Author Question: At the Potsdam Conference, President Truman A) demanded that Stalin resign as leader of the ... (Read 86 times)

go.lag · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

The containment policy of the Truman administration

A) had little support from policymakers in Washington.
B) fostered stronger relations between the United States and the Soviet Union.
C) had been designed by Dean Acheson.
D) became the basis for American foreign policy in the post-World War II period.

Question 2

After Word War II, Winston Churchill

A) believed Britain and the United States could work out an alliance with the Soviet Union.
B) believed that Europe had become divided into two camps.
C) saw a future of peace and harmony throughout the world.
D) feared the growing military might of the United States.

Question 3

At the end of World War II, President Truman

A) abruptly ended the lend-lease program to all European nations.
B) aided the Soviets in rebuilding their war-torn economy.
C) continued lend-lease to the British but not the Soviets.
D) honored President Franklin Roosevelt's pledge at Yalta to give economic aid to the communist bloc countries.

Question 4

At the Potsdam Conference, President Truman

A) demanded that Stalin resign as leader of the Soviet Union before the United States would negotiate.
B) pressured the British to accept a communist government in Poland.
C) sought to reduce tensions with the Soviets.
D) learned that the United States had successfully tested an atomic bomb.