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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A It solidified Truman’s mistrust of the Soviet Union and helped propel the escalation of the Cold War.
B It provided Truman with the last opportunity to turn the tone of talks with Russia around and avoid a 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 growth of a national security apparatus.
B implementation of the Truman Doctrine.
C participation of the United States in NATO.
D contents of the document NSC-68.
Question #3
A seized domestic steel mills during a labor dispute.
B sent troops to enforce the “police action” in Korea.
C extended the military draft into peacetime.
D removed General MacArthur from his command in Korea.
Question #4
A NATO
B Congress
C President Truman
D The United Nations
Question #5
A George Marshall’s speech on providing financial aid to Europe
B Winston Churchill’s speech about Europe’s “iron curtain”
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 a fan of Paul Robeson.
B pro-integration.
C a Communist.
D homosexual.
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 Social Security
B defense policy.
C the CIA and FBI.
D public education.
Question #9
A Men in the 1950s were incompetent when it came to housekeeping.
B American exports to the Soviet Union were the first step toward détente.
C The Soviets did not care about women’s comfort in the home the way American men did.
D American women fought communism through good housekeeping at home.
Question #10
A The election of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
B The formation of NATO
C The Battle at Dien Bien Phu
D The Korean War
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 George Kennan
B Winston Churchill
C Harry Truman
D Henry Wallace
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 Yalta and Potsdam agreements were not worth the paper they were printed on.
D the United States had the right to determine the political destinies of other nations.
Question #14
A Edward R. Murrow
B Millard Tydings
C J. Robert Oppenheimer
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 embarrassing to their party.
B unnecessarily inflammatory.
C an asset to their party.
D without foundation.
Question #17
A the House Un-American Activities Committee.
B Senator Joseph McCarthy.
C Congress.
D President Truman.
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 J. Edgar Hoover
B Paul Robeson
C Robert A. Taft
D Edward R. Murrow
Question #20
A his speech in Wheeling, West Virginia.
B an Edward R. Murrow broadcast.
C a debate on the Senate floor.
D the army-McCarthy hearings.
