Truman's Presidency

Truman's Presidency

By The Coach Williams

Multiple Choice

The main idea of this cartoon from the late 1940s was that...

• Containment was failing as a policy for stopping Soviet expansion into Europe

• Europe was slipping into chaos and revolution

• American economic Aid was assisting European Recovery

• Europeans were not making serious attempts to solve their economic problems

Open Ended

What did the atomic bomb initiate (Start) between the Soviet Union and the United States?

Open Ended

Why were the US and Soviet Union Fighting?

Open Ended

What did Truman offer Greece and Turkey? Why?

Open Ended

How did Marshall plan to fix the problems facing Europe after World War II? How would this benefit the United States?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a long-term effect of the Marshall Plan?

• The Formation of NATO

• An ongoing arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union

• The construction of the Berlin Wall

• An increase in trade between the United States and Europe

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Open Ended

Who did the House Unamerican Activities Committee question and why?

Open Ended

What did Senator McCarthy claim to know?

Open Ended

How was the trial of the Rosenbergs similar to the trial of Sacco & Vanzetti?

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What did the Venona papers reveal?

Multiple Choice

What was the main goal of the United State's containment policy during the mid-twentieth century?

• To become more technically advanced than the Soviet Union

• To prevent the spread of communism around the world

• To prevent nuclear warfare during the height of the cold war

• To support the establishment of the Warsaw Pact in Eastern Europe

Multiple Choice

McCarthyism was an anti-communist effort that mostly-

• Promoted democracy through the use of military force in Europe

• Deported Russian immigrants from the United States

• Minimized the Soviet Union's international political influence

• Fueled a Red Scare through unsupported accusations of communism

Multiple Choice

The term McCarthyism is sometimes used to describe...

• Removing members of Congress for abuses of power

• Investigating civil service employees for corruption

• Using illegal means to obtain evidence in criminal trials

• Accusing people of subversive actions without sufficient evidence