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