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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 solidified Truman’s mistrust of the Soviet Union and helped propel the escalation of the Cold War.
C It highlighted how vulnerable the Foreign Service was to Communist espionage.
D It illustrated the relevance of modern communications technology for Cold War diplomacy.
Question #2
A contents of the document NSC-68.
B implementation of the Truman Doctrine.
C growth of a national security apparatus.
D participation of the United States in NATO.
Question #3
A seized domestic steel mills during a labor dispute.
B removed General MacArthur from his command in Korea.
C extended the military draft into peacetime.
D sent troops to enforce the “police action” in Korea.
Question #4
A Congress
B President Truman
C The United Nations
D NATO
Question #5
A President Truman’s speech about the civil war in Greece
B Stalin’s speech on the superiority of the Soviet system
C Winston Churchill’s speech about Europe’s “iron curtain”
D George Marshall’s speech on providing financial aid to Europe
Question #6
A a fan of Paul Robeson.
B pro-integration.
C a Communist.
D homosexual.
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 Social Security
B the CIA and FBI.
C defense policy.
D public education.
Question #9
A Men in the 1950s were incompetent when it came to housekeeping.
B American women fought communism through good housekeeping at home.
C American exports to the Soviet Union were the first step toward détente.
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 election of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
C The Korean War
D The formation of NATO
Question #11
A potential impact of a Communist government in Vietnam.
B Egyptian government’s seizure of the Suez Canal.
C policies of Congo prime minister Patrice Lumumba.
D overthrow of Fulgencio Batista by Fidel Castro.
Question #12
A Winston Churchill
B Harry Truman
C Henry Wallace
D George Kennan
Question #13
A the majority of citizens in those nations were Communist sympathizers.
B the United States had the right to determine the political destinies of other nations.
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 United States could ill afford to alienate its European ally, Belgium.
B Strategically, the Congo was crucial for maintaining control of the Indian Ocean.
C The Soviet Union was propping up Patrice Lumumba.
D The Congo held valuable mineral resources.
Question #16
A embarrassing to their party.
B unnecessarily inflammatory.
C an asset to their party.
D without foundation.
Question #17
A President Truman.
B Congress.
C Senator Joseph McCarthy.
D the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Question #18
A anger and grief over American deaths in the Korean War.
B their appearance in the declassified Venona papers.
C the Supreme Court decision in Dennis v. United States.
D Senator Joseph McCarthy’s influence on Judge Kaufman.
Question #19
A Robert A. Taft
B Paul Robeson
C Edward R. Murrow
D J. Edgar Hoover
Question #20
A his speech in Wheeling, West Virginia.
B the army-McCarthy hearings.
C an Edward R. Murrow broadcast.
D a debate on the Senate floor.
