24. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 24: The Korean War

**Quiz for Document 24.1: Sidney W. Souers, NSC 48 (December 1949)**

Quiz for Document 24.1: Sidney W. Souers, NSC 48 (December 1949)

Select the best answer for each question. Click the “submit” button for each question to turn in your work.

1. When the National Security Council wrote this document in 1949, it did so based on which of the following assumptions?

The United Nations was the institution responsible for maintaining peaceful relationships among the world’s nations.

The Allies’ victory in World War II had protected every nation’s right to choose its own types of economy and government.

The United States was responsible for limiting the influence and expansion of communism throughout the world.

The political context in Asia was fundamentally different from that that shaped events in Europe in the postwar years.

2. Which of the following events led the National Security Council to formulate these conclusions and objectives?

Mao Zedong’s creation of the People’s Republic of China

North Korea’s invasion of South Korea

The establishment of NATO

The Soviet Union’s invasion of China

3. This document was written by the National Security Council for which of the following audiences?

The American public

The Democratic National Committee

Scholars of international relations

President Truman and his cabinet

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