// question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/top/Chapter Quizzes $CATEGORY: $course$/top/Chapter Quizzes // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/top/Chapter Quizzes/Ch27 $CATEGORY: $course$/top/Chapter Quizzes/Ch27 // question: 17954127 name: According to the popular view of the containment policy ::According to the popular view of the containment policy::[html]According to the popular view of the containment policy{ ~the U. S. should only involve itself in the international disputes when U.S. territory is attacked.#Incorrect =all leftist insurgencies everywhere are controlled by the Russian Communists.#Correct ~the U. S. must keep the public calm by carefully containing potentially frightening information.#Incorrect ~both Communist and non-Communist nations must be contained within their own borders.#Incorrect ~the spread of Communism is an indirect threat to the U.S.#Incorrect } // question: 17954125 name: All of the following are true about the Truman Doctrine except that it ::All of the following are true about the Truman Doctrine except that it::[html]All of the following are true about the Truman Doctrine except that it{ ~argued that the United States must oppose Communist aggression around the world.#Incorrect ~argued that the United States must allocate money for nations resisting outside subversion.#Incorrect ~was initially tied to the Greek civil war.#Incorrect =was strongly opposed by all members of Congress.#Correct ~called for the U.S. to aid those who were resisting armed minorities from within.#Incorrect } // question: 17954124 name: All of the following were characteristics of the suburbs except they ::All of the following were characteristics of the suburbs except they::[html]All of the following were characteristics of the suburbs except they{ ~offered privacy, playgrounds, and built-in appliances#Incorrect ~increased property ownership and symbolized the crusade against communism#Incorrect =served as model communities for racial integration.#Correct ~benefited from federal loan policies and tax breaks#Incorrect ~represented an optimistic spirit and confidence in the future.#Incorrect } // question: 17954130 name: All of the following were part of the "G.I. Bill" except ::All of the following were part of the "G.I. Bill" except::[html]All of the following were part of the "G.I. Bill" except{ ~providing veterans with financial assistance for education.#Incorrect ~mandating that veterans receive favorable terms for securing loans for home purchases.#Incorrect ~mandating preferential treatment when veterans applied for public-sector jobs.#Incorrect =the promise to veterans of a future financial bonus.#Correct ~it eventually provided medical care in veterans' hospitals.#Incorrect } // question: 17954132 name: Anticommunism was used to ::Anticommunism was used to::[html]Anticommunism was used to{ ~strengthen support for labor unions.#Incorrect =weaken labor unions.#Correct ~integrate labor unions.#Incorrect ~convince labor leaders to vote Republican.#Incorrect ~extend the right to unionize to women workers.#Incorrect } // question: 17954126 name: Democrats in Congress considered President Truman's anticommunism efforts as ... ::Democrats in Congress considered President Truman's anticommunism efforts as ...::[html]Democrats in Congress considered President Truman's anticommunism efforts as being{ ~too strong.#Incorrect =too limited.#Correct ~a violation of civil liberties.#Incorrect ~just what the nation needed.#Incorrect ~Constitution. too focused on Europe.​#Incorrect } // question: 17954129 name: Each of the following ran for the presidency in 1948 except ::Each of the following ran for the presidency in 1948 except::[html]Each of the following ran for the presidency in 1948 except{ ~Harry Truman.#Incorrect ~Thomas Dewey.#Incorrect ~Strom Thurmond.#Incorrect =Dwight D. Eisenhower.#Correct ~Henry Wallace.#Incorrect } // question: 17954133 name: Harry Truman's policy in regard to the Soviet Union was based on his belief that ::Harry Truman's policy in regard to the Soviet Union was based on his belief that::[html]Harry Truman's policy in regard to the Soviet Union was based on his belief that{ ~the Russians were honest and could be trusted to negotiate in good faith.#Incorrect ~the United States should cut off all contact with the U.S.S.R.#Incorrect =the United States had to take a firm stand in opposition to Soviet territorial and ideological expansion.#Correct ~the United States should maintain friendly relations with the U.S.S.R. at all costs.#Incorrect ~his isolationist stance.#Incorrect } // question: 17954122 name: In 1949, Mao Zedong forced Jiang Jieshi's forces off mainland China to the ... ::In 1949, Mao Zedong forced Jiang Jieshi's forces off mainland China to the ...::[html]In 1949, Mao Zedong forced Jiang Jieshi's forces off mainland China to the offshore island of{ ~Korea.#Incorrect ~Hawaii#Incorrect ~Tahiti.#Incorrect ~Indonesia.#Incorrect =Formosa.#Correct } // question: 17954131 name: In 1951, Harry Truman relieved General ____ of his command in Korea for ... ::In 1951, Harry Truman relieved General ____ of his command in Korea for ...::[html]In 1951, Harry Truman relieved General ____ of his command in Korea for insubordination.{ ~George C. Patton#Incorrect =Douglas MacArthur#Correct ~Dwight D. Eisenhower#Incorrect ~George Marshall#Incorrect ~Henry Wallace#Incorrect } // question: 17954123 name: In the post war years commitment to "national security" served to ::In the post war years commitment to "national security" served to::[html]In the post war years commitment to "national security" served to{ ~expand the power of the Supreme Court.#Incorrect ~extend congressional involvement in foreign affairs.#Incorrect ~expand personal liberties and freedom for Americans.#Incorrect ~spread democracy throughout the world.#Incorrect =extend the power of the executive branch of government#Correct } // question: 17954128 name: In the presidential campaign of 1948, candidate Henry Wallace criticized ... ::In the presidential campaign of 1948, candidate Henry Wallace criticized ...::[html]In the presidential campaign of 1948, candidate Henry Wallace criticized President Truman for{ =his militant containment policies toward the Soviet Union.#Correct ~his plans to integrate the military.#Incorrect ~failing to win the war in Korea.#Incorrect ~losing China to communism.#Incorrect ~being a communist.#Incorrect } // question: 17954154 name: National Security Council Document 68 (NSC 68) endorsed which of the following? ::National Security Council Document 68 (NSC 68) endorsed which of the following?::[html]National Security Council Document 68 (NSC 68) endorsed which of the following?{ ~massive military buildup#Incorrect ~covert actions#Incorrect ~enlarged propaganda efforts both inside and outside the United States#Incorrect ~economic pressure#Incorrect =all of these choices#Correct } // question: 17954143 name: President Truman's loyalty program ::President Truman's loyalty program::[html]President Truman's loyalty program{ ~won the support of Joseph McCarthy.#Incorrect ~proved that the domestic communist conspiracy was a serious threat to U.S. security.#Incorrect =was criticized by both the political far left and the far right.#Correct ~resulted in a lower divorce rate in the U.S.#Incorrect ~revived support for labor unions.#Incorrect } // question: 17954137 name: President Truman's Loyalty Program authorized which of the following measures... ::President Truman's Loyalty Program authorized which of the following measures...::[html]President Truman's Loyalty Program authorized which of the following measures to root out communism at home?​{ ~the establishment of government boards to determine if there were communists in government.​#Incorrect ~the firing of anyone in a government job who was found to belong to a subversive organization.​#Incorrect ~creation of a list of political organizations deemed a threat to national security.​#Incorrect ~None of these choices.​#Incorrect =All of these choices.​#Correct } // question: 17954159 name: The "Dixiecrats" were officially called the ::The "Dixiecrats" were officially called the::[html]The "Dixiecrats" were officially called the{ ~Southern Democratic Party.#Incorrect ~Party of Dixie.#Incorrect ~Democratic Rights Party.#Incorrect =States' Rights Democratic Party.#Correct ~White Supremacy Party.#Incorrect } // question: 17954156 name: The 1949 military and political alliance linking Western European nations ... ::The 1949 military and political alliance linking Western European nations ...::[html]The 1949 military and political alliance linking Western European nations with the United States was{ =NATO.#Correct ~CENTO.#Incorrect ~SEATO.#Incorrect ~the Warsaw Pact.#Incorrect ~the Marshall Plan.#Incorrect } // question: 17954139 name: The baby boom generation was ::The baby boom generation was::[html]The baby boom generation was{ ~born between 1946 and 1964.#Incorrect ~associated with the rise of suburbia.#Incorrect ~was a unique social and cultural force.#Incorrect ~the name given to the 75 million babies born in the decades after the war.#Incorrect =All of these choices.#Correct } // question: 17954165 name: The Central Intelligence Agency was formed to ::The Central Intelligence Agency was formed to::[html]The Central Intelligence Agency was formed to{ ~spy on enemies during World War II.#Incorrect ~infiltrate suspicious organizations within the United States.#Incorrect =gather information about communist threats and participate in covert activities outside the U.S.#Correct ~deal with uprisings in U.S.-held territories.​#Incorrect ~All of these choices.​#Incorrect } // question: 17954147 name: The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) expelled 13 member ... ::The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) expelled 13 member ...::[html]The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) expelled 13 member organizations because of​{ ~their refusal to accept a CIO-negotiated contracted.​#Incorrect ~the requirements of the Taft-Hartley Act.​#Incorrect =anticommunism.#Correct ~their resistance to black members.​#Incorrect ~pressure from the Truman White House.​#Incorrect } // question: 17954150 name: The couple arrested, tried, convicted, and executed (in 1953) for espionage ... ::The couple arrested, tried, convicted, and executed (in 1953) for espionage ...::[html]The couple arrested, tried, convicted, and executed (in 1953) for espionage were named{ ~Hiss.#Incorrect ~Chambers.#Incorrect =Rosenberg.#Correct ~Ackroyd.#Incorrect ~Jones.#Incorrect } // question: 17954151 name: The Fair Deal can be viewed as all of the following except ::The Fair Deal can be viewed as all of the following except::[html]The Fair Deal can be viewed as all of the following except{ ~a continuation of New Deal policies such as Social Security.#Incorrect ~an attempt to act on the Democratic Party's promises for national health care.#Incorrect ~an effort to expand on Truman's desire for "maximum" employment policies.#Incorrect ~support for farm prices.#Incorrect =an effort to silence critics who considered Harry Truman unfit to be president.#Correct } // question: 17954134 name: The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) ::The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)::[html]The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC){ ~accused Richard Nixon and John Wayne of spying for the Communists.#Incorrect ~proved that the labor movement was loyal and procapitalist.#Incorrect ~helped capture and convict some of the most dangerous Soviet spies in the United States.#Incorrect =destroyed the careers of hundreds of TV and movie workers.#Correct ~identified those who worked for the Nazi Party in the U.S.#Incorrect } // question: 17954163 name: The Korean War ::The Korean War::[html]The Korean War{ =helped Truman implement the broad vision of NSC-68.#Correct ~allowed Truman to increase income taxes.#Incorrect ~was the first time since World War II that atomic bombs were used in warfare.#Incorrect ~had little impact on America or its foreign policy decisions.#Incorrect ~aided a communist movement in the U.S.#Incorrect } // question: 17954161 name: The labor strikes that prevailed at the end of World War II began to subside ... ::The labor strikes that prevailed at the end of World War II began to subside ...::[html]The labor strikes that prevailed at the end of World War II began to subside when{ ~Unions were able to negotiate better wages and conditions.#Incorrect =President Truman threatened to seize the mines and railroads that had been shut down by strikes.#Correct ~Truman sent in troops to quell a strike in the Midwest.#Incorrect ~the CIO expelled several of its more radical affiliates.#Incorrect ~All of these choices.#Incorrect } // question: 17954141 name: The major goal of the Marshall Plan was to ::The major goal of the Marshall Plan was to::[html]The major goal of the Marshall Plan was to{ ~crush the Soviet Union.#Incorrect ~destroy communist subversion in the United States.#Incorrect ~build a series of military alliances throughout the world.#Incorrect =counter communism by offering economic aid to war-torn European countries.#Correct ~overthrow communist governments in Latin America.#Incorrect } // question: 17954167 name: The National Association of Manufacturers ::The National Association of Manufacturers::[html]The National Association of Manufacturers{ ~supported the idea of a "Second Bill of Rights."#Incorrect =believed that expanded domestic programs would destroy private free-enterprise.#Correct ~supported President Truman.#Incorrect ~supported bills to expand public housing.#Incorrect ~advocated stronger environmental laws.#Incorrect } // question: 17954146 name: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ::The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)::[html]The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO){ ~established a European free-trade zone.#Incorrect ~continued the traditional U.S. policy of nonentanglement.#Incorrect ~delivered economic aid to the Soviet Union.#Incorrect ~called for preemptive wars against likely aggressors.#Incorrect =considered an attack on one member nation an attack on all members.#Correct } // question: 17954140 name: The Taft-Hartley Act ::The Taft-Hartley Act::[html]The Taft-Hartley Act{ ~enacted the highest tariff in U.S. history.#Incorrect =negated many union gains from the New Deal years.#Correct ~implemented the first peacetime draft in U.S. history.#Incorrect ~required strict loyalty oaths from all Americans.#Incorrect ~imposed the first income tax.#Incorrect } // question: 17954153 name: The U.S. anti-Communist crusade caused the federal government to ::The U.S. anti-Communist crusade caused the federal government to::[html]The U.S. anti-Communist crusade caused the federal government to{ ~reduce U.S. military spending.#Incorrect =support corrupt, oppressive, racist governments in other countries.#Correct ~encourage freedom of speech and conscience at home and abroad.#Incorrect ~lose interest in U.S. holdings in the Pacific.#Incorrect ~retreat into an isolationist stance.#Incorrect } // question: 17954144 name: The U.S.-backed government of Syngman Rhee in South Korea was ::The U.S.-backed government of Syngman Rhee in South Korea was::[html]The U.S.-backed government of Syngman Rhee in South Korea was{ ~a communist regime.#Incorrect ~a democratic government.#Incorrect =an autocratic government.#Correct ~a theocratic state.#Incorrect ~a Nazi regime.#Incorrect } // question: 17954164 name: The war in Korea began when the ::The war in Korea began when the::[html]The war in Korea began when the{ ~South Korean army moved across the thirty-eighth parallel into North Korea.#Incorrect ~Chinese army moved across the thirty-eighth parallel into South Korea.#Incorrect =North Korean army moved across the thirty-eighth parallel into South Korea.#Correct ~United States landed at Inchon.#Incorrect ~Soviet Union invaded South Korea.#Incorrect } // question: 17954168 name: Truman responded to the Berlin blockade by ::Truman responded to the Berlin blockade by::[html]Truman responded to the Berlin blockade by{ ~closing all land routes into West Berlin.#Incorrect ~arresting the Soviet ambassador to the United States.#Incorrect =airlifting tons of supplies to the city.#Correct ~pulling all Americans out of Berlin.#Incorrect ~attacking the Soviet Union.#Incorrect } // question: 17954155 name: Which of the following is not a true statement about Joseph McCarthy?​ ::Which of the following is not a true statement about Joseph McCarthy?​::[html]Which of the following is not a true statement about Joseph McCarthy?​{ ~He was a Wisconsin senator.​#Incorrect ~He rose to fame by claiming to know of hundreds of communists working in the government.​#Incorrect =He brought Alger Hiss to trial.​#Correct ~Many influential people supported and encouraged him.​#Incorrect ~He was famous for sensationalism and attack politics.​#Incorrect } // question: 17954158 name: Which of the following was not included in the National Security Act of 1947? ::Which of the following was not included in the National Security Act of 1947?::[html]Which of the following was not included in the National Security Act of 1947?{ ~It provided the basis for the Department of Defense.#Incorrect =It created the Federal Bureau of Investigation.#Correct ~It created the National Security Council.#Incorrect ~It created the Air Force.#Incorrect ~It created the Central Intelligence Agency.#Incorrect }