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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 implementation of the Truman Doctrine.
B participation of the United States in NATO.
C growth of a national security apparatus.
D contents of the document NSC-68.
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 President Truman
D The United Nations
Question #5
A Stalin’s speech on the superiority of the Soviet system
B Winston Churchill’s speech about Europe’s “iron curtain”
C George Marshall’s speech on providing financial aid to Europe
D President Truman’s speech about the civil war in Greece
Question #6
A a fan of Paul Robeson.
B a Communist.
C pro-integration.
D homosexual.
Question #7
A the development of the hydrogen bomb.
B establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
C establishment of a Soviet blockade of West Berlin.
D American efforts to revitalize West Germany’s economy.
Question #8
A the CIA and FBI.
B defense policy.
C public education.
D Social Security
Question #9
A The Soviets did not care about women’s comfort in the home the way American men did.
B American exports to the Soviet Union were the first step toward détente.
C American women fought communism through good housekeeping at home.
D Men in the 1950s were incompetent when it came to housekeeping.
Question #10
A The Battle at Dien Bien Phu
B The Korean War
C The election of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
D The formation of NATO
Question #11
A Egyptian government’s seizure of the Suez Canal.
B policies of Congo prime minister Patrice Lumumba.
C overthrow of Fulgencio Batista by Fidel Castro.
D potential impact of a Communist government in Vietnam.
Question #12
A Henry Wallace
B Winston Churchill
C Harry Truman
D George Kennan
Question #13
A any nation led by Communists would eventually become part of a Soviet power bloc.
B the United States had the right to determine the political destinies of other nations.
C the Yalta and Potsdam agreements were not worth the paper they were printed on.
D the majority of citizens in those nations were Communist sympathizers.
Question #14
A J. Robert Oppenheimer
B Millard Tydings
C Edward R. Murrow
D J. Edgar Hoover
Question #15
A Strategically, the Congo was crucial for maintaining control of the Indian Ocean.
B The Congo held valuable mineral resources.
C The United States could ill afford to alienate its European ally, Belgium.
D The Soviet Union was propping up Patrice Lumumba.
Question #16
A without foundation.
B embarrassing to their party.
C unnecessarily inflammatory.
D an asset to their party.
Question #17
A President Truman.
B Congress.
C the House Un-American Activities Committee.
D Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Question #18
A anger and grief over American deaths in the Korean War.
B Senator Joseph McCarthy’s influence on Judge Kaufman.
C their appearance in the declassified Venona papers.
D the Supreme Court decision in Dennis v. United States.
Question #19
A Edward R. Murrow
B Robert A. Taft
C Paul Robeson
D J. Edgar Hoover
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.
