The Chinese Civil War a. lasted for fourteen years, from its ...

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The Chinese Civil War
 
  a. lasted for fourteen years, from its beginning with the capture of Bao Dai by the Guomindang in 1936 until the victory of the People's Liberation Army in 1950.
  b. became a factor in United States domestic politics after Mao's victory over the Nationalists.
  c. ended in a truce brokered by General Marshall, who created a coalition government in China.
  d. was lost, according to the Truman administration, because of the incapacity of Sun Yat-sen's government and army.
  e. ended with Mao's capture of Taiwan.

Question 2

In reviewing the origins of the Cold War, the text
 
  a. remarked on the unusual nature of intense competition between two societies so heavily influenced by Western civilization.
  b. supports the view of many revisionist historians that United States policies drove Stalin to adopt a hostile view of the West.
  c. states that both nations were working within a framework conditioned by the past, from their different historical perspectives and their irreconcilable political ambitions.
  d. proposes the Cold War actually originated in East Asia.
  e. blames the British Labour government for manipulating America into an anti-Soviet policy.

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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

c