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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 implementation of the Truman Doctrine.
C contents of the document NSC-68.
D growth of a national security apparatus.
Question #3
A removed General MacArthur from his command in Korea.
B extended the military draft into peacetime.
C seized domestic steel mills during a labor dispute.
D sent troops to enforce the “police action” in Korea.
Question #4
A The United Nations
B President Truman
C Congress
D NATO
Question #5
A Winston Churchill’s speech about Europe’s “iron curtain”
B President Truman’s speech about the civil war in Greece
C Stalin’s speech on the superiority of the Soviet system
D George Marshall’s speech on providing financial aid to Europe
Question #6
A pro-integration.
B a fan of Paul Robeson.
C a Communist.
D homosexual.
Question #7
A establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
B the development of the hydrogen bomb.
C American efforts to revitalize West Germany’s economy.
D establishment of a Soviet blockade of West Berlin.
Question #8
A Social Security
B the CIA and FBI.
C public education.
D defense policy.
Question #9
A Men in the 1950s were incompetent when it came to housekeeping.
B American exports to the Soviet Union were the first step toward détente.
C The Soviets did not care about women’s comfort in the home the way American men did.
D American women fought communism through good housekeeping at home.
Question #10
A The election of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
B The Battle at Dien Bien Phu
C The Korean War
D The formation of NATO
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 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 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 majority of citizens in those nations were Communist sympathizers.
Question #14
A J. Edgar Hoover
B Millard Tydings
C J. Robert Oppenheimer
D Edward R. Murrow
Question #15
A Strategically, the Congo was crucial for maintaining control of the Indian Ocean.
B The United States could ill afford to alienate its European ally, Belgium.
C The Soviet Union was propping up Patrice Lumumba.
D The Congo held valuable mineral resources.
Question #16
A without foundation.
B embarrassing to their party.
C unnecessarily inflammatory.
D an asset to their party.
Question #17
A Senator Joseph McCarthy.
B the House Un-American Activities Committee.
C President Truman.
D Congress.
Question #18
A Senator Joseph McCarthy’s influence on Judge Kaufman.
B anger and grief over American deaths in the Korean War.
C their appearance in the declassified Venona papers.
D the Supreme Court decision in Dennis v. United States.
Question #19
A J. Edgar Hoover
B Edward R. Murrow
C Robert A. Taft
D Paul Robeson
Question #20
A an Edward R. Murrow broadcast.
B the army-McCarthy hearings.
C his speech in Wheeling, West Virginia.
D a debate on the Senate floor.
