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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 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 participation of the United States in NATO.
D implementation of the Truman Doctrine.
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 Congress
B NATO
C The United Nations
D President Truman
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 Communist.
B a fan of Paul Robeson.
C pro-integration.
D homosexual.
Question #7
A American efforts to revitalize West Germany’s economy.
B establishment of a Soviet blockade of West Berlin.
C establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
D the development of the hydrogen bomb.
Question #8
A Social Security
B the CIA and FBI.
C defense policy.
D public education.
Question #9
A The Soviets did not care about women’s comfort in the home the way American men did.
B American women fought communism through good housekeeping at home.
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 Battle at Dien Bien Phu
B The election of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
C The formation of NATO
D The Korean War
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 Henry Wallace
C Harry Truman
D Winston Churchill
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 the majority of citizens in those nations were Communist sympathizers.
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 J. Edgar Hoover
D Millard Tydings
Question #15
A The Soviet Union was propping up Patrice Lumumba.
B The Congo held valuable mineral resources.
C Strategically, the Congo was crucial for maintaining control of the Indian Ocean.
D The United States could ill afford to alienate its European ally, Belgium.
Question #16
A an asset to their party.
B embarrassing to their party.
C unnecessarily inflammatory.
D without foundation.
Question #17
A President Truman.
B Senator Joseph McCarthy.
C Congress.
D the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Question #18
A the Supreme Court decision in Dennis v. United States.
B Senator Joseph McCarthy’s influence on Judge Kaufman.
C their appearance in the declassified Venona papers.
D anger and grief over American deaths in the Korean War.
Question #19
A Robert A. Taft
B Edward R. Murrow
C J. Edgar Hoover
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.
