APUSH Ch.27 & 28 Quiz

Which of the following was the most important source of Soviet resentment about Allied conduct of World War II?

• the slowness of the Allies in opening a major second front

• the fact that Russia was not invited to the Casablanca Conference

• the refusal of the United States to include Russia in the lend lease program

• the refusal of the United States to have any official dealing with a communist government

When it became evident that Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist forces were losing the Chinese civil war to Mao Zedong's Communists, the Truman administration devoted increased attention to the revitalization of what nation as a strong pro-Western force in Asia?

• India

• Indonesia

• Taiwan

• Japan

The concept of the policy of containment was most closely associated with

• Douglas MacArthur

• George F. Kennan

• George C. Marshall

• Harry Truman

The Truman Doctrine was initially promulgated in conjunction with U.S. assistance against Soviet pressures in

• Egypt.

• Latin America

• China.

• Greece and Turkey

Truman's response to the Berlin blockade was to

• abandon the Western-occupied portions of Berlin

• create a policy of containment

• use military force to break the blockade of land routes into Berlin

• airlift all necessary supplies into Berlin for almost a year

The NATO agreement (1949) required that every member must

• consider an attack on one as an attack on all.

• refer all cases of armed aggression to the United Nations

• confer with one another in case of an attack on any member

• encourage belligerent members not to go to war.

Truman's domestic social and economic program after World War II was known as the

• Square Deal.

• New Frontier

• Fair Deal.

• containment.

Truman's position on the Taft-Hartley Act was favorable to

• farming

• big business.

• veterans.

• organized labor.

What was the primary cause of the stalemate in Korea?

• the incompetence of American troops

• the resilience of the North Korean army

• Chinese intervention in the conflict

• lack of support by the American people

On what issue would General Douglas MacArthur and President Harry Truman, the two men in this picture, become embroiled in a very public dispute?

• NSC-68

• the Korean War

• HUAC

• the Chinese Revolution