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Chapter 24 Summative Quiz

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1. What did the Truman Doctrine establish as the top priority of American foreign policy?

Supporting Europe’s postwar economic recovery

Keeping Germany from regaining its military strength

Preventing the further spread of communism

Strengthening the United Nations and NATO

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2. The initial impact of containment theory on Truman’s foreign policy can be seen in the president’s

relationship with Yugoslavia’s Josip Tito.

decision to intervene in the Greek civil war.

efforts to break the blockade of West Germany.

offer to let the Soviet Union apply to the Marshall Plan.

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3. The Soviets organized the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance in response to the

Berlin airlift.

revolution in China.

formation of NATO.

Warsaw Pact.

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4. How was the Soviet Union characterized by NSC-68?

A nation focused on rebuilding its economic strength

Satisfied with its sphere of influence in Eastern Europe

Responsible for the Communist victory in China

Intent on dominating the rest of the world

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5. The Supreme Court declared that President Truman overstepped his authority when he

sent troops to enforce the “police action” in Korea.

seized domestic steel mills during a labor dispute.

removed General MacArthur from his command in Korea.

extended the military draft into peacetime.

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6. The interventions of the United States in both Korea and Greece reflected the belief that

any nation led by Communists would eventually become part of a Soviet power bloc.

the United States had the right to determine the political destinies of other nations.

the majority of citizens in those nations were Communist sympathizers.

the Yalta and Potsdam agreements were not worth the paper they were printed on.

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7. Which nation sent troops to help North Korea deter an American invasion?

The Soviet Union

Yugoslavia

China

Czechoslovakia

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8. The slow transition from wartime to peacetime manufacturing resulted in

another depression.

passage of the GI Bill.

shortages of consumer goods.

declining corporate profits.

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9. One consequence of African American participation in World War II was

heightened expectations among black citizens for equal treatment in postwar America.

white Americans’ recognition of African American service and sacrifice during the war years.

an end to white supremacist violence against and harassment of minority citizens.

the ending of racial segregation of public accommodations in the southern states.

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10. Jackie Robinson was the first African American

author of a federal government report.

baseball player in the major leagues.

World War II veteran shot by a Ku Klux Klansman.

to found a post–World War II civil rights organization.

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11. Which of the following banned citizens from advocating the violent overthrow of the U.S. government?

The Smith Act

The Federal Employee Loyalty Program

The Communist Control Act

The National Security Act

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12. Both Richard Nixon and Joseph McCarthy advanced their careers by

accusing political opponents of being Communist collaborators.

serving on the HUAC.

practicing the “multiple untruth” approach to interviewing witnesses.

collecting and publicizing the names of suspected Communists.