1. In an effort to forestall an economic downturn, the
Truman administration did all of the following
EXCEPT
- create the President's Council of Economic
Advisers.
- sell war factories and other government installations
to private businesses at very low p
- continue wartime wage and price controls.
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2. Which of the following was NOT a demographic characteristic of the post-World War II era in the United States?
- The vast expansion of the home owning middle
class
- A dramatically decreased number of American
farms and farmers, accompanied by expansio
- Urban-suburban integration of blacks and whites
in major metropolitan areas
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3. Which of the following was NOT among the key decisions made by Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill at the Yalta conference?
- The Soviet Union would attack Japan within three
months in exchange for territorial concessions.
- The Soviet Union would sponsor
The Soviets and Americans would militarily withdraw
from Europe after a peace treaty was signed.
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4. One of the most significant structural differences
between the old League of Nations and the new
United Nations was that the United Nations
- did not attempt to include all the independent
nations of the world in its membership.
- gave a veto in the po
- gave a veto in the powerful Security Council to the
five great powers.
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5. Which of the following best describes the implementation of the containment doctrine, as developed by George F. Kennan and advanced by President Truman?
- The Soviet Union should be gradually forced to
surrender its sphere of influence in Eastern Europ
Possible Soviet expansion into Greece and Turkey
should be blocked by providing firm but not
aggressive military, diplomatic, and economic
assistance to these two unstable European nations.
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6. Critics of the Truman Doctrine assailed it for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that
- the Truman Doctrine was an overly sweeping and
open-ended commitment of interventionism that
could not be militarily or economically sustained
for the long term.
- the Truman Doctrine would spark a revival of strident
America First Committee-style isolationism
in the United States.
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7. All of the following were characteristics of President
Truman's Marshall Plan EXCEPT that
- the United States offered generous and liberal
terms to the Soviet Union in an effort to entice the
USSR to accept Marshall Plan economic aid.
- Congress initia
the United States offered generous and liberal
terms to the Soviet Union in an effort to entice the
USSR to accept Marshall Plan economic aid.
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8. American membership in the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization did all of the following EXCEPT
- strengthen the containment of the Soviet Union.
- bring West Germany into the anticommunist
alliance.
- reduce America's defense expenditures, since the
Uni
reduce America's defense expenditures, since the
United States would now get help from Western
European countries and Canada.
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9. Which of the following was NOT true of the new Japanese government installed by General Douglas MacArthur in 1946?
- The Japanese government joined an American military alliance to prevent the spread of communism
in East Asia.
- The Japanese government
The Japanese government joined an American military alliance to prevent the spread of communism
in East Asia.
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10. Which of the following was NOT among the features of the increasing domestic anticommunist uproar of the late 1940s?
- The Federal Bureau of Investigation successfully
prevented the Soviets from stealing American
atomic secrets.
- Two American citizen
- The Federal Bureau of Investigation successfully
prevented the Soviets from stealing American
atomic secrets.
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11. All of the following characterized the NSC-68 document EXCEPT that
- it reflected the American belief in the limitless
capabilities of the American economy and society
to meet America's foreign policy and national
security challenges.
- it called for
- the national security and military spending prescriptions contained in NSC-68 were embraced by
the midwestern isolationist wing of the Republican
party.
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12. What caused President Harry Truman to relieve General Douglas MacArthur from command of the United Nations troops in Korea in April of 1951?
- MacArthur continued to lose crucial battles.
- MacArthur crossed the 38th parallel and entered
North Korea.
- MacArthur began to openly defy Truman's orders
on military policy in Korea.
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13. How does the 1950s baby boom continue to affect the United States today?
- The baby boom eventually contributed to an even
larger population explosion when "baby boomers"
had children of their own.
- As "baby boomers" reach retirement age, the number
- As "baby boomers" reach retirement age, the number
of people eligible for Social Security puts a
huge strain on the system.
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14. The United States' move away from isolationism as it emerged as a superpower after World War II is evident in all of the following EXCEPT in
- the United Nations making its permanent home in
New York City.
- the United States' instrumental role in cre
- the National Security Act establishing a National
Security Council to advise the president on security
matters.
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