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