History Exam Review Iii

Front 1

Who said "There is no substitute for victory" in 1951?

Back 1

Douglas MacArthur

Front 2

In response to a Soviet blockade of West Berlin, Truman used ___________

Back 2

a massing airlift to supply the city.

Front 3

The person usually credited with formulating the doctrine of containment was ___________

Back 3

George F. Kennan.

Front 4

The United States entered the Korean War without ___________

Back 4

a declaration of war by Congress.

Front 5

The Taft-Hartley Act ___________

Back 5

(no answer)

Front 6

In the election of 1948, Democrats won majorities in ___________

Back 6

both houses of Congress in addition to winning the White House.

Front 7

East Germany was controlled after WWII by the ___________

Back 7

Soviet Union

Front 8

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for supposedly giving the Russians ___________

Back 8

the secret to the atomic bomb.

Front 9

In its first application of the Truman Doctrine, Congress approved economic aid to ___________

Back 9

Greece and Turkey

Front 10

The main economic problem faced by Truman in his first term was ___________

Back 10

inflation.

Front 11

The essential element of the policy of containment was a commitment to holding communism ___________

Back 11

within the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.

Front 12

The Marshall Plan could be understood as part of an American desire to make communism less appealing to ___________

Back 12

Europeans creating economic prosperity.

Front 13

The removal of General Douglas MacArthur from command of the United States-United Nations forces during the Korean War exemplifies the constitutional principle of ___________

Back 13

civilian control of the military.

Front 14

Most of Truman's Fair Dal program met defeat at the hands of a ___________

Back 14

coalition of Republicans and Southern Democrats.

Front 15

The legal basis for Truman's order for American air and naval forces to support South Korea was ___________

Back 15

the federal Constitution

Front 16

The "GI Bill of Rights" refers to the legislation passed by Congress pertaining to ___________

Back 16

education, unemployment compensation, loans for home building, and provisions for medical care of veterans.

Front 17

The Truman administration's decision to oppose the invasion of South Korea by North Korea in June, 1950 was made without ___________

Back 17

congressional approval

Front 18

The House Un-American Activities Committe was responsible for a series of highly publicized hearings designed to ___________

Back 18

expose communist influence in American life.

Front 19

During the struggle in China between nationalists and communists after WWII, the US continued to ___________

Back 19

support Chiang Kai-shek with money and weapons even when it became clear his cause was lost.

Front 20

At the beginning of the Cold War, US policy toward the Soviet Union tended to follow the ideas of George F. Kennan that is a policy of ___________ of Soviet expansionist tendencies.

Back 20

containment

Front 21

The Korean War ___________

Back 21

(no answer)

Front 22

The States' Rights Democratic party in 1948 stood for racial ___________

Back 22

segregation

Front 23

Postwar disagreements between the US and the Soviet Union especially concerned governments in ___________

Back 23

Eastern Europe.

Front 24

In 1948, Republican candidate Thomas E. Dewey proposed to ___________

Back 24

run the government more efficiently.

Front 25

The top-secret document number 68 prepared in 1950 by the National Security Council called for rebuilding ___________

Back 25

America's conventional military forces.