Chapter 28

1.

1 point

With respect to Iran, how did the Shah of Iran consolidate power in his hands in 1953?

He accepted the help of the CIA in the overthrow of his rival, Mohammed Mossadegh.

He led a military coup against a puppet government installed by Moscow at the end of the Second World War.

2.

1 point

Which of the following is true of United States policy toward China during the Chinese civil war?

The United States attempted to open diplomatic relations with Mao's forces but was rebuffed.

Most United States officials supported Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek) because of their belief that Mao was part of an international communist movement.

3.

1 point

Why did the United States find it difficult to make friends in the Third World?

The United States usually supported the propertied, antirevolutionary elements in the Third World.

The Soviet Union was far more adept at winning the friendship of Third World nations.

4.

1 point

The Eisenhower Doctrine promised that the United States would:

intervene if asked to do so by any Middle Eastern country threatened by a communist takeover.

refuse to sell arms to any country in the Middle East that invaded any other country in the Middle East.

5.

1 point

Why did civil wars in Greece and China cause tension between the United States and the Soviet Union?

The willingness of the Soviet Union to support the fascist regimes imposed on Greece and China by Nazi Germany angered American officials.

In the civil wars between leftists and conservatives in both Greece and China, the Americans and the Soviets supported opposite sides.

6.

1 point

By the early 1950s, the Central Intelligence Agency:

had begun to engage in secret operations designed to overthrow foreign leaders who were not friendly toward the United States.

had begun to operate solely within the United States to identify internal enemies of the government.

7.

1 point

The first American president to provide military assistance to support a noncommunist government in Vietnam was:

Lyndon Johnson.

Harry Truman.

8.

1 point

Why did the United States refuse to recognize Vietnamese independence in 1945?

Since Ho Chi Minh was a communist, the United States chose to support the imperialist stance of its Cold War ally, France.

FDR had guaranteed France that all its colonies would be returned at the end of the Second World War.

9.

1 point

Both the Truman Doctrine and George Kennan's "Mr. X" article in Foreign Affairs made it clear that the Cold War policy of the United States was designed to:

keep the Soviet Union from expanding outside its 1946 sphere of influence.

cool tensions by replacing atomic-bomb diplomacy with dollar diplomacy.

10.

1 point

What happened in Poland in 1945 to cause a clash between the United States and the Soviet Union?

The Soviets packed the postwar Polish government with supporters of Leon Trotsky who were mere puppets of Moscow.

The Soviets refused to allow the Polish government-in-exile in London to become part of the communist government in Poland sponsored by Moscow.

11.

1 point

In 1956, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles's goal of liberating states from Soviet domination was shown to be unattainable in an anti-Soviet uprising in:

Formosa (Taiwan).

Hungary.

12.

1 point

Which of the following was a provision of the Mutual Security Treaty between the United States and Japan?

The United States was granted a military base at Okinawa.

Japan could allow other NATO nations to establish military bases in Japan without the approval of the United States.

13.

1 point

In the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur:

refused to attack China as President Truman had ordered him to do.

was mistaken in his belief that the Chinese would not enter the war.

14.

1 point

With regard to the American military, President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles:

emphasized training soldiers for guerrilla warfare.

emphasized nuclear weaponry and airpower.

15.

1 point

In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the United States:

agreed to assume control over the colonies that had been part of the pre-war British empire.

wanted the world economy to be based on free trade.