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Quiz for Document 26–1: General George C. Marshall, For the Common Defense, 1945

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. Which of the following did General Marshall propose as a means of preparing the United States for another modern war?

Develop a program under which all men would undergo military training and could be called on to serve in the military when war occurred

Establish a large professional Regular Army composed of men pressed into compulsory military service

Create an international system that would allow nations to negotiate disputes and therefore avoid war through diplomacy

Pass an international law outlawing war and establish an international army to enforce the law

2. According to Marshall, why was the United States in greater danger of attack than in the past?

New technologies could more easily cross oceans.

The United States was now a global superpower.

The Soviet Union was increasingly hostile toward the United States.

Relations with other nations in the Americas had deteriorated.

3. How did Marshall understand the relationship between technology and manpower in modern warfare?

New technology reduced the need for human labor in weapons production.

New technology required significant manpower to deploy.

New technology made soldiers obsolete.

New technology allowed nations with small populations to fight more effectively.