1. Henry Luce argued that in the American Century
a. the U.S. would retreat into isolationism.
b. the Soviet Union would dominate world economics.
c. the U.S. would suffer another depression.
d. the U.S. would establish the principles of world order.
Answer: D
2. The Truman Doctrine was first applied to
a. North and South Korea. 
b. East and West Germany.
c. Turkey and Greece.
d. Yugoslavia and Albania.
Answer: C
3. The Soviet Union responded to NATO by creating the
a. Security Council. 
b. Berlin airlift.
c. Warsaw Pact.
d. GATT.
Answer: C
4. Truman gained support from organized labor after he vetoed the
a. Wagner Act. 
b. Taft-Hartley Act.
c. Employment Act.
d. Council of Economic Advisors.
Answer: B
5. President Truman's Executive Order 9835
a. desegregated the armed forces.
b. brought combat troops home rapidly from WWII.
c. ended the wartime price and rationing controls.
d. established a federal employee loyalty program.
Answer: D
6. According to Martin Dies of the HUAC, communist organizations were financially supported by
a. Hollywood. 
b. the State Department.
c. colleges and universities
d. the military.
Answer: A
7. Public education in the 1950s was intended to foster
a. noir sensibilities. 
b. anticommunist beliefs.
c. evangelical Christianity.
d. liberalism.
Answer: B
8. The Korean War began when
a. North Korea launched a military attack on South Korea.
b. Communist China invaded Korea to keep the Nationalist Chinese out.
c. the Soviet Union joined its North Korean ally in invasion.
d. South Korea attempted to unify both occupation zones of Korea.
Answer: D
9. Truman got the authority to wage the Korean War from
a. Congress. 
b. the army.
c. NSC-68.
d. an executive order.
Answer: C
10. Adlai Stevenson's 1952 campaign was undermined by outrageous charges made by Eisenhower's running mate,
a. Joseph McCarthy. 
b. Richard Nixon.
c. Tom C. Clark.
d. Pat McCarran.
Answer: B
11. The main effect of hysteria over communist infiltration of college campuses was the
a. restraint of free speech. 
b. decline of enrollment.
c. increasing radicalism of students.
d. increase in racism on campus.
Answer: A
12. The United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, France and Nationalist China were all
a. members of NATO.
b. permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.
c. on the International Court of Justice.
d. members of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
Answer: B
13. The U.S. program of economic aid to Europe was the
a. Marshall Plan. 
b. Warsaw Pact.
c. Truman Doctrine.
d. NATO.
Answer: B
14. Truman was accused of being soft on communism because of his policy decision
a. giving independence to the U.S. possession of the Philippines.
b. failing to support MacArthur's views in the Korean War.
c. breaking off relations with China's Jiang Jeishu.
d. on atomic information in the Atomic Energy Act.
Answer: A
15. Statistically the national security state had 10 percent of federal employees before the war. After World War II's end, the federal work force in national security was
a. 25 percent 
b. 35 percent
c. 50 percent
d. 75 percent
Answer: B
16. The Internal Security Act required
a. greater military spending and higher taxes.
b. communist organizations to register with the government.
c. tighter immigration control.
d. the deterrence of Soviet aggression in Europe.
Answer: B
17. McCarthy's Red Scare slander destroyed the
a. Chamber of Commerce. 
b. American Legion.
c. HUAC.
d. Civil Rights Congress.
Answer: D
18. Benjamin Spock's Baby and Child Care encouraged
a. democratic families.
b. two-income families.
c. parents to fight communism.
d. women to stay home as full-time mothers.
Answer: D
19. The first Asian country to which Truman applied the Truman Doctrine was
a. the Philippines. 
b. China.
c. Vietnam.
d. Korea.
Answer: A
20. Eisenhower believed that voters wanted
a. peace and government-assisted prosperity.
b. an aggressive foreign policy.
c. the ending of all New Deal programs.
d. an honest evaluation of the likelihood of world peace.
Answer: A
21. Which one of the following gives the CORRECT chronological order of these events?     (1) Henry Luce declares the American Century     (2) the Federal Employees Loyalty and Security Program established     (3) the peacetime draft announced     (4) the communists take China
a. 1,4,3,2 
b. 2,1,3,4
c. 4,2,1,3
d. 3,1,2,4
Answer: A
22. Republicans won control of Congress in
a. 1940. 
b. 1946.
c. 1952.
d. 1954.
Answer: B
23. Which of the following did NOT occur in 1947?
a. Truman Doctrine 
b. Marshall Plan
c. U.N. Charter
d. National Security Act
Answer: C
24. NATO did not include
a. France. 
b. Italy.
c. Finland.
d. Norway.
Answer: C
25. In 1948, most Eastern states voted for
a. Harry Truman. 
b. Thomas Dewey.
c. Strom Thurmond.
d. Henry Wallace.
Answer: B
26. The U.N. counterattack got as far as
a. Pongyang. 
b. Pusan.
c. the Korea Strait.
d. Panmunjom.
Answer: D
27. Which one of the following gives the CORRECT chronological order of 
these events?     (1) formation of NATO             (3) Berlin Crisis     (2) the Truman Doctrine           (4) Korean War
a. 3,2,4,1 
b. 2,4,3,1
c. 2,3,1,4
d. 4,3,1,2
Answer: C
28. In 1949 these two events increased the Cold War anxiety of the United States:
a. China becomes communist/the Soviet Union explodes an atomic bomb.
b. The Soviet Union and China ally/the Korean War begins.
c. HUAC hearings are held in Hollywood/the Soviets blockade Berlin.
d. The Marshall Plan/Truman Doctrine are enacted.
Answer: A
29. Truman dismissed MacArthur and began Armistice talks in Korea in
a. 1950. 
b. 1951.
c. 1952.
d. 1953.
Answer: B
30. Which of the following nations did not belong to either NATO or the Warsaw Pact?
a. Bulgaria 
b. Denmark
c. Poland
d. Austria
Answer: D
31. The only far western state that Truman lost in the 1948 election was
a. California. 
b. Oregon.
c. Washington.
d. Idaho.
Answer: B
32. The Korean armistice line was near
a. the 38th parallel. 
b. the Yalu River.
c. Inchon.
d. Pyongyang.
Answer: A
33. Extravagant charges of disloyalty leveled at academics were seldom substantiated.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: A
34. American diplomatic leaders were worried about a potential communist threat when civil war broke out in Greece, even though they knew that the Soviet Union was not involved in the crisis.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: A
35. The Marshall Plan was intended to provide straightforward humanitarian aid to western Europe.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: B
36. Truman attempted to establish better unemployment benefits, higher minimum wages, and housing assistance, but was unable to get his measures through Congress.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: A
37. Prior to the 1948 election, Truman called a special session of Congress to propose bills he knew would not pass.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: A
38. Americans were so concerned about breaches of domestic security that they accepted the growth of a large and expensive bureaucracy to monitor their activities.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: A
39. Truman called the Internal Security Act as the greatest danger to freedom of speech since the Sedition Act of 1798.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: A
40. The House Un-American Activities Committee had only limited power to compel testimony from witnesses.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: B
41. Evangelical preachers like Billy Graham saw a direct connection between Christianity and anti-communism.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: A
42. The Korean War began to go badly for the United States because Truman was not willing to do more than contain North Korea in its original boundaries.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: B
43. The IMF and the World Bank were independently funded and so did not reflect American aims in Europe.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: B
44. Although the Atlantic Charter of 1941 recognized the right of all nations to self-determination, Allied leaders violating the charter's main points before the war even ended.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: A
45. Truman's greatest success in Asia was his handling of China.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: B
46. The policy of containment contributed to the growing stockpiles of weapons in the United States.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: A
47. Because Truman opposed the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act, he did not invoke it against labor union and strikers.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: B
48. Truman was able to use the threat of military confrontation with communist powers to gain support from both liberals and conservatives.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: A
49. The Red Scare lacked popular support-Americans went along with it because they were afraid to object.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: B
50. Despite calls for women to return to the home, more wives worked in 1952 than had during the war.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: A
51. The Korean War was not popular, but the settlement did significantly increase the size of South Korea.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: B
52. Eisenhower's advisors attributed his popularity to the public perception that he would courageously stand up to communist regimes all over the world.
a. True
b. False
c.
d.
Answer: B