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25 Cards in this Set
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Who said "There is no substitute for victory" in 1951?
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Douglas MacArthur
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In response to a Soviet blockade of West Berlin, Truman used ___________
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a massing airlift to supply the city.
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The person usually credited with formulating the doctrine of containment was ___________
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George F. Kennan.
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The United States entered the Korean War without ___________
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a declaration of war by Congress.
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The Taft-Hartley Act ___________
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(no answer)
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In the election of 1948, Democrats won majorities in ___________
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both houses of Congress in addition to winning the White House.
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East Germany was controlled after WWII by the ___________
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Soviet Union
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for supposedly giving the Russians ___________
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the secret to the atomic bomb.
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In its first application of the Truman Doctrine, Congress approved economic aid to ___________
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Greece and Turkey
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The main economic problem faced by Truman in his first term was ___________
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inflation.
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The essential element of the policy of containment was a commitment to holding communism ___________
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within the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
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The Marshall Plan could be understood as part of an American desire to make communism less appealing to ___________
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Europeans creating economic prosperity.
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The removal of General Douglas MacArthur from command of the United States-United Nations forces during the Korean War exemplifies the constitutional principle of ___________
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civilian control of the military.
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Most of Truman's Fair Dal program met defeat at the hands of a ___________
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coalition of Republicans and Southern Democrats.
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The legal basis for Truman's order for American air and naval forces to support South Korea was ___________
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the federal Constitution
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The "GI Bill of Rights" refers to the legislation passed by Congress pertaining to ___________
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education, unemployment compensation, loans for home building, and provisions for medical care of veterans.
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The Truman administration's decision to oppose the invasion of South Korea by North Korea in June, 1950 was made without ___________
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congressional approval
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The House Un-American Activities Committe was responsible for a series of highly publicized hearings designed to ___________
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expose communist influence in American life.
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During the struggle in China between nationalists and communists after WWII, the US continued to ___________
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support Chiang Kai-shek with money and weapons even when it became clear his cause was lost.
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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.
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containment
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The Korean War ___________
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(no answer)
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The States' Rights Democratic party in 1948 stood for racial ___________
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segregation
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Postwar disagreements between the US and the Soviet Union especially concerned governments in ___________
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Eastern Europe.
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In 1948, Republican candidate Thomas E. Dewey proposed to ___________
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run the government more efficiently.
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The top-secret document number 68 prepared in 1950 by the National Security Council called for rebuilding ___________
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America's conventional military forces.
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