Question 1

At the end of World War II, Korea was divided along the 38th parallel.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

In 1948, President Truman desegregated:

Accepted Answer

the military.

Question 3

The Servicemen's Readjustment Act was also known as the GI Bill of Rights.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

By and large, Truman's Fair Deal proposals:

Accepted Answer

were thwarted by a conservative coalition in Congress.

Question 5

UN forces reaching the Yalu River brought about:

Accepted Answer

a massive Chinese intervention.

Question 6

President Truman vetoed the McCarran Internal Security Act:

Accepted Answer

because he felt it promoted thought control.

Question 7

Israel's creation in 1948 was followed immediately by a war with its Arab neighbors.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

The secretary of state who devised the plan of massive economic recovery aid to Europe was:

Accepted Answer

George Marshall.

Question 9

During the 1948 campaign, the Dixiecrats did all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

influence Truman to slow down on civil rights.

Question 10

The GI Bill did all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

pay veterans large bonuses to remain in the military.

Question 11

Due to shrinking military production, a deep recession followed the end of World War II.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

In the civil war that broke out in Greece after World War II, the United States assisted the British-supported government.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

The United States experienced a shock in 1949 when Communists took over:

Accepted Answer

China.

Question 14

By the spring of 1945, the United States and Britain were becoming deeply concerned over Soviet actions in:

Accepted Answer

Eastern Europe.

Question 15

A major economic problem President Truman faced immediately after the war was:

Accepted Answer

high rates of inflation.

Question 16

In regard to Israel's founding in 1948, the United States:

Accepted Answer

became the first country to recognize the Jewish state.

Question 17

All of the following are true of Harry Truman EXCEPT that he:

Accepted Answer

had an Ivy League education.

Question 18

Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council:

Accepted Answer

each have veto power over major UN decisions.

Question 19

The 1946 congressional elections resulted in:

Accepted Answer

Republican control of Congress.

Question 20

When North Korea attacked South Korea, Truman concluded that:

Accepted Answer

Stalin and the Soviets were behind it.

Question 21

All of the following were original North Atlantic Treaty Organization members EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

Japan.

Question 22

Truman fired MacArthur:

Accepted Answer

to preserve civilian control of the military.

Question 23

As the 1948 election approached:

Accepted Answer

Truman seemed to be in deep political trouble.

Question 24

J. Strom Thurmond was from New York.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

The Yalta pledges of democratic elections in Eastern Europe:

Accepted Answer

proved to be meaningless.

Question 26

One major reason that World War II inspired postwar changes in race relations was the:

Accepted Answer

racist nature of the enemies of the United States.

Question 27

As a result of the Truman Doctrine:

Accepted Answer

Greece and Turkey were less vulnerable to communism.

Question 28

When confronted with a railroad strike in 1946, President Truman's response was to:

Accepted Answer

threaten to draft the strikers.

Question 29

The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947:

Accepted Answer

allowed the president to impose a cooling-off period during major strikes.

Question 30

Baseball was integrated in 1947 when Jackie Robinson played for the:

Accepted Answer

Brooklyn Dodgers.

Question 31

Harry Truman was born and raised in Missouri.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 32

Truman's response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948 was to:

Accepted Answer

launch a massive airlift of supplies into West Berlin.

Question 33

The second-place finisher in the 1948 election was:

Accepted Answer

Thomas Dewey.

Question 34

The Soviet acquisition of the atomic bomb in 1949 inspired Truman to:

Accepted Answer

order the development of a hydrogen bomb.

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