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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A It highlighted how vulnerable the Foreign Service was to Communist espionage.
B It solidified Truman’s mistrust of the Soviet Union and helped propel the escalation of the Cold War.
C It provided Truman with the last opportunity to turn the tone of talks with Russia around and avoid a Cold War.
D It illustrated the relevance of modern communications technology for Cold War diplomacy.
Question #2
A implementation of the Truman Doctrine.
B growth of a national security apparatus.
C participation of the United States in NATO.
D contents of the document NSC-68.
Question #3
A removed General MacArthur from his command in Korea.
B seized domestic steel mills during a labor dispute.
C sent troops to enforce the “police action” in Korea.
D extended the military draft into peacetime.
Question #4
A NATO
B The United Nations
C Congress
D President Truman
Question #5
A Winston Churchill’s speech about Europe’s “iron curtain”
B George Marshall’s speech on providing financial aid to Europe
C President Truman’s speech about the civil war in Greece
D Stalin’s speech on the superiority of the Soviet system
Question #6
A homosexual.
B pro-integration.
C a Communist.
D a fan of Paul Robeson.
Question #7
A establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
B establishment of a Soviet blockade of West Berlin.
C American efforts to revitalize West Germany’s economy.
D the development of the hydrogen bomb.
Question #8
A the CIA and FBI.
B defense policy.
C Social Security
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 Korean War
B The Battle at Dien Bien Phu
C The formation of NATO
D The election of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
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 Winston Churchill
B George Kennan
C Harry Truman
D Henry Wallace
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 Edward R. Murrow
C Millard Tydings
D J. Edgar Hoover
Question #15
A Strategically, the Congo was crucial for maintaining control of the Indian Ocean.
B The Soviet Union was propping up Patrice Lumumba.
C The United States could ill afford to alienate its European ally, Belgium.
D The Congo held valuable mineral resources.
Question #16
A unnecessarily inflammatory.
B embarrassing to their party.
C without foundation.
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 Senator Joseph McCarthy’s influence on Judge Kaufman.
B their appearance in the declassified Venona papers.
C anger and grief over American deaths in the Korean War.
D the Supreme Court decision in Dennis v. United States.
Question #19
A Paul Robeson
B J. Edgar Hoover
C Edward R. Murrow
D Robert A. Taft
Question #20
A an Edward R. Murrow broadcast.
B a debate on the Senate floor.
C the army-McCarthy hearings.
D his speech in Wheeling, West Virginia.
