Truman and Eisenhower SSUSH20 a-c

The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to provide Europe with

• Defense military weapons

• Economic aid

• Cultural exchange programs

• Political alliances

Following the end of World War II, the United States foreign policy changed significantly in that the United States

• Assumed a more isolationist stance

• Began to rely on appeasement to reduce world tensions

• Perceived the containment of communist expansion as a major goal

• Concentrated most heavily on events within the Western Hemisphere

I. ________________________________

A. Truman Doctrine

B. Marshall Plan

C. Berlin Blockade

D. Korean War

Which foreign policy term would be the most appropriate title for the outline above:

• Imperialism

• Appeasement

• Noninvolvement

• Containment

An outcome of the Korean War was that

• Korea became a unified nation under one government

• Korea became a United Nations trusteeship territory

• South Korea remained non-Communist

• Korea was annexed by China

• The communist and non-communist sections of the country

• Zones of Soviet and Chinese influence

• Locations of industry and natural resources in the country

• The north/south Soviet trade corridors

The Truman Doctrine was originally designed to:

• Stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons

• Stop communism by giving aid to Greece and Turkey

• Support worldwide revolutions

• Provide economic aid to the nations of the Warsaw Pact

The Red Scare in 1919 and McCarthyism in the 1950s illustrate that

• fear of communism in the United States has led to violations of Civil Rights

• Nazi agents successfully penetrated the Federal government

• Freedom of expression is an unalienable and absolute right

• Open immigration policies are encouraged in times of crisis

In the 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy was most closely associated with issues related to

• Communist infiltration and the denial of civil liberties

• Farm problems and taxation

• Military preparedness and foreign aid

• Collective bargaining and the rights of unions

What was the main purpose of the GI Bill passed by Congress shortly before the end of World War II?

• To offer low-interest loans to the defense industry

• To provide economic aid to veterans

• To contain the spread of international communism

• To expand career opportunities in the military

President Harry Truman advanced the cause of Civil Rights for African Americans by

• appointing the first African American to the Supreme Court

• Supporting the ratification of the 14th and 15th amendment

• Ordering the desegregation of the armed forces

• Establishing affirmative action in industry