Post WWII Quiz

Which of the following was the most important source of soviet resentment about the Allied conduct of world War II?
1. the slowness of the Allies in opening a second front
2. the fact that Russia was not invited to the Casablanca
3. the refusal of the United States to include Russia in the lend-lease program
4. the refusal of the United States to have any official dealings with a communist government
The NATO agreement (1949) required that every member must:
1. consider an attack on one as an attack on all
2. refer all cases of armed aggression to the United Nations
3. confer with one another in case of an attack on any member
4. none of the above
The general economic collapse that many feared would follow the abrupt end of world War II did not occur because of:
1. a $6 billion tax cut
2. the release of pent-up civilian consumer demand
3. continued government spending for veterans' benefits
4. all of the above
Truman's domestic social and economic program after World War II was known as the:
1. Fair Deal
2. square deal
3. New Frontier
4. New Deal Revisited
The significance of the midterm elections of 1946 was that:
1. Truman's domestic policy won a vote of confidence
2. the voter public demanded more radical governmental reforms
3. the Republicans won control of both the House and the Senate
4. in an amazing political upset, the Democrats regained control of both the House and the Senate
Truman's position on the Taft-Hartley Act was favorable to:
1. farming
2. big business
3. organized labor
4. Southern conservatives
After the election of 1948, Truman sUcceeded in getting three of the following parts of his domestic program passed. Which one did Congress not approve?
1. increase of the minimum wage
2. the expansion of the Social Security system
3. federal construction of low-income housing
4. the creation of the Fair Employment Practices Commission
The inspiration for the policy of containment was most closely associated with:
1. Winston Churchill
2. George F. Kennan
3. George C. Marshall
4. Henry A. Wallace
When Japanese control of Korea ended as a result of Japanese defeat in World War II, Korea was:
1. occupied entirely by United States forces
2. occupied by the same four powers as in Germany
3. united under the nationalist government of Syngman Rhee
4. divided into United States and Soviet zones of Occupation
The Truman Doctrine was initially directed against Soviet pressures in:
1. Egypt
2. Latin America
3. Western Europe
4. Greece and Turkey
General Douglas MacArthur was relieved of his command in Korea because he had
1. crossed the 38th parallel
2. failed to unify the country
3. refused to use Chinese nationalist troops
4. sought to reverse Truman's policy of limited war in Korea
The results of the Marshall Plan aid to the countries of Western Europe was that:
1. the recipient nations underwent a remarkable economic recovery
2. communist influence actually increased in the countries receiving the aid
3. the United States economy was nearly bankrupted by this giveaway program
4. the recipient nations engaged in bitter competition with one another to gain the largest share of the aid
Two of the following were significant features of the National Security Act of 1947. Which is the exception?
1. It abolished the Joint Chiefs of Staff
2. It created the National Security Council
3. It combined the functions of secretary of war and secretary of navy under one secretary of defense
4. It established the CIA.
The passage of the McCarran Internal Security Act of 1950 was significant of a fear of:
1. black activism
2. radical unionism
3. communist activity in the United states
4. insurgency among pro-Castro Cubans in the United States
Truman's response to the Berlin blockade was to:
1. abandon the Western-occupied portions of Berlin
2. airlift all necessary supplies into Berlin for almost a year
3. give up plans for uniting the three Western zones of Germany.
4. use military force to break the blockade of land routes into Berlin
In the 1950s, the term "McCarthyism" referred to:
1. an extreme pacifist position on Vietnam
2. a radical movement within the Democratic party
3. a hysterical fear of communist subversion of American institutions
4. a ground swell of popular support for the famous World War II and Korean War general who was fired by Truman
Three of the following statements accurately describe American economic and demographic conditions in the 1950s and early 1960s. Which is the exception?
1. The rate of population growth declined
2. There was a continual annual growth in GNP
3. Unemployment was a tolerable 5 percent or less
4. Inflation was in the range of a modest 3 percent per year
The widely accepted notion in the 1950s that economic cycles of boom and bust could be evened out by varying the flow of government spending and by managing the supply of currency was most closely associated with the writings of:
1. Adam Smith
2. David Ricardo
3. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
4. John Maynard Keynes