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