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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A It illustrated the relevance of modern communications technology for Cold War diplomacy.
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 highlighted how vulnerable the Foreign Service was to Communist espionage.
Question #2
A contents of the document NSC-68.
B growth of a national security apparatus.
C implementation of the Truman Doctrine.
D participation of the United States in NATO.
Question #3
A sent troops to enforce the “police action” in Korea.
B seized domestic steel mills during a labor dispute.
C removed General MacArthur from his command 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 Stalin’s speech on the superiority of the Soviet system
B President Truman’s speech about the civil war in Greece
C George Marshall’s speech on providing financial aid to Europe
D Winston Churchill’s speech about Europe’s “iron curtain”
Question #6
A a fan of Paul Robeson.
B homosexual.
C a Communist.
D pro-integration.
Question #7
A the development of the hydrogen bomb.
B establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
C American efforts to revitalize West Germany’s economy.
D establishment of a Soviet blockade of West Berlin.
Question #8
A defense policy.
B the CIA and FBI.
C public education.
D Social Security
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 The Soviets did not care about women’s comfort in the home the way American men did.
D American exports to the Soviet Union were the first step toward détente.
Question #10
A The election of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
B The formation of NATO
C The Korean War
D The Battle at Dien Bien Phu
Question #11
A potential impact of a Communist government in Vietnam.
B overthrow of Fulgencio Batista by Fidel Castro.
C Egyptian government’s seizure of the Suez Canal.
D policies of Congo prime minister Patrice Lumumba.
Question #12
A Henry Wallace
B Winston Churchill
C Harry Truman
D George Kennan
Question #13
A the Yalta and Potsdam agreements were not worth the paper they were printed on.
B the United States had the right to determine the political destinies of other nations.
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 United States could ill afford to alienate its European ally, Belgium.
B The Soviet Union was propping up Patrice Lumumba.
C The Congo held valuable mineral resources.
D Strategically, the Congo was crucial for maintaining control of the Indian Ocean.
Question #16
A unnecessarily inflammatory.
B without foundation.
C embarrassing to their party.
D an asset to their party.
Question #17
A Senator Joseph McCarthy.
B Congress.
C the House Un-American Activities Committee.
D President Truman.
Question #18
A anger and grief over American deaths in the Korean War.
B the Supreme Court decision in Dennis v. United States.
C Senator Joseph McCarthy’s influence on Judge Kaufman.
D their appearance in the declassified Venona papers.
Question #19
A J. Edgar Hoover
B Paul Robeson
C Edward R. Murrow
D Robert A. Taft
Question #20
A his speech in Wheeling, West Virginia.
B the army-McCarthy hearings.
C a debate on the Senate floor.
D an Edward R. Murrow broadcast.
