Question 1

In 1949,the Truman administration made progress in civil rights by

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A)   ordering the desegregation of public transportation.
B)   establishing the Fair Employment Practices Commission.
C)   making lynching a federal crime.
D)   ordering an end to discrimination in the hiring of government employees.
E)   abolishing the poll tax.F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 2

U.S.aid through the Marshall Plan

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A)   was offered to the Soviet Union.
B)   grew more controversial after a Soviet coup in Czechoslovakia in 1948.
C)   had little impact on communist influence within nations that accepted aid.
D)   was opposed by many Republicans in Congress.
E)   failed to significantly revive European industrial production.F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 3

In the 1948 presidential election,

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A)   both of these were the case: Harry Truman seemed to be the only one who believed he could win, and President Truman refrained from attacking Republicans for fear of alienating voters.
B)   President Truman refrained from attacking Republicans, for fear of alienating voters.
C)   the Progressive and "Dixiecrat" candidates combined for 20 percent of the popular vote.
D)   None of these answers is correct.
E)   Harry Truman seemed to be the only one who believed he could win.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 4

In 1951,President Harry Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur of command because MacArthur

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A)   both publicly criticized Truman's policy in Korea and refused to support Truman's plan to use atomic weapons in Korea.
B)   refused to support Truman's plan to use atomic weapons in Korea.
C)   None of these answers is correct.
D)   publicly criticized President Truman's policy in Korea.
E)   publicly stated that an invasion of China would be a military disaster.F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 5

Describe the origins of the Cold War,1945-1947.

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Question 6

At the conclusion of the Yalta Conference in 1945,basic disagreements remained on

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A)   All these answers are correct.
B)   the unification of Germany.
C)   both the government of Poland and the unification of Germany.
D)   the government of Poland.
E)   war reparations to the Soviet Union.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 7

The Soviet Union's 1948 blockade of West Berlin was primarily a response to the

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A)   Marshall Plan.
B)   creation of a unified West Germany.
C)   Truman Doctrine.
D)   United States putting nuclear missiles in Turkey.
E)   establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 8

In mid-1948,President Truman called the Republican-controlled Congress into special session,with the expectation they would do very little.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Churchill,Roosevelt,and Stalin avoided bitterness by coming to a final settlement on the future of Poland.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The "zones of occupation" for postwar Germany left Berlin well inside the Soviet zone.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The immediate cause of the Korean War,in 1950,was the

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A)   decision by the United States to send troops to South Korea.
B)   military invasion of North Korea by China.
C)   triumph of communism in China.
D)   military invasion by North Korea into South Korea.
E)   division of Korea into northern and southern halves.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 12

In 1949,President Harry Truman succeeded in getting Congress to pass

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A)   federal aid to education.
B)   significant tax cuts.
C)   national health insurance.
D)   civil rights legislation.
E)   aid for public housing.F) A) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 13

During Joseph McCarthy's investigation into alleged subversion in government,

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A)   Republicans criticized his broad attacks on the Democratic Party.
B)   he never produced conclusive evidence that any federal employee was a communist.
C)   Dwight Eisenhower spoke against him, after McCarthy attacked George Marshall in 1952.
D)   much of the public criticized his blunt tactics and coarse behavior.
E)   he drew particularly strong support from the "eastern establishment."F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

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