HIS 112- Ch 27 – Flashcards
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the Congress of Industrial Organizations
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Who tagged Truman "the No. 1 Strikebreaker"?
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moderate liberalism
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Truman viewed his victory as a mandate for:
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peacetime alliances
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In the Truman years, the United States abandoned a longtime tradition with its involvement in:
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high rates of inflation
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A major economic problem President Truman faced immediately after the war was:
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inevitable
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In retrospect, the Cold War was probably:
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launch a massive airlift of supplies into West Berlin
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Truman's response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948 was to:
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Tom Clark
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Who was famous for arguing that there were "so many Communists in America"?
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the Department of Homeland Security
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All of the following were established by the National Security Act of 1947 EXCEPT:
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racist nature of the enemies of the United States
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One major reason that World War II inspired postwar changes in race relations was the:
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resulted in Hiss's being convicted of lying about espionage
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The Hiss-Chambers case:
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became the first country to recognize the Jewish state
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In regard to Israel's founding in 1948, the United States:
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influence Truman to slow down on civil rights
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In the 1948 campaign, the Dixiecrats did all of the following EXCEPT:
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China
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The United States experienced a shock in 1949 when Communists took over:
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confidence and self-assuredness
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One of Truman's great strengths as he assumed the presidency was his:
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that Stalin and the Soviets were behind it
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When North Korea attacked South Korea, Truman concluded:
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Republican control of Congress
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The 1946 congressional elections resulted in:
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the United Nations authorized military intervention against the aggressors
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When North Korean Communists invaded South Korea:
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Brooklyn Dodgers
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Baseball was integrated in 1947 when Jackie Robinson played for the:
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proved to be meaningless
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The Yalta pledges of democratic elections in Eastern Europe:
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because he felt it promoted thought control
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President Truman vetoed the McCarran Internal Security Act:
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Greece and Turkey were less vulnerable to communism
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As a result of the Truman Doctrine:
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where General MacArthur turned the war around with an amphibious landing
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Truman's upset victory
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The 1948 election is probably best remembered for:
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can veto any major proposal
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Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council:
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enlarge the New Deal
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On the domestic front, President Truman soon made clear his intention to:
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adopt a strong civil rights plank
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At the 1948 Democratic convention, Minneapolis mayor Hubert Humphrey urged his party to:
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exploiting public fears
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Senator McCarthy was very effective in:
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had an Ivy League education
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All of the following are true of Harry Truman EXCEPT that he:
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abolishing Social Security
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During the 1948 presidential campaign, Truman endorsed all of the following EXCEPT:
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gain the Soviets access to the Mediterranean
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Soviet and Communist activities in regard to Turkey and Greece were intended to:
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bring about major changes in boundaries
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The Korean War did all of the following EXCEPT:
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were thwarted by a conservative coalition in Congress
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By and large, Truman's Fair Deal proposals:
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the federal government
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In 1947, President Truman took actions to banish Communists from:
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George Marshall
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The secretary of state who devised the plan of massive economic recovery aid to Europe was:
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order the development of a hydrogen bomb
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The Soviet acquisition of the atomic bomb in 1949 inspired Truman to:
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Alger Hiss
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The person who lost the most from the outcome of the Hiss-Chambers case was:
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a massive Chinese intervention
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UN forces reaching the Yalu River brought about:
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allowed the president to impose a "cooling-off" period during major strikes
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The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947:
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the State Department
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In his Wheeling speech, Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed to have a list of Communists in:
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Truman seemed to be in deep political trouble
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As the 1948 election approached:
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Stalin's quest for world domination
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The conventional, or "orthodox," view of cold war history holds whom or what most responsible for beginning this conflict?
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temporarily seize those industries
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When confronted with strikes in the coal and railroad industries in 1946, President Truman's response was to:
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became divided into northern and southern halves
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With the end of World War II, Korea:
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Eastern Europe
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By the spring of 1945, the United States and Britain were becoming deeply concerned over Soviet actions in:
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for insubordination
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Truman fired MacArthur:
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said the United States should contain Soviet expansionist tendencies
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State Department official George Kennan:
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the military
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In 1948, President Truman desegregated:
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pay veterans large bonuses to remain in the military
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The GI Bill did all of the following EXCEPT:
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Thomas Dewey
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The second-place finisher in the 1948 election was:
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Japan
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All of the following were original NATO members EXCEPT:
