Deck 25: The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

Question 1

As a result of shrinking military production,a deep recession followed the end of World War II.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Henry Wallace ran for president in 1948 as the Progressive party candidate.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The Servicemen's Readjustment Act was also known as the GI Bill of Rights.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What did Winston Churchill compare the occupation of lands by the Soviets after World War II to?

A)A day of infamy
B)An iron curtain
C)A steel trap
D)A concrete ship
E)A blast furnace

Question 5

The Fair Deal was President Truman's name for his approach to foreign policy in the early days of the cold war.

Question 6

In the early months of the Korean War,UN forces encountered little resistance until they reached the Chinese border.

Question 7

In the presidential election of 1948,Republicans saw little hope for victory.

Question 8

Revisionist historians contend that this individual was responsible for the start of the cold war.

A)Harry S.Truman
B)George McArthur
C)George Patton
D)Joseph Stalin
E)Franklin Roosevelt

Question 9

In the closing days of World War II,Truman threatened to bomb the Soviets if they did not abandon Poland.

Question 10

The cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union came down to differences between the ideologies of _____________ and ___________.

A)mercantilism,fascism
B)capitalism,communism
C)socialism,communism
D)fascism,capitalism
E)socialism,fascism

Question 11

The Soviet Union violated promises made at Yalta when they began to occupy

A)Western European nations.
B)Eastern European nations.
C)England.
D)the Ukraine.
E)the Crimean Peninsula.

Question 12

Within a few months of the end of World War II,there were strikes and other labor disputes in many key industries.

Question 13

Whittaker Chambers accused Alger Hiss of supplying U.S.secret documents to the Soviets.

Question 14

Truman's firing of MacArthur in 1951 was one of the most popular actions of his presidency.

Question 15

Which of the following was not a policy followed by the Soviets when they invaded other nations during and after World War II?

A)They abolished other political parties.
B)They established their own governments.
C)They created a secret police.
D)They allowed for free expression of religion.
E)They controlled intellectual life and culture.

Question 16

At the end of World War II,Korea was divided along the 38th parallel.

Question 17

Harry Truman was born and raised in Missouri.

Question 18

What was not one of the factors that occurred after WWII that led to the Cold War?

A)The destruction of Europe
B)The collapse of colonies once held by European powers
C)The war leaving the United States and the Soviet Union as the two greatest world powers
D)Colonies rebelling against their foreign masters
E)The return of fascism in Italy,forcing a division in the United Nations

Question 19

J.Strom Thurmond was from New York.

Question 20

Israel's creation in 1948 was followed immediately by a war with its Arab neighbors.

Question 21

Which of the following was not provided to the returning servicemen under the Service Readjustment Act of 1944?

A)Guaranteed jobs
B)Medical treatment
C)Unemployment insurance
D)Education
E)Home loans

Question 22

In 1949,the Chinese Nationalist government fled to

A)Japan.
B)Korea.
C)Taiwan.
D)Nippon.
E)Manchuria.

Question 23

The problem with the Truman administration's policy toward controlling the aggression of the Soviet Union was that it took a __________ approach instead of a _____________ approach.

A)political,military
B)social,military
C)military,political
D)capitalistic,communist
E)fascist;communist

Question 24

When President Truman desegregated the military,which branch was the last to comply?

A)Navy
B)Air Force
C)Army
D)Marines
E)Coast Guard

Question 25

What did Joseph Stalin do to West Berlin to try to force the United States to leave?

A)He dropped a hydrogen bomb on the city.
B)He ordered it blockaded by Soviet forces.
C)He tried to buy it from the Americans.
D)He assassinated the mayor.
E)He fomented a rebellion against American forces.

Question 26

Which of the following nations did not control a portion of Germany after World War II?

A)Austria
B)United States
C)Soviet Union
D)England
E)France

Question 27

Congress curbed the power of unions following World War II by passing the

A)Taft-Hartley Labor Act.
B)Hawt-Smootly Act.
C)Mongrel Tariff.
D)Service Readjustment Act.
E)GI Bill.

Question 28

The first African American to play baseball for a major league team was

A)Jessie Owens.
B)Jackie Robinson.
C)Carl Weathers.
D)Marcus Garvey.
E)Wilt Chamberlain.

Question 29

The first African American to play baseball for a major league team played for the

A)Dodgers.
B)Yankees.
C)Red Sox.
D)Clippers.
E)White Sox.

Question 30

What was the "thorniest" post-World War II issue that the United States faced?

A)What to do about China
B)How to handle the Soviet Union
C)How to end the war in Vietnam
D)Whether to desegregate the military
E)What to do about the Ottoman Empire

Question 31

The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 allowed state legislatures to make their state a _________________ state.

A)right-to-work
B)closed shop
C)blue collar
D)white collar
E)slave labor

Question 32

For 11 months,this program provided food to the people of West Berlin while it was blockaded by Soviet forces.

A)Jefferson airplane
B)Berlin airlift
C)Air America
D)Operation Rolling Thunder
E)Operation Havoc

Question 33

In the Truman Doctrine,President Truman promised to confront terrorism

A)in Asia.
B)in Europe.
C)in Russia.
D)in Indonesia.
E)everywhere.

Question 34

The Truman Doctrine was announced to assist which of the following nations combat communism?

A)Turkey
B)Ethiopia
C)Macedonia
D)Montenegro
E)Dalmatia

Question 35

What was the name of the policy proposed by George F.Kennan to combat the growing Soviet threat after World War II?

A)Containment
B)Brinksmanship
C)Mutually assured destruction
D)Strategic defense initiative
E)Mercantilism

Question 36

What was the name of the financial and technical assistance package provided to war-ravaged Europe after World War II?

A)the Truman Doctrine
B)the Marshall Plan
C)the Containment Plan
D)the Iron Curtain
E)the Olney Corollary

Question 37

President Truman's domestic policy was called the

A)New Deal.
B)Square Deal.
C)Fair Deal.
D)Real Deal.
E)New Freedom.

Question 38

The American GI Forum was created after World War II to deal with issues facing

A)African Americans.
B)Hispanics.
C)Orientals.
D)Texans.
E)Native Americans.

Question 39

Why were the Russians not concerned about the threat of nuclear war with the United States?

A)They understood the destruction that it would cause and knew the United States would never do it.
B)They did not understand how much destruction it would cause.
C)They had spies providing them information to build their own nuclear weapons.
D)They knew the American public would never approve of such an action.
E)They were not concerned with the amount of lives lost in such a war.

Question 40

What did Secretary of State James Byrnes try to use as leverage to force the Soviets to honor their agreements after World War II?

A)Financial assistance
B)The United States' wheat surplus
C)The United States' possession of atomic bombs
D)The million man army in Japan that could invade Russia
E)Chinese ambitions over those of the Soviets

Question 41

Discuss the causes and major events that led to the announcement of the Truman Doctrine.

Question 42

Who was arrested for helping smuggle atomic bomb plans to the Soviets?

A)Alger Hiss
B)James Fields
C)Julius Rosenberg
D)Douglas MacArthur
E)James Franklin

Question 43

His account of the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts was really an allegory for the McCarthy hearings.

A)Tennessee Ernie Floyd
B)Arthur Miller
C)Alger Hiss
D)Wilt Chamberlain
E)James O'Keefe

Question 44

When the United Nations forces drew too close to the North Korean northern border,which nation attacked them?

A)Japan
B)Manchuria
C)Russia
D)China
E)Jakarta

Question 45

What did Truman mean by a Fair Deal? How did it compare to FDR's New Deal?

Question 46

What bill did President Truman veto because he said it would create a thought police?

A)McCarran Internal Security Act
B)Patriot Act
C)Political Readjustment Act
D)Internal Security Act
E)Loyalty Act

Question 47

What was the executive order issued by Truman to ensure there were no communists or their associates in the United States government called?

A)The Logan Act
B)The Sedition Act
C)The Loyalty Order
D)The Anti-COMINTERN Act
E)The Patriot Act

Question 48

Of all the political witch hunts during the Truman administration,the one most damaging to his administration involved

A)Douglas MacArthur.
B)Alger Hiss.
C)Horatio Nelson.
D)William Tell.
E)Arthur Miller.

Question 49

Detail the early civil rights movement in the 1940s.In what ways did World War II help push this movement into reality?

Question 50

Because of his behavior,President Truman fired this general during the Korean War.

A)Dwight D.Eisenhower
B)George Patton
C)Gerald Ford
D)Douglas MacArthur
E)Fred McNamara

Question 51

Describe the Red Scare that followed the end of World War II.What factors caused it? What were its major results?

Question 52

Who is best associated with the Second Red Scare's hunt for communists?

A)Harry Truman
B)Richard Nixon
C)John Kennedy
D)Joseph McCarthy
E)William Jennings

Question 53

The textbook calls the cold war "inevitable." Explain whether or not you agree or disagree with that statement.Support your position with specific details.

Question 54

How did the cold war change in 1949?

A)The Soviets detonated a nuclear bomb.
B)The Soviets sent a manmade satellite into orbit.
C)The United States developed an atomic bomb.
D)The Soviets erected the Berlin Wall.
E)The Soviets placed nuclear missiles in Cuba.

Question 55

In the Korean War,who supplied South Korea with war material?

A)The United States
B)Vietnam
C)The Soviet Union
D)England
E)France

Question 56

Discuss the election of 1948.Who were the major parties,and what issues dominated the campaign? What was the eventual outcome of the race?

Question 57

Why did President Truman not seek a second term of his own?

A)He was ready to retire.
B)He died in office.
C)He knew he would not win.
D)He was labeled a communist.
E)He was defeated in the Democratic primary.

Question 58

Who was placed in command of the U.S.forces in Korea during the Korean War?

A)Dwight D.Eisenhower
B)George Patton
C)Gerald Ford
D)Douglas MacArthur
E)Fred McNamara

Question 59

In May 1947,charges were issued at this entity as a hotbed of communism.

A)Washington,D.C.
B)Harvard
C)The Brookings Institute
D)Hollywood
E)The Civil Service Commission

Question 60

In the Korean War,who supplied North Korea with war material?

A)The United States
B)Vietnam
C)The Soviet Union
D)England
E)France

Question 61

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Wrote influential article on cold war policy in Foreign Affairs
b.Was taunted and baited during the 1947 baseball season
c.Was the Dixiecrat presidential candidate in 1948
d.Was convicted in 1950 of perjury in an espionage case
e.Was the Republican presidential candidate in 1948
f.Was a former Soviet agent and later an editor of Time magazine
g.Proposed to widen the Korean War by attacking Communist China
h.Was a senator from Wisconsin
i.Was secretary of state in 1947
j.Led UN forces in Korea after April 1951
Whittaker Chambers

Question 62

Write an essay discussing the cause of the Korean War,the course of the conflict,and the result.

Question 63

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Wrote influential article on cold war policy in Foreign Affairs
b.Was taunted and baited during the 1947 baseball season
c.Was the Dixiecrat presidential candidate in 1948
d.Was convicted in 1950 of perjury in an espionage case
e.Was the Republican presidential candidate in 1948
f.Was a former Soviet agent and later an editor of Time magazine
g.Proposed to widen the Korean War by attacking Communist China
h.Was a senator from Wisconsin
i.Was secretary of state in 1947
j.Led UN forces in Korea after April 1951
George F.Kennan

Question 64

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Wrote influential article on cold war policy in Foreign Affairs
b.Was taunted and baited during the 1947 baseball season
c.Was the Dixiecrat presidential candidate in 1948
d.Was convicted in 1950 of perjury in an espionage case
e.Was the Republican presidential candidate in 1948
f.Was a former Soviet agent and later an editor of Time magazine
g.Proposed to widen the Korean War by attacking Communist China
h.Was a senator from Wisconsin
i.Was secretary of state in 1947
j.Led UN forces in Korea after April 1951
J.Strom Thurmond

Question 65

Write an essay discussing the creation of the nation of Israel.Why and how was the nation created? What was the global reaction to the creation of the nation?

Question 66

Describe the goals of the Fair Deal and how it attempted to accomplish those goals.Assess the success of the Fair Deal.

Question 67

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Wrote influential article on cold war policy in Foreign Affairs
b.Was taunted and baited during the 1947 baseball season
c.Was the Dixiecrat presidential candidate in 1948
d.Was convicted in 1950 of perjury in an espionage case
e.Was the Republican presidential candidate in 1948
f.Was a former Soviet agent and later an editor of Time magazine
g.Proposed to widen the Korean War by attacking Communist China
h.Was a senator from Wisconsin
i.Was secretary of state in 1947
j.Led UN forces in Korea after April 1951
Matthew Ridgway

Question 68

How did the cold war affect civil liberties?

Question 69

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Wrote influential article on cold war policy in Foreign Affairs
b.Was taunted and baited during the 1947 baseball season
c.Was the Dixiecrat presidential candidate in 1948
d.Was convicted in 1950 of perjury in an espionage case
e.Was the Republican presidential candidate in 1948
f.Was a former Soviet agent and later an editor of Time magazine
g.Proposed to widen the Korean War by attacking Communist China
h.Was a senator from Wisconsin
i.Was secretary of state in 1947
j.Led UN forces in Korea after April 1951
Jackie Robinson

Question 70

Describe how America's cold war policy impacted foreign policy decisions in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

Question 71

Detail how the cold war led to the rise of the national security state.

Question 72

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Wrote influential article on cold war policy in Foreign Affairs
b.Was taunted and baited during the 1947 baseball season
c.Was the Dixiecrat presidential candidate in 1948
d.Was convicted in 1950 of perjury in an espionage case
e.Was the Republican presidential candidate in 1948
f.Was a former Soviet agent and later an editor of Time magazine
g.Proposed to widen the Korean War by attacking Communist China
h.Was a senator from Wisconsin
i.Was secretary of state in 1947
j.Led UN forces in Korea after April 1951
Thomas E.Dewey

Question 73

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Wrote influential article on cold war policy in Foreign Affairs
b.Was taunted and baited during the 1947 baseball season
c.Was the Dixiecrat presidential candidate in 1948
d.Was convicted in 1950 of perjury in an espionage case
e.Was the Republican presidential candidate in 1948
f.Was a former Soviet agent and later an editor of Time magazine
g.Proposed to widen the Korean War by attacking Communist China
h.Was a senator from Wisconsin
i.Was secretary of state in 1947
j.Led UN forces in Korea after April 1951
George C.Marshall

Question 74

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Wrote influential article on cold war policy in Foreign Affairs
b.Was taunted and baited during the 1947 baseball season
c.Was the Dixiecrat presidential candidate in 1948
d.Was convicted in 1950 of perjury in an espionage case
e.Was the Republican presidential candidate in 1948
f.Was a former Soviet agent and later an editor of Time magazine
g.Proposed to widen the Korean War by attacking Communist China
h.Was a senator from Wisconsin
i.Was secretary of state in 1947
j.Led UN forces in Korea after April 1951
Joseph R.McCarthy

Question 75

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Wrote influential article on cold war policy in Foreign Affairs
b.Was taunted and baited during the 1947 baseball season
c.Was the Dixiecrat presidential candidate in 1948
d.Was convicted in 1950 of perjury in an espionage case
e.Was the Republican presidential candidate in 1948
f.Was a former Soviet agent and later an editor of Time magazine
g.Proposed to widen the Korean War by attacking Communist China
h.Was a senator from Wisconsin
i.Was secretary of state in 1947
j.Led UN forces in Korea after April 1951
Douglas MacArthur

Question 76

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Wrote influential article on cold war policy in Foreign Affairs
b.Was taunted and baited during the 1947 baseball season
c.Was the Dixiecrat presidential candidate in 1948
d.Was convicted in 1950 of perjury in an espionage case
e.Was the Republican presidential candidate in 1948
f.Was a former Soviet agent and later an editor of Time magazine
g.Proposed to widen the Korean War by attacking Communist China
h.Was a senator from Wisconsin
i.Was secretary of state in 1947
j.Led UN forces in Korea after April 1951
Alger Hiss