Author Question: President Harry Truman initially decided to get tough with the Soviet Union A. after his first ... (Read 29 times)

wrbasek0 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

In the years immediately following World War II, the United States policy toward Asia led

A. President Truman to threaten communists in China with atomic bombs.

B. President Harry Truman to place restrictions on industrial development in Japan.

C. to U.S. military intervention in China to fight communist advances there.

D. the Truman administration to encourage the rapid economic growth of Japan.

E. the United States to provide financial support to Mao Zedong for reasons of stability.

Question 2

In 1945, President Harry Truman conceded to communist authority in

A. Hungary.

B. China.

C. Berlin.

D. Poland.

E. Yugoslavia.

Question 3

By 1945, the Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek had

A. willingly ceded authority to Mao Zedong.

B. designs on taking over conquered Japan.

C. grown antagonistic toward the United States.

D. drifted toward communism.

E. little popular support.

Question 4

Beginning in 1947, the United States' policy of containment was

A. None of these answers is correct.

B. both the basis for its foreign policy for more than forty years, and an extension of the Atlantic Charter.

C. the basis for its foreign policy for more than forty years.

D. first applied in Poland.

E. an extension of the Atlantic Charter.

Question 5

President Harry Truman initially decided to get tough with the Soviet Union

A. after his first few days in office.

B. after it became clear Stalin was supporting communist forces in China.

C. at the Potsdam Conference.

D. following the end of the war in the Pacific.

E. once the United States had successfully used the atomic bomb.