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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A It provided Truman with the last opportunity to turn the tone of talks with Russia around and avoid a Cold War.
B It illustrated the relevance of modern communications technology for Cold War diplomacy.
C It highlighted how vulnerable the Foreign Service was to Communist espionage.
D It solidified Truman’s mistrust of the Soviet Union and helped propel the escalation of the Cold War.
Question #2
A participation of the United States in NATO.
B contents of the document NSC-68.
C growth of a national security apparatus.
D implementation of the Truman Doctrine.
Question #3
A sent troops to enforce the “police action” in Korea.
B extended the military draft into peacetime.
C removed General MacArthur from his command in Korea.
D seized domestic steel mills during a labor dispute.
Question #4
A President Truman
B NATO
C The United Nations
D Congress
Question #5
A Winston Churchill’s speech about Europe’s “iron curtain”
B George Marshall’s speech on providing financial aid to Europe
C President Truman’s speech about the civil war in Greece
D Stalin’s speech on the superiority of the Soviet system
Question #6
A a fan of Paul Robeson.
B a Communist.
C pro-integration.
D homosexual.
Question #7
A establishment of a Soviet blockade of West Berlin.
B the development of the hydrogen bomb.
C establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
D American efforts to revitalize West Germany’s economy.
Question #8
A Social Security
B the CIA and FBI.
C public education.
D defense policy.
Question #9
A American women fought communism through good housekeeping at home.
B American exports to the Soviet Union were the first step toward détente.
C The Soviets did not care about women’s comfort in the home the way American men did.
D Men in the 1950s were incompetent when it came to housekeeping.
Question #10
A The formation of NATO
B The Korean War
C The election of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
D The Battle at Dien Bien Phu
Question #11
A potential impact of a Communist government in Vietnam.
B Egyptian government’s seizure of the Suez Canal.
C policies of Congo prime minister Patrice Lumumba.
D overthrow of Fulgencio Batista by Fidel Castro.
Question #12
A Winston Churchill
B Henry Wallace
C George Kennan
D Harry Truman
Question #13
A any nation led by Communists would eventually become part of a Soviet power bloc.
B the majority of citizens in those nations were Communist sympathizers.
C the United States had the right to determine the political destinies of other nations.
D the Yalta and Potsdam agreements were not worth the paper they were printed on.
Question #14
A J. Robert Oppenheimer
B Edward R. Murrow
C J. Edgar Hoover
D Millard Tydings
Question #15
A Strategically, the Congo was crucial for maintaining control of the Indian Ocean.
B The United States could ill afford to alienate its European ally, Belgium.
C The Congo held valuable mineral resources.
D The Soviet Union was propping up Patrice Lumumba.
Question #16
A without foundation.
B unnecessarily inflammatory.
C embarrassing to their party.
D an asset to their party.
Question #17
A Congress.
B Senator Joseph McCarthy.
C President Truman.
D the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Question #18
A their appearance in the declassified Venona papers.
B Senator Joseph McCarthy’s influence on Judge Kaufman.
C the Supreme Court decision in Dennis v. United States.
D anger and grief over American deaths in the Korean War.
Question #19
A J. Edgar Hoover
B Paul Robeson
C Robert A. Taft
D Edward R. Murrow
Question #20
A the army-McCarthy hearings.
B his speech in Wheeling, West Virginia.
C a debate on the Senate floor.
D an Edward R. Murrow broadcast.
