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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 illustrated the relevance of modern communications technology for Cold War diplomacy.
D It provided Truman with the last opportunity to turn the tone of talks with Russia around and avoid a Cold War.
Question #2
A growth of a national security apparatus.
B contents of the document NSC-68.
C implementation of the Truman Doctrine.
D participation of the United States in NATO.
Question #3
A removed General MacArthur from his command in Korea.
B sent troops to enforce the “police action” in Korea.
C seized domestic steel mills during a labor dispute.
D extended the military draft into peacetime.
Question #4
A President Truman
B Congress
C NATO
D The United Nations
Question #5
A Winston Churchill’s speech about Europe’s “iron curtain”
B President Truman’s speech about the civil war in Greece
C Stalin’s speech on the superiority of the Soviet system
D George Marshall’s speech on providing financial aid to Europe
Question #6
A a fan of Paul Robeson.
B a Communist.
C homosexual.
D pro-integration.
Question #7
A the development of the hydrogen bomb.
B American efforts to revitalize West Germany’s economy.
C establishment of a Soviet blockade of West Berlin.
D establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Question #8
A defense policy.
B public education.
C Social Security
D the CIA and FBI.
Question #9
A American women fought communism through good housekeeping at home.
B Men in the 1950s were incompetent when it came to housekeeping.
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 election of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
B The Battle at Dien Bien Phu
C The Korean War
D The formation of NATO
Question #11
A overthrow of Fulgencio Batista by Fidel Castro.
B policies of Congo prime minister Patrice Lumumba.
C Egyptian government’s seizure of the Suez Canal.
D potential impact of a Communist government in Vietnam.
Question #12
A Harry Truman
B George Kennan
C Henry Wallace
D Winston Churchill
Question #13
A the majority of citizens in those nations were Communist sympathizers.
B any nation led by Communists would eventually become part of a Soviet power bloc.
C the United States had the right to determine the political destinies of other nations.
D the Yalta and Potsdam agreements were not worth the paper they were printed on.
Question #14
A J. Edgar Hoover
B Millard Tydings
C Edward R. Murrow
D J. Robert Oppenheimer
Question #15
A The Congo held valuable mineral resources.
B Strategically, the Congo was crucial for maintaining control of the Indian Ocean.
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 unnecessarily inflammatory.
B embarrassing to their party.
C an asset to their party.
D without foundation.
Question #17
A President Truman.
B Senator Joseph McCarthy.
C the House Un-American Activities Committee.
D Congress.
Question #18
A their appearance in the declassified Venona papers.
B Senator Joseph McCarthy’s influence on Judge Kaufman.
C anger and grief over American deaths in the Korean War.
D the Supreme Court decision in Dennis v. United States.
Question #19
A Edward R. Murrow
B Paul Robeson
C Robert A. Taft
D J. Edgar Hoover
Question #20
A a debate on the Senate floor.
B an Edward R. Murrow broadcast.
C his speech in Wheeling, West Virginia.
D the army-McCarthy hearings.
