Question 1

How important has the post-World War II baby boom been to recent American history? Indicate its impact on each decade since 1945.What importance is it likely to have in the next twenty-five years?

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Question 2

Why did President Truman relieve General MacArthur of his command in Korea? Do you think that it was a wise decision? Why or why not?

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Question 3

Contrast the United States' tremendous success story in postwar Japan versus its failure in China.Who was responsible for the "fall of China"?

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Question 4

Weigh the contributions made by both the United States and the Soviet Union to the developing Cold War.Do you think that the Cold War was inevitable? Why or why not? If so, at what point did it become inevitable?

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Question 5

What was gained and lost in the American migration to the suburbs after World War II? How did new social problems and issues develop as the suburban migration took place?

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Question 6

Identify the factors that produced the anticommunist witch hunt after World War II.List some of its most important short- and long-term consequences.

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Question 7

Assess the validity of the following statement, "though he was decidedly unpopular when he left the presidency, President Truman is one of America's ten "greatest" presidents."

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Question 8

Trace the origins of the Cold War, considering the historical background of American-Soviet relations, the wartime relationship, the role of ideology, and early postwar developments.

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Question 9

To what extent did the successful Communist revolution in China and the Soviet development of the atomic and hydrogen bombs create such anxiety and recriminations in the United States? Why did the fear of international Communism turn into a hunt for "reds" inside the United States?

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Question 10

To what extent was American postwar policy more successful in both containing Communism and avoiding war in Europe than it was in East Asia?

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Question 11

Critically analyze the rationale for the postwar policy of containment.Show how it was applied in the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, NATO, and Korea.

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Question 12

Do you think that the Nazi and Japanese leaders should have been tried for war crimes, even though their crimes were not clearly defined as such before the war began? Why or why not?

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Question 13

How did Harry Truman manage to pull off the greatest upset in American political history? What was the relative importance of Truman's personality, Dewey's overconfidence, and the practical interests of various voting blocs in Truman's victory?

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Question 14

The National Security Act of 1947 created the

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Question 15

Evaluate the tradeoffs at the Yalta conference in 1945.Was it a "sellout" to the Soviet Union, as numerous critics charged? Why or why not?

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Quiz 36: The Cold War Begins