Question 1

When Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball, he was strongly supported by his fellow players.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Truman responded to the Berlin blockade by

Accepted Answer

A) closing all land routes into West Berlin. 
B) arresting the Soviet ambassador to the United States. 
C) airlifting tons of supplies to the city. 
D) pulling all Americans out of Berlin. 
E) attacking the Soviet Union. 
A) closing all land routes into West Berlin. 
B) arresting the Soviet ambassador to the United States. 
C) airlifting tons of supplies to the city. 
D) pulling all Americans out of Berlin. 
E) attacking the Soviet Union. C

Question 3

The ____________________ Report contended that homosexuality should be accepted and tolerated.

Accepted Answer

Kinsey

Question 4

The Taft-Hartley Act

Accepted Answer

A) enacted the highest tariff in U.S. history. 
B) negated many union gains from the New Deal years. 
C) implemented the first peacetime draft in U.S. history. 
D) required strict loyalty oaths from all Americans. 
E) imposed the first income tax. 
A) enacted the highest tariff in U.S. history. 
B) negated many union gains from the New Deal years. 
C) implemented the first peacetime draft in U.S. history. 
D) required strict loyalty oaths from all Americans. 
E) imposed the first income tax.

Question 5

The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

Accepted Answer

A) accused Richard Nixon and John Wayne of spying for the Communists. 
B) proved that the labor movement was loyal and procapitalist. 
C) helped capture and convict some of the most dangerous Soviet spies in the United States. 
D) destroyed the careers of hundreds of TV and movie workers. 
E) identified those who worked for the Nazi Party in the U.S. 
A) accused Richard Nixon and John Wayne of spying for the Communists. 
B) proved that the labor movement was loyal and procapitalist. 
C) helped capture and convict some of the most dangerous Soviet spies in the United States. 
D) destroyed the careers of hundreds of TV and movie workers. 
E) identified those who worked for the Nazi Party in the U.S.

Question 6

Explore the postwar domestic "red scare."

Accepted Answer

The postwar domestic "red scare" refers

Question 7

Describe the election of 1948. What were the different agendas promoted, and to what extent did this election suggest the possible passing of the New Deal's domestic welfare policies?

Accepted Answer

The election of 1948 was a pivotal momen

Question 8

The Soviets were not frightened by the atomic bomb.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

In 1948 the newly created CIA used covert action to undermine the Italian communist party.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The Mattachine Society

Accepted Answer

A) opposed communist infiltration of government offices. 
B) advocated equal rights for gays. 
C) defended actors and writers accused of being communists. 
D) called for racial equality. 
E) supported women's rights. 
A) opposed communist infiltration of government offices. 
B) advocated equal rights for gays. 
C) defended actors and writers accused of being communists. 
D) called for racial equality. 
E) supported women's rights.

Question 11

The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) expelled 13 member organizations because of​

Accepted Answer

A) their refusal to accept a CIO-negotiated contracted.​ 
B) the requirements of the Taft-Hartley Act.​ 
C) anticommunism. 
D) their resistance to black members.​ 
E) pressure from the Truman White House.​ 
A) their refusal to accept a CIO-negotiated contracted.​ 
B) the requirements of the Taft-Hartley Act.​ 
C) anticommunism. 
D) their resistance to black members.​ 
E) pressure from the Truman White House.​

Question 12

Alger Hiss was convicted of espionage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

President Truman's loyalty program

Accepted Answer

A) won the support of Joseph McCarthy. 
B) proved that the domestic communist conspiracy was a serious threat to U.S. security. 
C) was criticized by both the political far left and the far right. 
D) resulted in a lower divorce rate in the U.S. 
E) revived support for labor unions. 
A) won the support of Joseph McCarthy. 
B) proved that the domestic communist conspiracy was a serious threat to U.S. security. 
C) was criticized by both the political far left and the far right. 
D) resulted in a lower divorce rate in the U.S. 
E) revived support for labor unions.

Question 14

Truman's greatest accomplishment regarding civil rights was the order to desegregate the military.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Chief executive officers of movie studios bravely defended actors and writers against charges that they were communist sympathizers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The ____________________ consisted of business leaders blaming Truman and his secretary of state Dean Acheson for being soft on communism and for losing China to communism.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The ____________________ consisted of business leaders blaming...

Question 17

In the case ____________________, the Supreme Court upheld the convictions of leaders of the American Communist Party for sedition.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In the case ____________________, the Supreme Court...

Question 18

Describe the Truman Doctrine and the policy of containment. Out of what assumptions about foreign policy did this strategy emerge, and what were its long-term implications?

Accepted Answer

The Truman Doctrine was a policy announc

Question 19

In 1951, Harry Truman relieved General ____ of his command in Korea for insubordination.

Accepted Answer

A) George C. Patton 
B) Douglas MacArthur 
C) Dwight D. Eisenhower 
D) George Marshall 
E) Henry Wallace 
A) George C. Patton 
B) Douglas MacArthur 
C) Dwight D. Eisenhower 
D) George Marshall 
E) Henry Wallace

Question 20

Many historians now believe that Alger Hiss did pass along information to the Soviets in the 1930s and 1940s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 27: The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

When Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball, he was strongly supported by his fellow players.

Truman responded to the Berlin blockade by

The ____________________ Report contended that homosexuality should be accepted and tolerated.

The Taft-Hartley Act

The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

Explore the postwar domestic "red scare."

Describe the election of 1948. What were the different agendas promoted, and to what extent did this election suggest the possible passing of the New Deal's domestic welfare policies?

The Soviets were not frightened by the atomic bomb.

In 1948 the newly created CIA used covert action to undermine the Italian communist party.

The Mattachine Society

The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) expelled 13 member organizations because of​

Alger Hiss was convicted of espionage.

President Truman's loyalty program

Truman's greatest accomplishment regarding civil rights was the order to desegregate the military.

Chief executive officers of movie studios bravely defended actors and writers against charges that they were communist sympathizers.

The ____________________ consisted of business leaders blaming Truman and his secretary of state Dean Acheson for being soft on communism and for losing China to communism.

In the case ____________________, the Supreme Court upheld the convictions of leaders of the American Communist Party for sedition.

Describe the Truman Doctrine and the policy of containment. Out of what assumptions about foreign policy did this strategy emerge, and what were its long-term implications?

In 1951, Harry Truman relieved General ____ of his command in Korea for insubordination.

Many historians now believe that Alger Hiss did pass along information to the Soviets in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Colonization in North America, 1600-1680

Empires, Indians, and the Struggle for Power in North America, 1670-1720

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent, 1720-1763

Reform, Resistance, Revolution, 1763-1776

The Revolutionary Republic, 1776-1789

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture, 1815-1850

Whigs and Democrats, 1815-1840

Antebellum Reform, 1820-1860

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery 1845-1860

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, Peoples, Cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism, 1900-1917

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

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The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War, 1939-1945

America at Midcentury, 1953-1963

America During a Divisive War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

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