douglas MacArthur from the end of the war until 1948.
C) was aided economically by the United States after the war, but saw very little interference with its political structure.
D) A and B
E) A and C

Question 13

The Berlin Blockade was:

A) a barrier erected by Allied forces in postwar Berlin to shield them from angry protests of starving residents.
B) a means for the United States to justify its threat to mobilize Allied forces stationed in Turkey.
C) because the United States threatened to invade the Soviet Union.
D) the reaction by the Soviet Union to the establishment of a separate currency in western Berlin's occupied zones.

Question 14

After World War II, the only nation that could rival the United States was:

A) the Soviet Union.
B) Germany.
C) Japan.
D) Great Britain.
E) France.

Question 15

How did the Freedom Train suggest the meaning of freedom remained controversial?

A) Protests erupted in a number of cities over the required recitation of the Freedom Pledge and signing of the Freedom Scroll for access to the exhibit.
B) American Heritage Foundation members were unhappy the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments were withdrawn from the documents to be displayed.
C) The Wagner Act, the law guaranteeing workers' right to form unions, was removed from inclusion in the documents display.
D) The international press criticized the spectacle accompanying the American train when millions of people were suffering amid the ruins of World War II.

Question 16

The policy of "containment" can best be described as:

A) preventing the expansion of U.S. economic interests in Latin America to appease growing unrest in impoverished regions.
B) a focus on the containment of further military conflict in the postwar world.
C) preventing the spread of communism worldwide.
D) George Kennan's theory that the United States must pursue normal relations with the Soviet Union, or fail to contain Chinese postwar aggression.
E) C and D

Question 17

What obstacle did Harry Truman face when he assumed the presidency following the death of Franklin Roosevelt in April 1945?

A) Roosevelt's popularity made it difficult for Truman to win the respect of Congress and the people.
B) At this time in the war, Americans were looking for a president with a military background, something Truman could not offer.
C) Truman had been such an aggressive power player in Congress that he was likely to face stiff opposition there.
D) Harry Truman had absolutely no experience in foreign policy, the most important qualification at this point in American history.
E) Roosevelt had become so unpopular with the American people that his vice-president was likely to have to pay for the sins of his predecessor.

Question 18

Which statement about the Korean conflict is FALSE?

A) The United Nations authorized the use of forces to repel the North Koreans.
B) Chinese troops threatened to enter the conflict, but never did.
C) General MacArthur argued for an invasion of China and for the use of nuclear weapons.
D) Truman removed General MacArthur from his command when he publicly criticized Truman.
E) The war ended in a cease-fire, not with a formal peace treaty.

Question 19

The Truman Doctrine:

A) advocated a return to isolationism.
B) was an alliance between the United States and Great Britain.
C) called for more cordial relations with the Soviet Union.
D) committed the United States to fighting communism only in Asia.
E) committed the United States to fighting communism anywhere.

Question 20

The "Iron Curtain":

A) separated the free West from the communist East.
B) divided East and West Germany.
C) separated the United States from the Soviet Union.
D) separated Japan from the rest of Asia.
E) divided North and South Korea.

Question 21

In the 1950s what did the term "totalitarianism" describe?

A) Fascism and national socialism.
B) Socialism and communism.
C) Social democracy and the New Deal.
D) Fascism, Nazism, and communism.
E) Capitalism and conservatism.

Question 22

To wage the cultural Cold War, the Central Intelligence Agency and Defense Department:

A) promoted the work of artist Norman Rockwell.
B) censored the work of modern artists.
C) funded artistic publications, concerts, performances, and exhibits.
D) sought to censor the work of painter Jackson Pollock.
E) imposed artistic conformity.

Question 23

During the Cold War, Americans:

A) formed anticommunist groups who pressured public libraries to remove ""un-American" books from their shelves.
B) were united in their outrage over the jailing of Communist Party leaders.
C) fired teachers who refused to sign loyalty oaths.
D) remained generally unconcerned over the prospect of communists living in America.
E) A and C

Question 24

The Taft-Hartley Act:

A) outlawed the closed shop.
B) legalized sympathy strikes.
C) strengthened the rights of organized labor.
D) banned right-to-work laws.
E) was supported by President Truman.

Question 25

All of the following statements about the Cold War's impact on American life are true EXCEPT:

A) the Cold War reshaped immigration policy.
B) the Cold War promoted the rapid expansion of higher education.
C) Cold War policy supported scientific research in medicine and computers.
D) the Cold War contributed to the dismantling of segregation.
E) Cold War military spending weakened the economy.

Question 26

Joseph McCarthy:

A) had the full support of the Senate during his anticommunist crusade.
B) successfully uncovered the communist infiltration of the federal government.
C) successfully uncovered the communist infiltration of the U.S. army.
D) was hailed as an American hero for his fight against communism.
E) was an embarrassment to his party by 1954.

Question 27

What did Eleanor Roosevelt do of particular significance several years after the war ended?

A) She acted as the U.S. representative in attendance at the Nuremburg Trials.
B) She chaired the committee which drafted the United Nation's "Universal Declaration of Human Rights."
C) She became an outspoken critic of Communist independence movements around the world.
D) She traveled to China in an attempt to broker an end to the bitter civil war.

Question 28

Operation Dixie was:

A) a postwar strike wave.
B) the postwar union campaign in the South.
C) an effort to increase black suffrage.
D) the congressional effort to outlaw lynching.
E) the mass return of African-Americans to the South after World War II.

Question 29

In the aftermath of World War II:

A) very few women lost their wartime jobs to returning veterans.
B) the majority of returning G.I.s went back to work.
C) the United States experienced difficulty demobilizing, prompting Congress to keep in place most wartime economic measures.
D) Americans paid more for consumer goods.
E) B and D

Question 30

All of the following statements are true of the Fair Deal EXCEPT:

A) the Fair Deal included a provision to expand public housing.
B) Congress passed Truman's Fair Deal to raise the standard of living for Americans.
C) the Fair Deal included a provision to increase the minimum wage.
D) the Fair Deal included a provision to create a national health insurance program.
E) the Fair Deal included a provision to expand Social Security coverage.

Question 31

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

A) was immediately ratified by Congress.
B) was honored by both the United States and the Soviets.
C) included freedom of speech and religion.
D) was drafted by President Truman.
E) did not address economic rights.

Question 32

In 1948, the Progressive Party:

A) advocated expanded social welfare programs.
B) supported segregation.
C) supported Truman's civil rights proposals.
D) agreed with Truman's Cold War policies.
E) did not allow socialists or communists to join.

Question 33

How had the political climate changed in the South during World War II in the early Cold War years?

A) The mass exodus of African-Americans for the West Coast and Northeast left the region almost exclusively white.
B) The high concentration of prisoner-of-war camps in the region had made these southerners savvy in foreign affairs.
C) The number of African-Americans in the region that were registered to vote increased sevenfold.
D) In light of the fight against an enemy with a racial ideology, the states of the upper South abolished segregation and Jim Crow rule.
E) The region's central role in the development of the atom bomb made it the capital of militant Cold War politics.

Question 34

How did the Soviet focus on social and economic rights in the Cold War human rights debate affect American attitudes?

A) It caused millions of Americans to be jealous and get curious about the Soviet Union.
B) It inspired American politicians to invoke the example of the Soviet Union in order to push for bolder reincarnations of the New Deal.
C) In the climate of anti communist hysteria, it prompted many Americans to condemn these rights as a first step to socialism.
D) It gave Americans comfort to know that their own emphasis on social and economic rights placed them far ahead of the Soviet Union.
E) It secured voting rights for women along with a quota system for political leadership positions.

Question 35

The charges against which of the following organizations led to the downfall of Joseph McCarthy in 1954?

A) The Defense Department.
B) The Voice of America.
C) The State Department.
D) The Army.
E) The Communist Party.

Question 36

President Truman's civil rights plan called for all of the following EXCEPT:

A) a permanent federal civil rights commission.
B) national laws against lynching and the poll tax.
C) equal access to jobs.
D) reparations.
E) equal access to education.

Question 37

Why did nearly 5 million workers walk off their jobs over the course of 1946?

A) Returning veterans had been given preferential treatment in hiring and promotion.
B) The millions of women who had worked in defense industries were refusing to leave their jobs.
C) The postwar wave of deflation was dramatically reducing the value of worker's wages.
D) The removal of price controls resulted in a drop in workers' real income.
E) American workers had accumulated months of vacation and overtime during the war years.

Question 38

Why did Harry Truman's loyalty review system target homosexuals working for the government?

A) The president was an outspoken homophobe.
B) Joseph McCarthy's announcement that there were over fifty homosexuals in the State Department had forced Truman's hand.
C) Homosexuals were legally prohibited from working for the government.
D) Homosexuals were considered susceptible to blackmail and thought to be lacking the manly qualities necessary to fight communism.
E) Truman was alleged to be gay himself and sought to deflect any suspicions.

Question 39

What reason did the Hollywood Ten give for not cooperating with the HUAC hearings?

A) They were all communists and did want to indict themselves.
B) Ronald Reagan had threatened that they would lose their jobs if they cooperated.
C) They were all busy making movies and did not have time to attend the hearings.
D) They felt the hearings were a violation of the First Amendment.
E) As Republicans, they were insulted that their loyalty was being questioned.

Question 40

Who were the "Dixiecrats"?

A) Members of the national press corps who covered the story of Strom Thurmond's breakaway from the Democratic Party.
B) Southern Democrats who walked out of the 1948 convention to form the "States' Rights Democratic Party."
C) Southern labor organizers who campaigned against passage of the Taft-Hartley Act.
D) Republicans who favored maintaining segregation in the South in support of the principle of states' rights.

Question 41

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Walter Lippmann

A)accused Alger Hiss of being a spy
B)Korean War commander
C)1948 Progressive Party candidate
D)critic of the Cold War
E)prosecuted by HUAC
F)"Who Is Loyal to America?"
G)author of containment doctrine
H)black baseball star
I)Fair Deal
J)senator from Wisconsin
K)chaired committee on human rights
L)convicted of spying

Question 42

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
States Rights Party

A)attempted to unionize the South
B)deported illegal aliens
C)Greece and Turkey
D)Dixiecrats
E)outlined containment policy
F)"slave labor" bill
G)recommended increased spending on defense
H)first peacetime alliance for the United States
I)Truman's domestic program
J)economic aid to Europe
K)Harry Truman
L)set quotas on immigrants
M)downfall of McCarthy

Question 43

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Jackie Robinson

A)accused Alger Hiss of being a spy
B)Korean War commander
C)1948 Progressive Party candidate
D)critic of the Cold War
E)prosecuted by HUAC
F)"Who Is Loyal to America?"
G)author of containment doctrine
H)black baseball star
I)Fair Deal
J)senator from Wisconsin
K)chaired committee on human rights
L)convicted of spying

Question 44

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Eleanor Roosevelt

A)accused Alger Hiss of being a spy
B)Korean War commander
C)1948 Progressive Party candidate
D)critic of the Cold War
E)prosecuted by HUAC
F)"Who Is Loyal to America?"
G)author of containment doctrine
H)black baseball star
I)Fair Deal
J)senator from Wisconsin
K)chaired committee on human rights
L)convicted of spying

Question 45

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Henry Steele Commager

A)accused Alger Hiss of being a spy
B)Korean War commander
C)1948 Progressive Party candidate
D)critic of the Cold War
E)prosecuted by HUAC
F)"Who Is Loyal to America?"
G)author of containment doctrine
H)black baseball star
I)Fair Deal
J)senator from Wisconsin
K)chaired committee on human rights
L)convicted of spying

Question 46

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Henry Wallace

A)accused Alger Hiss of being a spy
B)Korean War commander
C)1948 Progressive Party candidate
D)critic of the Cold War
E)prosecuted by HUAC
F)"Who Is Loyal to America?"
G)author of containment doctrine
H)black baseball star
I)Fair Deal
J)senator from Wisconsin
K)chaired committee on human rights
L)convicted of spying

Question 47

The impact of the Cold War on the civil rights movement:

A) was quite limited at the time.
B) was beneficial because the Urban League accepted communists into its ranks.
C) included government action against black leaders.
D) caused the NAACP to enlist the aid of the Soviets.
E) brought wider support for civil rights from southern Democrats who wanted to fight communism.

Question 48

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Harry Truman

A)accused Alger Hiss of being a spy
B)Korean War commander
C)1948 Progressive Party candidate
D)critic of the Cold War
E)prosecuted by HUAC
F)"Who Is Loyal to America?"
G)author of containment doctrine
H)black baseball star
I)Fair Deal
J)senator from Wisconsin
K)chaired committee on human rights
L)convicted of spying

Question 49

The McCarran-Walter Act:

A) removed immigration quotas based on nationality.
B) made immigration law much more flexible for Asians and Latinos.
C) recognized the need for political asylum for refugees from South Africa.
D) authorized the deportation of communists, including naturalized citizens.
E) was supported by President Truman.

Question 50

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Whittaker Chambers

A)accused Alger Hiss of being a spy
B)Korean War commander
C)1948 Progressive Party candidate
D)critic of the Cold War
E)prosecuted by HUAC
F)"Who Is Loyal to America?"
G)author of containment doctrine
H)black baseball star
I)Fair Deal
J)senator from Wisconsin
K)chaired committee on human rights
L)convicted of spying

Question 51

How did black organizations employ the language of the Cold War?

A) Most black activists shied away from any nod to Cold War language for fear of government reprisals.
B) Organizations such as the NAACP used phrases such as "freedom v. slavery" to rally support for desegregation.
C) They noted how the Russians could use racism to damage America's image abroad, given its hypocrisy about the meaning of "freedom" at home.
D) The NAACP in particular copied the tactics of communist strategists in labor organizations such as the Southern Conference for Human Welfare.

Question 52

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
George Kennan

A)accused Alger Hiss of being a spy
B)Korean War commander
C)1948 Progressive Party candidate
D)critic of the Cold War
E)prosecuted by HUAC
F)"Who Is Loyal to America?"
G)author of containment doctrine
H)black baseball star
I)Fair Deal
J)senator from Wisconsin
K)chaired committee on human rights
L)convicted of spying

Question 53

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Rosenbergs

A)accused Alger Hiss of being a spy
B)Korean War commander
C)1948 Progressive Party candidate
D)critic of the Cold War
E)prosecuted by HUAC
F)"Who Is Loyal to America?"
G)author of containment doctrine
H)black baseball star
I)Fair Deal
J)senator from Wisconsin
K)chaired committee on human rights
L)convicted of spying

Question 54

Organized labor emerged as:

A) a vocal critic of McCarthyism.
B) a major supporter of the foreign policy of the Cold War.
C) a radical wing of the Communist Party.
D) a militant group willing to fight the Red Scare.
E) the best informants for the FBI and HUAC.

Question 55

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Joe McCarthy

A)accused Alger Hiss of being a spy
B)Korean War commander
C)1948 Progressive Party candidate
D)critic of the Cold War
E)prosecuted by HUAC
F)"Who Is Loyal to America?"
G)author of containment doctrine
H)black baseball star
I)Fair Deal
J)senator from Wisconsin
K)chaired committee on human rights
L)convicted of spying

Question 56

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Douglas MacArthur

A)accused Alger Hiss of being a spy
B)Korean War commander
C)1948 Progressive Party candidate
D)critic of the Cold War
E)prosecuted by HUAC
F)"Who Is Loyal to America?"
G)author of containment doctrine
H)black baseball star
I)Fair Deal
J)senator from Wisconsin
K)chaired committee on human rights
L)convicted of spying

Question 57

Why did anticommunist Harry Truman veto the McCarran-Walter Act?

A) The anticommunist measures targeting immigrants did not go far enough for Truman.
B) The McCarran-Walter Act closely mirrored the Committee on Immigration's report, Whom Shall We Welcome, an investigative body commissioned by Truman's political enemies.
C) Truman had become alarmed at the excesses of the anticommunist crusade.
D) Truman did not actually veto the act, preferring to propose an alternative bill.

Question 58

What was so ironic about Dean Acheson's speech to the Delta Council in 1947?

A) Acheson praised the president's defense of democratic institutions in the place that did not know democracy.
B) Acheson was urging the gathering of cotton planters to automate production, while the Democrats were pushing for fair wages for black farmworkers.
C) Acheson was delivering a speech meant for new African-American Democrats in Mississippi to a gathering of white supremacists.
D) The Under Secretary of State was warning the same audience against the Cold War that had already heard Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech a month prior.
E) Acheson had delivered the same speech to the Council the year before.

Question 59

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Alger Hiss

A)accused Alger Hiss of being a spy
B)Korean War commander
C)1948 Progressive Party candidate
D)critic of the Cold War
E)prosecuted by HUAC
F)"Who Is Loyal to America?"
G)author of containment doctrine
H)black baseball star
I)Fair Deal
J)senator from Wisconsin
K)chaired committee on human rights
L)convicted of spying

Question 60

Operation Wetback:

A) was the code name for a CIA operation conducted on the border between Texas and Mexico.
B) was how leftist news organizations described the McCarran-Walter Act.
C) was a military operation that rounded up illegal aliens found in Mexican-American neighborhoods for deportation.
D) was opposed by President Truman.

Question 61

The United States won the Korean War.

Question 62

Despite the Communist victory in China's civil war and the Soviets' successful development of an atomic bomb, the Truman administration refused to endorse a permanent U.S. military buildup.

Question 63

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Army-McCarthy hearings

A)attempted to unionize the South
B)deported illegal aliens
C)Greece and Turkey
D)Dixiecrats
E)outlined containment policy
F)"slave labor" bill
G)recommended increased spending on defense
H)first peacetime alliance for the United States
I)Truman's domestic program
J)economic aid to Europe
K)Harry Truman
L)set quotas on immigrants
M)downfall of McCarthy

Question 64

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
NSC-68

A)attempted to unionize the South
B)deported illegal aliens
C)Greece and Turkey
D)Dixiecrats
E)outlined containment policy
F)"slave labor" bill
G)recommended increased spending on defense
H)first peacetime alliance for the United States
I)Truman's domestic program
J)economic aid to Europe
K)Harry Truman
L)set quotas on immigrants
M)downfall of McCarthy

Question 65

Generally speaking, economics and geopolitical interests motivated American foreign policy, but the language of freedom was used to justify America's actions.

Question 66

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Marshall Plan

A)attempted to unionize the South
B)deported illegal aliens
C)Greece and Turkey
D)Dixiecrats
E)outlined containment policy
F)"slave labor" bill
G)recommended increased spending on defense
H)first peacetime alliance for the United States
I)Truman's domestic program
J)economic aid to Europe
K)Harry Truman
L)set quotas on immigrants
M)downfall of McCarthy

Question 67

George Kennan's Long Telegram laid the foundation for the policy of containment.

Question 68

Truman was advised to "scare the hell out of people" as a means of gaining support for aid to Greece and Turkey.

Question 69

Hollywood remained the one voice of protest during the McCarthy Era, making films that glorified individualism, socialism, and the questioning of authority.

Question 70

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Operation Dixie

A)attempted to unionize the South
B)deported illegal aliens
C)Greece and Turkey
D)Dixiecrats
E)outlined containment policy
F)"slave labor" bill
G)recommended increased spending on defense
H)first peacetime alliance for the United States
I)Truman's domestic program
J)economic aid to Europe
K)Harry Truman
L)set quotas on immigrants
M)downfall of McCarthy

Question 71

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
desegregation of military

A)attempted to unionize the South
B)deported illegal aliens
C)Greece and Turkey
D)Dixiecrats
E)outlined containment policy
F)"slave labor" bill
G)recommended increased spending on defense
H)first peacetime alliance for the United States
I)Truman's domestic program
J)economic aid to Europe
K)Harry Truman
L)set quotas on immigrants
M)downfall of McCarthy

Question 72

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Taft-Hartley Act

A)attempted to unionize the South
B)deported illegal aliens
C)Greece and Turkey
D)Dixiecrats
E)outlined containment policy
F)"slave labor" bill
G)recommended increased spending on defense
H)first peacetime alliance for the United States
I)Truman's domestic program
J)economic aid to Europe
K)Harry Truman
L)set quotas on immigrants
M)downfall of McCarthy

Question 73

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Long Telegram

A)attempted to unionize the South
B)deported illegal aliens
C)Greece and Turkey
D)Dixiecrats
E)outlined containment policy
F)"slave labor" bill
G)recommended increased spending on defense
H)first peacetime alliance for the United States
I)Truman's domestic program
J)economic aid to Europe
K)Harry Truman
L)set quotas on immigrants
M)downfall of McCarthy

Question 74

Overall, despite good intentions the Marshall Plan was not very successful.

Question 75

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
McCarran-Walter Act

A)attempted to unionize the South
B)deported illegal aliens
C)Greece and Turkey
D)Dixiecrats
E)outlined containment policy
F)"slave labor" bill
G)recommended increased spending on defense
H)first peacetime alliance for the United States
I)Truman's domestic program
J)economic aid to Europe
K)Harry Truman
L)set quotas on immigrants
M)downfall of McCarthy

Question 76

The Berlin Airlift made it clear that Truman was determined to deny the Soviet Union any victories in the Cold War.

Question 77

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Truman Doctrine

A)attempted to unionize the South
B)deported illegal aliens
C)Greece and Turkey
D)Dixiecrats
E)outlined containment policy
F)"slave labor" bill
G)recommended increased spending on defense
H)first peacetime alliance for the United States
I)Truman's domestic program
J)economic aid to Europe
K)Harry Truman
L)set quotas on immigrants
M)downfall of McCarthy

Question 78

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Fair Deal

A)attempted to unionize the South
B)deported illegal aliens
C)Greece and Turkey
D)Dixiecrats
E)outlined containment policy
F)"slave labor" bill
G)recommended increased spending on defense
H)first peacetime alliance for the United States
I)Truman's domestic program
J)economic aid to Europe
K)Harry Truman
L)set quotas on immigrants
M)downfall of McCarthy

Question 79

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
NATO

A)attempted to unionize the South
B)deported illegal aliens
C)Greece and Turkey
D)Dixiecrats
E)outlined containment policy
F)"slave labor" bill
G)recommended increased spending on defense
H)first peacetime alliance for the United States
I)Truman's domestic program
J)economic aid to Europe
K)Harry Truman
L)set quotas on immigrants
M)downfall of McCarthy

Question 80

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
Operation Wetback

A)attempted to unionize the South
B)deported illegal aliens
C)Greece and Turkey
D)Dixiecrats
E)outlined containment policy
F)"slave labor" bill
G)recommended increased spending on defense
H)first peacetime alliance for the United States
I)Truman's domestic program
J)economic aid to Europe
K)Harry Truman
L)set quotas on immigrants
M)downfall of McCarthy