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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A It illustrated the relevance of modern communications technology for Cold War diplomacy.
B It solidified Truman’s mistrust of the Soviet Union and helped propel the escalation of the Cold War.
C It highlighted how vulnerable the Foreign Service was to Communist espionage.
D It provided Truman with the last opportunity to turn the tone of talks with Russia around and avoid a Cold War.
Question #2
A participation of the United States in NATO.
B contents of the document NSC-68.
C growth of a national security apparatus.
D implementation of the Truman Doctrine.
Question #3
A extended the military draft into peacetime.
B removed General MacArthur from his command in Korea.
C sent troops to enforce the “police action” in Korea.
D seized domestic steel mills during a labor dispute.
Question #4
A President Truman
B NATO
C The United Nations
D Congress
Question #5
A Winston Churchill’s speech about Europe’s “iron curtain”
B George Marshall’s speech on providing financial aid to Europe
C President Truman’s speech about the civil war in Greece
D Stalin’s speech on the superiority of the Soviet system
Question #6
A a Communist.
B a fan of Paul Robeson.
C pro-integration.
D homosexual.
Question #7
A the development of the hydrogen bomb.
B American efforts to revitalize West Germany’s economy.
C establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
D establishment of a Soviet blockade of West Berlin.
Question #8
A Social Security
B public education.
C defense policy.
D the CIA and FBI.
Question #9
A American exports to the Soviet Union were the first step toward détente.
B American women fought communism through good housekeeping at home.
C Men in the 1950s were incompetent when it came to housekeeping.
D The Soviets did not care about women’s comfort in the home the way American men did.
Question #10
A The formation of NATO
B The Korean War
C The Battle at Dien Bien Phu
D The election of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Question #11
A policies of Congo prime minister Patrice Lumumba.
B potential impact of a Communist government in Vietnam.
C overthrow of Fulgencio Batista by Fidel Castro.
D Egyptian government’s seizure of the Suez Canal.
Question #12
A Harry Truman
B George Kennan
C Henry Wallace
D Winston Churchill
Question #13
A the majority of citizens in those nations were Communist sympathizers.
B the Yalta and Potsdam agreements were not worth the paper they were printed on.
C any nation led by Communists would eventually become part of a Soviet power bloc.
D the United States had the right to determine the political destinies of other nations.
Question #14
A Millard Tydings
B J. Edgar Hoover
C Edward R. Murrow
D J. Robert Oppenheimer
Question #15
A The United States could ill afford to alienate its European ally, Belgium.
B The Soviet Union was propping up Patrice Lumumba.
C The Congo held valuable mineral resources.
D Strategically, the Congo was crucial for maintaining control of the Indian Ocean.
Question #16
A an asset to their party.
B without foundation.
C unnecessarily inflammatory.
D embarrassing to their party.
Question #17
A President Truman.
B Senator Joseph McCarthy.
C Congress.
D the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Question #18
A the Supreme Court decision in Dennis v. United States.
B Senator Joseph McCarthy’s influence on Judge Kaufman.
C anger and grief over American deaths in the Korean War.
D their appearance in the declassified Venona papers.
Question #19
A Edward R. Murrow
B Paul Robeson
C Robert A. Taft
D J. Edgar Hoover
Question #20
A the army-McCarthy hearings.
B a debate on the Senate floor.
C an Edward R. Murrow broadcast.
D his speech in Wheeling, West Virginia.
