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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 provided Truman with the last opportunity to turn the tone of talks with Russia around and avoid a Cold War.
C It illustrated the relevance of modern communications technology for Cold War diplomacy.
D It highlighted how vulnerable the Foreign Service was to Communist espionage.
Question #2
A growth of a national security apparatus.
B contents of the document NSC-68.
C implementation of the Truman Doctrine.
D participation of the United States in NATO.
Question #3
A seized domestic steel mills during a labor dispute.
B extended the military draft into peacetime.
C removed General MacArthur from his command in Korea.
D sent troops to enforce the “police action” in Korea.
Question #4
A The United Nations
B NATO
C Congress
D President Truman
Question #5
A George Marshall’s speech on providing financial aid to Europe
B Stalin’s speech on the superiority of the Soviet system
C Winston Churchill’s speech about Europe’s “iron curtain”
D President Truman’s speech about the civil war in Greece
Question #6
A homosexual.
B pro-integration.
C a fan of Paul Robeson.
D a Communist.
Question #7
A the development of the hydrogen bomb.
B establishment of a Soviet blockade of West Berlin.
C American efforts to revitalize West Germany’s economy.
D establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Question #8
A defense policy.
B Social Security
C the CIA and FBI.
D public education.
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 formation of NATO
B The Korean War
C The election of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
D The Battle at Dien Bien Phu
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 Winston Churchill
B Henry Wallace
C George Kennan
D Harry Truman
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 the United States had the right to determine the political destinies of other nations.
D any nation led by Communists would eventually become part of a Soviet power bloc.
Question #14
A J. Robert Oppenheimer
B J. Edgar Hoover
C Millard Tydings
D Edward R. Murrow
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 Strategically, the Congo was crucial for maintaining control of the Indian Ocean.
D The Congo held valuable mineral resources.
Question #16
A unnecessarily inflammatory.
B an asset to their party.
C without foundation.
D embarrassing to their party.
Question #17
A Congress.
B President Truman.
C the House Un-American Activities Committee.
D Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Question #18
A Senator Joseph McCarthy’s influence on Judge Kaufman.
B the Supreme Court decision in Dennis v. United States.
C anger and grief over American deaths in the Korean War.
D their appearance in the declassified Venona papers.
Question #19
A J. Edgar Hoover
B Robert A. Taft
C Paul Robeson
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.
