Chapter 28 p1 Cold War

Question 1

At the 1948 Democratic Convention:

Answer 1

segregationist delegates from Alabama and Mississippi walked out of the convention in protest.

Question 2

All of the following are true of Harry Truman EXCEPT that he:

Answer 2

had an Ivy League education.

Question 3

President Truman vetoed the McCarran Internal Security Act:

Answer 3

because he felt it promoted thought control.

Question 4

During the 1948 campaign, the Dixiecrats did all of the following EXCEPT:

Answer 4

influence Truman to slow down on civil rights.

Question 5

By and large, Truman’s Fair Deal proposals:

Answer 5

were thwarted by a conservative coalition in Congress.

Question 6

When confronted with a railroad strike in 1946, President Truman’s response was to:

Answer 6

threaten to draft the strikers.

Question 7

The second-place finisher in the 1948 election was:

Answer 7

Thomas Dewey.

Question 8

In 1948, President Truman desegregated:

Answer 8

the military.

Question 9

The GI Bill did all of the following EXCEPT:

Answer 9

pay veterans large bonuses to remain in the military.

Question 10

The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947:

Answer 10

allowed the president to impose a “cooling-off” period during major strikes.

Question 11

The Soviet acquisition of the atomic bomb in 1949 inspired Truman to:

Answer 11

order the development of a hydrogen bomb.

Question 12

The United States experienced a shock in 1949 when Communists took over:

Answer 12

China.

Question 13

All of the following were established by the National Security Act of 1947 EXCEPT:

Answer 13

the Office of Homeland Security.

Question 14

Truman’s response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948 was to:

Answer 14

launch a massive airlift of supplies into West Berlin.

Question 15

When North Korea attacked South Korea, Truman concluded that:

Answer 15

Stalin and the Soviets were behind it.

Question 16

State Department official George Kennan:

Answer 16

said the United States should contain Soviet expansionist tendencies.

Question 17

The 1948 election is probably best remembered for:

Answer 17

Truman’s upset victory.

Question 18

When North Korean Communists invaded South Korea:

Answer 18

the United Nations authorized military intervention against the aggressors.

Question 19

Truman viewed his victory as a mandate for:

Answer 19

liberalism.

Question 20

By and large, Truman’s Fair Deal proposals:

Answer 20

were thwarted by a conservative coalition in Congress.

Question 21

A major economic problem President Truman faced immediately after the war was:

Answer 21

high rates of inflation.

Question 22

With the end of World War II, Korea:

Answer 22

became divided into northern and southern halves.

Question 23

As the 1948 election approached:

Answer 23

Truman seemed to be in deep political trouble.

Question 24

In early 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed to have a list of Communists in:

Answer 24

the State Department.

Question 25

As a result of the Truman Doctrine:

Answer 25

Greece and Turkey were less vulnerable to communism.

Question 26

Inch’on was the site:

Answer 26

where General MacArthur turned the war around with a surprise landing.

Question 27

One of Truman’s great strengths as he assumed the presidency was his:

Answer 27

determined, decisive character.