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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 implementation of the Truman Doctrine.
B participation of the United States in NATO.
C contents of the document NSC-68.
D growth of a national security apparatus.
Question #3
A seized domestic steel mills during a labor dispute.
B sent troops to enforce the “police action” in Korea.
C extended the military draft into peacetime.
D removed General MacArthur from his command 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 President Truman’s speech about the civil war in Greece
D Winston Churchill’s speech about Europe’s “iron curtain”
Question #6
A pro-integration.
B homosexual.
C a fan of Paul Robeson.
D a Communist.
Question #7
A establishment of a Soviet blockade of West Berlin.
B establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
C the development of the hydrogen bomb.
D American efforts to revitalize West Germany’s economy.
Question #8
A defense policy.
B Social Security
C public education.
D the CIA and FBI.
Question #9
A American women fought communism through good housekeeping at home.
B The Soviets did not care about women’s comfort in the home the way American men did.
C Men in the 1950s were incompetent when it came to housekeeping.
D American exports to the Soviet Union were the first step toward détente.
Question #10
A The formation of NATO
B The election of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
C The Korean War
D The Battle at Dien Bien Phu
Question #11
A overthrow of Fulgencio Batista by Fidel Castro.
B Egyptian government’s seizure of the Suez Canal.
C policies of Congo prime minister Patrice Lumumba.
D potential impact of a Communist government in Vietnam.
Question #12
A George Kennan
B Harry Truman
C Henry Wallace
D Winston Churchill
Question #13
A the United States had the right to determine the political destinies of other nations.
B any nation led by Communists would eventually become part of a Soviet power bloc.
C the majority of citizens in those nations were Communist sympathizers.
D the Yalta and Potsdam agreements were not worth the paper they were printed on.
Question #14
A J. Robert Oppenheimer
B Edward R. Murrow
C J. Edgar Hoover
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 without foundation.
B an asset to their party.
C unnecessarily inflammatory.
D embarrassing to their party.
Question #17
A Congress.
B the House Un-American Activities Committee.
C Senator Joseph McCarthy.
D President Truman.
Question #18
A Senator Joseph McCarthy’s influence on Judge Kaufman.
B their appearance in the declassified Venona papers.
C the Supreme Court decision in Dennis v. United States.
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 a debate on the Senate floor.
B his speech in Wheeling, West Virginia.
C the army-McCarthy hearings.
D an Edward R. Murrow broadcast.
