All of the following are true of Harry Truman EXCEPT that he: |
Had an Ivy League education |
One of Truman’s greatest strengths as he assumed the presidency was his: |
Decisive character |
On the domestic front, President Truman soon made clear his intention to: |
Enlarge the New Deal |
The GI bill did all of the following EXCEPT: |
Pay veterans large bonuses to remain in the military |
A major economic problem president truman faced immediately after the war was: |
High rates of inflation |
When confronted with strikes in the coal and railroad industries in 1946, President Truman’s response was to: |
Temporarily seize those industries |
All of the following were established by the National Security Act of 1947 EXCEPT: |
The department of homeland security |
The Yalta pledges of democratic elections in Eastern Europe: |
Proved to be meaningless |
All of the following were original NATO members EXCEPT: |
Japan |
The secretary of state who devised the plan of massive economic recovery aid to europe was: |
George Marshall |
Truman’s response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948 was to: |
Launch massive airlift of supplies into West Berlin |
In regard to Israel’s founding in 1948, the United States: |
Became the first country to recognize the Jewish state |
One major reason that World War 2 inspired postwar changes in race relations was the: |
Racist nature of the enemies of the United States |
In 1948, President Truman desegregated: |
The military |
The United States experienced a shock in 1949 when Communists took over: |
China |
During the 1948 presidential campaign, Truman endorsed all of the following EXCEPT: |
Abolishing Social Security |
In the 1948 campaign, the Dixiecrats did all of the following EXCEPT: |
Influence Truman to slow down on civil rights |
The 1948 election is probably best remembered for: |
Truman’s upset victory |
The second-place finisher in the 1948 election was: |
Thomas Dewey |
By and large, Truman’s Fair Deal proposals: |
Were thwarted by conservative coalition in congress |
The soviet acquisition of the atomic bomb in 1949 inspired Truman to: |
Order the development of a hydrogen bomb. |
With the end of WW2, Korea: |
Became divided into Northern and Southern halves. |
When North Korea attacked South Korea, Truman concluded: |
That Stalin and the soviets were behind it. |
UN forces reaching Yalu river brought about: |
A massive chinese intervention |
Truman Fired MacArthur: |
For insubordination |
In 1947, President Truman took actions to banish communists from: |
The federal government |
The person who benefited most from the outcome of Hiss-Chambers case was: |
Richard Nixon |
Senator McCarthy was very effective in: |
Exploiting public fears. |
President Truman vetoed the McCarran Internal Security Act: |
Because he felt in promoted thought control |
In the Truman years, the United States abandoned a longtime tradition with its involvement in: |
Peacetime alliances |
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