One of the few components of the Fair Deal that became law was: ...

[iveyjurea]

Question 1

Passage of the National Security Act in 1947 indicated that:
 
  A) Truman no longer considered the Soviets a serious threat.
  B) the U.S. would be placed on a permanent high state of alert.
  C) Congress was unwilling to fund Cold War programs.
  D) thousands of dangerous subversives had been found in the government.

Question 2

The Dixiecrats bolted the Democratic Party in the 1948 election because of Truman's position on:
 
  A) labor unions.
  B) civil rights.
  C) national health care.
  D) Soviet atomic bomb spying.

Question 3

The Taft-Hartley Act largely reversed New Deal policy established by the:
 
  A) Social Security (or Perkins) Act.
  B) National Labor Relations (or Wagner) Act.
  C) Agricultural Adjustment Administration.
  D) National Industrial Recovery Act.

Question 4

Truman's assumption that the U.S. would maintain its containment policy through a monopoly on nuclear weapons was undercut by:
 
  A) the Soviets matching each U.S. atomic and hydrogen bomb development.
  B) the unsustainable cost of nuclear weapons.
  C) technical problems that made mass production of nuclear weapons impossible.
  D) European NATO allies refusing to allow nuclear weapons on their territory.

Question 5

One of the few components of the Fair Deal that became law was:
 
  A) a national health insurance plan.
  B) federal aid to education.
  C) an increase in the federal minimum wage.
  D) a national Interstate Highway System.

[irishcancer18]

Answer 1

Answer: B

Answer 2

Answer: B

Answer 3

Answer: B

Answer 4

Answer: A

Answer 5

Answer: C

[iveyjurea]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[kthug]

Great answer, keep it coming