Chapter 23

Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?

The Democratic Party platform of 1948 was the most progressive in the party's history. T/F?

Which of the following was not a key provision of the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act?

In the atmosphere of the Cold War, the United States tended to define "human rights" in terms of political liberty, while the Soviet Union emphasized social and economic entitlements. T/F?

Which is not true of the Korean War (1950-1953)?

The young California congressman who first gained national prominence through his membership on the House Un-American Activities Committee was:

Republicans swept the congressional elections of 1946 to control both houses of Congress for the first time since the 1920s. T/F?

"Containment" in the context of post-World War II international diplomacy on the part of the United States referred to:

Two outspoken critics of the domestic anticommunist crusade were:

What was the name of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) campaign to bring unionization to the South, by which more than 200 labor organizations entered the region in an effort to organize workers?

In 1947, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) launched hearings into communist influence in Hollywood, and, in consequence, actors, directors, and screenwriters were blacklisted or jailed. T/F?

Human rights and the notion of freedom were not a major focus of American leaders during the Cold War. T/F?

George Kennan's Long Telegram provided an early formulation of the policy of "containment." T/F?

The June 1947 United States foreign policy initiative that envisioned a New Deal for Europe, and pledged billions of dollars to finance European economic recovery was:

Who was the United States senator from Wisconsin who announced in February 1950 that he had a list of 205 Communists working for the State Department, and whose name later entered the political vocabulary as shorthand for character assassination, guilt by association, and abuse of power in the name of anticommunism?

The term "iron curtain" was coined by President Harry Truman. T/F?

American officials used anticommunist sentiment to investigate political dissenters and to otherwise widen their powers. T/F?

Race relations in the United States were a major ideological concern, and even an embarrassment, for American leaders during the Cold War. T/F?

Which of the following was not a dramatic feature of the 1948 presidential election?

The United States emerged from World War II as the world's greatest power; it had the world's most powerful navy and air force and accounted for half the world's manufacturing capacity. T/F?

Jackson Pollock's paintings were viewed as communistic by the CIA and defunded. T/F?

The first "hot war" of the Cold War—beginning in June 1950—took place in:

"Dixiecrats" nominated Hubert Humphrey for president in 1948. T/F?

Which of the following was not a contributing factor behind the rise of the Cold War?

Comprised of the United States, Canada, and ten western European nations, the Warsaw Pact was launched as a collective deterrent against Soviet aggression. T/F?

Who was the person who sent the Long Telegram from Moscow in 1946 that lay the foundation for what became known as the policy of "containment"?

George Kennan was:

Which of the following was not a common target of the anticommunist crusade?

The term "totalitarianism" originated in Europe between World War I and World War II to describe aggressive, ideologically driven states that sought to subdue all civil society, including churches, unions, and other voluntary associations. T/F?

President Harry Truman was defeated by Thomas Dewey in the election of 1948. T/F?

Under the Truman Doctrine, only those governments that respected the democratic rights of citizens and the sovereignty of other peoples could expect friendship and support from the United States. T/F?

Anticommunism was used by U.S. leaders to:

The Truman administration responded to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin by:

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) quietly subsidized artists it considered useful in the "cultural Cold War." T/F?

President Harry S. Truman's program that focused on improving the social safety net and raising the standard of living of ordinary Americans—calling on Congress to increase the middle wage, enact a program of national health insurance, and expand public housing, social security, and aid to education—was:

The 1948 United Nations-approved document that called for a range of rights to be enjoyed by people everywhere, including freedom of speech and religion, as well as social and economic entitlements, including the right to an adequate standard of living, access to adequate housing, education, and medical care was called:

Alger Hiss, an editor at Time magazine, accused Whittaker Chambers, a high-ranking State Department official, of giving him secret government documents to pass along to the Soviet Union. T/F?

The 1946 congressional elections marked a resounding triumph for Truman's Fair Deal program. T/F?

As part of the cultural Cold War, the CIA secretly funded an array of overseas publications, conferences, publishing houses, concerts, art exhibits, and jazz performances. T/F?

In 1949, the containment policy suffered a major setback in the form of:

The Marshall Plan sought to contain Soviet communism by promoting economic recovery and providing humanitarian aid. T/F?

By 1949, the world's largest country measured by land area (the Soviet Union), and the world's largest country by population (China) were both communist. T/F?

George Kennan was a Soviet spy working in the American embassy in Moscow. T/F?

The "Dixiecrat" presidential ticket of 1948 was led by:

Which was not a development of 1949?

What was the 1947 law that sought to reverse gains made by organized labor in the preceding decade, and authorized the president to suspend strikes by ordering an eighty-day cooling-off period, banned sympathy strikes and secondary boycotts, outlawed the closed shop, and authorized states to pass "right to work" laws?

In the context of postwar civil rights, what baseball player joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, challenging the longstanding exclusion of black players from Major League Baseball?

In June 1948, when the United States, Britain, and France introduced a separate currency in their zones of control in the city of Berlin, the Soviet Union responded with:

The Truman Doctrine in March 1947:

While the anticommunist hysteria of the postwar years came to be known as "McCarthyism," it arose well before Senator Joseph McCarthy entered the scene. T/F?

Although the United States was instrumental in the rebuilding of German industry, it did not significantly contribute to similar efforts in Japan. T/F?

In July 1948, President Harry S. Truman issued an executive order desegregating the armed forces. T/F?

The 1950 National Security Council manifesto that called for a permanent military buildup to enable the United States to pursue a global crusade against communism, describing the Cold War as an epic struggle between "the idea of freedom" and the "idea of slavery under the grim oligarchy of the Kremlin" was:

In the context of the Cold War, no matter how repressive a nation was, so long as it supported the United States it was counted as a member of the Free World. T/F?

In Dennis v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that the imprisonment of Communist leaders violated the right of free expression. T/F?

The first confrontation of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union occurred in the Middle East, in Iran. T/F?

The United Nations committee that drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was led by:

Which of the following was not a step toward racial equality in postwar America?

In 1950, a serious challenge to the containment policy occurred with: