Deck 10: 1947-1952: The America of the Cold War

Question 1

Living conditions worldwide were better following World War II than they were prior to World War I.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

World War II contributed to a redistribution of wealth in the United States.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The United States's economic prosperity following World War II was largely a result of the federal government as opposed to private enterprise.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The Marshall Plan ended in 1952.

Question 5

In the late 1940s, Truman wanted to legislate foreign investment whereas Congress believed that private enterprise should take the initiative in revitalizing foreign markets.

Question 6

West Germany suffered massive inflation following World War II.

Question 7

In 1948, Stalin attempted to push Allied forces out of West Germany.

Question 8

Truman ran a moderate campaign in 1948 with a minimum of mudslinging.

Question 9

Truman's mother was an unrepentant racist.

Question 10

Truman supported the expansion of civil rights.

Question 11

Compare and contrast FDR and Harry Truman, specifically their personalities, their leadership styles, and their responses to domestic and international crises.

Question 12

Why did Truman support civil rights? What reasons did he give to Congress and the nation for why they should support civil rights as well?

Question 13

The Korean "conflict" is often referred to as the "forgotten war." What were the motivations behind the war? What were its results? Did it deserve to be "forgotten"?

Question 14

In what year did the Korean War break out?

A) 1946
B) 1948
C) 1950
D) 1952

Question 15

Between 1940 and 1945, the U.S. Gross National Product increased by what percent?

A) 25
B) 50
C) 75
D) 100

Question 16

What industry expanded more rapidly than any other in the early twentieth century?

A) Defense
B) Chemical
C) Automobile
D) Motion picture

Question 17

How many U.S. families lived on farms in 1947?

A) 1 in 4
B) 1 in 6
C) 1 in 8
D) 1 in 10

Question 18

In the years following World War II, Czechoslovakia fell under the influence of what nation?

A) Germany
B) Poland
C) Austria
D) The U.S.S.R.

Question 19

Who was James Forrestal?

A) Secretary of Defense
B) A zoologist
C) Secretary of State
D) Vice president under Truman

Question 20

Who wrote "The Sources of Soviet Conduct"?

A) Harry Truman
B) Walter Lippmann
C) James Forrestal
D) George Kennan

Question 21

Who did not agree with the conclusions of "The Sources of Soviet Conduct"?

A) Harry Truman
B) Walter Lippmann
C) James Forrestal
D) George Kennan

Question 22

Who was Alfred Kinsey?

A) Secretary of Defense
B) A zoologist
C) Secretary of State
D) Vice president under Truman

Question 23

Modern-day Israel was founded in what year?

A) 1919
B) 1937
C) 1945
D) 1948

Question 24

How long did it take Truman to recognize the new Israeli state?

A) Fifteen minutes
B) Two days
C) Two weeks
D) Twenty-two days

Question 25

Who succeeded Winston Churchill as Prime Minister of England?

A) Margaret Thatcher
B) Clement Attlee
C) Neville Chamberlain
D) Tony Blair

Question 26

Truman's domestic policies were known by what name?

A) The New Freedom
B) The Square Deal
C) The Fair Deal
D) The Great Society

Question 27

Who did not run against Truman in the 1948 presidential election?

A) Dwight Eisenhower
B) Strom Thurmond
C) Henry Wallace
D) Thomas Dewey

Question 28

Which candidate did the U.S. Communist Party endorse in the 1948 presidential election?

A) Dwight Eisenhower
B) Strom Thurmond
C) Henry Wallace
D) Thomas Dewey

Question 29

Which branches of the U.S. government supported Truman's demands for civil rights?

A) The executive
B) The judicial
C) The legislative
D) a. and b.

Question 30

How much aid did the U.S. send to Chiang Kai-shek between 1945 and 1949?

A) $500 million
B) $1 billion
C) $1.5 billion
D) $2 billion

Question 31

What 1950 document established U.S. Cold War policy for the next twenty years?

A) NSC-68
B) The Marshall Plan
C) "The Sources of Soviet Conduct"
D) The Long Telegram

Question 32

In what year did Russian troops leave North Korea?

A) 1949
B) 1950
C) 1954
D) 1955

Question 33

What line marked the border between North and South Korea?

A) The Twenty-Third Parallel
B) The Thirty-Eighth Parallel
C) The Twenty-Ninth Parallel
D) The Thirty-Second Parallel

Question 34

Talk About:
-American Century

Question 35

Talk About:
-"baby boom"

Question 36

Talk About:
-Berlin Blockade

Question 37

Talk About:
-civil rights

Question 38

Talk About:
-Dean Acheson

Question 39

Talk About:
-Dixiecrats

Question 40

Talk About:
-Employment Act

Question 41

Talk About:
-Executive Order 9981

Question 42

Talk About:
-"Fair Deal"

Question 43

Talk About:
-George Kennan

Question 44

Talk About:
-Harry Truman

Question 45

Talk About:
-Henry Wallace

Question 46

Talk About:
-Israel

Question 47

Talk About:
-Joseph McCarthy

Question 48

Talk About:
-Korean War

Question 49

Talk About:
-Marshal Tito

Question 50

Talk About:
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Question 51

How did Truman's policy of "containment" lay the groundwork for the Cold War? Did the policies have the desired effect?

Question 52

The text quotes Henry Luce of Life magazine as saying, in 1950, "In the American Century, the new superpower [i.e., the United States] would not only do well, but also do good." He claimed that "the needy will be taken care of; they will be the first charge of the economy." Was Luce's predictions accurate? Has the United States not only done well with the wealth it has accumulated since World War II, but also done good? Why or why not?