History 27 Quiz

27 August 2022
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One of Truman's great strengths as he assumed the presidency was his:
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determined, decisive character.
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At the 1948 Democratic Convention:
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segregationist delegates from Alabama and Mississippi walked out of the convention in protest.
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State Department official George Kennan:
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said the United States should contain Soviet expansionist tendencies.
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The Servicemen's Readjustment Act was also known as the GI Bill of Rights.
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True
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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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Eastern Europe.
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All of the following were established by the National Security Act of 1947 EXCEPT:
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the Office of Homeland Security.
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On the domestic front, President Truman soon made clear his intention to:
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expand the New Deal.
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When North Korean Communists invaded South Korea:
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the United Nations authorized military intervention against the aggressors.
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By and large, Truman's Fair Deal proposals:
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were thwarted by a conservative coalition in Congress.
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Due to shrinking military production, a deep recession followed the end of World War II.
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False
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During the 1948 presidential campaign, Truman endorsed all of the following EXCEPT:
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abolishing Social Security.
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In regard to Israel's founding in 1948, the United States:
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became the first country to recognize the Jewish state.
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Truman viewed his victory as a mandate for:
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liberalism.
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Whittaker Chambers accused Alger Hiss of supplying secret U.S. documents to the Soviets.
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True
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During the 1948 campaign, the Dixiecrats did all of the following EXCEPT:
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influence Truman to slow down on civil rights.
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In 1948, President Truman desegregated:
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the military.
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The secretary of state who devised the plan of massive economic recovery aid to Europe was:
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George Marshall.