Chapter 23 Quiz Flashcards
The UN committee that drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was led by
Eleanor Roosevelt.
Which two were outspoken critics of the domestic anticommunist crusade?
Paul Robeson and W. E. B. Du Bois
Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?
George Kennan’s Long Telegram; unveiling of Truman Doctrine; start of Korean War; founding of Warsaw Pact
Which of the following was not a contributing factor behind the rise of the Cold War?
Churchill’s call for the construction of a great wall between East and West Germany
Which of the following was not a key provision of the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act?
Unions cannot discriminate on the basis of race.
Which of the following was not a dramatic feature of the 1948 presidential election?
lively debate between supporters and critics of the Korean War
Which of the following was not a step toward racial equality in postwar America?
the defeat of Operation Dixie
Who was the person who sent the Long Telegram from Moscow in 1946 that lay the foundation for what became known as the policy of “containment”?
George F. Kennan
“Containment,” in the context of post-World War II international diplomacy, referred to the policy by which the United States committed itself to
preventing any further expansion of Soviet power.
The Truman Doctrine, in March 1947,
asserted that the United States, as the leader of the “free world,” must take up responsibility for supporting “freedom-loving peoples” wherever communism threatened them.
The June 1947 U.S. foreign-policy initiative that envisioned a New Deal for Europe, and pledged billions of dollars to finance European economic recovery was called
the Marshall Plan.
In June 1948, when the United States, Britain, and France introduced a separate currency in their zones of control in the city of Berlin, the Soviet Union responded with
the Berlin Blockade.
Which was not a development of 1949?
The Soviets formalized their own eastern European alliance, the Warsaw Pact.
The 1950 National Security Council manifesto that called for a permanent military build-up to enable the United States to pursue a global crusade against communism, describing the Cold War as an epic struggle between “the idea of freedom” and the “idea of slavery under the grim oligarchy of the Kremlin” was known as
NSC-68.
The first hot war of the Cold War, beginning in June 1950, took place in
Korea.
Which is not true of the Korean War (1950–1953)?
President Truman acknowledged and accepted General MacArthur’s push toward the Chinese border and his threat to use nuclear weapons against the Chinese.
The 1948 United Nations-approved document that called for a range of rights to be enjoyed by people everywhere, including freedom of speech and religion and social and economic entitlements, including the right to an adequate standard of living and access to adequate housing, education, and medical care was called the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
President Harry S. Truman’s program that focused on improving the social safety net and raising the standard of living of ordinary Americans—calling on Congress to increase the middle wage, enact a program of national health insurance, and expand public housing, social security, and aid to education—was called the
Fair Deal.
What was the name of the AFL and CIO campaign to bring unionization to the South, by which more than 200 labor organizations entered the region in an effort to organize workers?
Operation Dixie
What was the 1947 law that sought to reverse gains made by organized labor in the preceding decade and authorized the president to suspend strikes by ordering an 80-day cooling-off period, banned sympathy strikes and secondary boycotts, outlawed the closed shop, and authorized states to pass “right–to-work” laws?
the Taft-Hartley Act
In the context of postwar Civil Rights, what major-league baseball player joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 and by so doing challenged the longstanding exclusion of black players from major-league baseball?
Jackie Robinson
George Kennan was
the originator of the containment policy.
The “Dixiecrat” presidential ticket of 1948 was led by
Strom Thurmond.
The young California congressman who first gained national prominence through his membership on the House Un-American Activities Committee was
Richard Nixon.
In 1949, the containment policy suffered a major setback in the form of the
“loss” of China to communism.
In 1950, a serious challenge to the containment policy occurred with the
invasion of South Korea.
Anticommunism was used by the U.S. leaders to
a. quash political dissidence.
b. limit organized labor.
c. impose social and sexual morality.
The Truman administration responded to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin by
leading efforts to break the blockade by airlifting supplies to the city.
