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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isaacson claim to the Lovett's and Harriman's most important innovation to the industry for which they were prepared by Judge Lovett?
(a) Using ticker tape to relay changes in stock prices.
(b) Establishing radio relay stations to deliver messages to ambassadors in foreign lands.
(c) Using airplanes to quickly relay messages to ambassadors in foreign lands.
(d) Developing streamlined diesel locomotives pulling sleek aluminum coaches.

2. Who wrote the top-secret "recommendations for the use of nuclear weapons"?
(a) J. Robert Oppenheimer.
(b) Harry Truman.
(c) Douglas MacArthur.
(d) Colonel Paul Tibbets.

3. How did the U.S. Government consider North Korea's invasion of South Korea, according to Isaacson?
(a) As a sign that the age of interventionism was over.
(b) As a sign that the U.S. had no other choice but to be involved with all the governments of the world to turn back the communist threat.
(c) As a warning sign to world war.
(d) As the beginning of a life or death struggle against international communism.

4. Why did President Eisenhower relieve Bob Lovett from the Defense Department, according to Isaacson?
(a) Because Lovett was found leaking policy decisions to his Democrat friends outside the administration.
(b) Because Lovett was considered untrustworthy based upon his relationship with Alger Hiss.
(c) Because the Eisenhower Administration planned to cut spending on conventional forces and rely totally on nuclear weapons for defense.
(d) Because Lovett was a Democrat and Republicans demanded party loyalty while they had control of Congress.

5. What State Department official does Isaacson report to have been determined to bring the United States into a "Western Union" military alliance?
(a) Robert Lovett.
(b) Donald Maclean.
(c) Theodore Achilles.
(d) John Hickerson.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Isaacson report communist North Korea invaded South Korea?

2. Where does Isaacson claim George Kennan served the government in lieu of paying the expenses of attending law school?

3. What role did Frank Wisner play in Kennan's plans for confronting Soviet expansionism?

4. In what town does Isaacson claim that George Kennan was born?

5. What does Isaacson report that members of the Truman Administration suggested caused the political opposition to the Truman Doctrine to confront Soviet Communism wherever it was asserted?

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