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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did MacArthur tell the press would happen in Korea if he didn't receive more troops?
(a) He would resign.
(b) The Korean situation would end in a stalemate.
(c) The North Koreans would win.
(d) The Chinese would invade.

2. To whom did MacArthur give the vote in Japan?
(a) Immigrants from the Philippines.
(b) Japanese women.
(c) Japanese teenagers.
(d) Japanese men.

3. What Japanese government document did MacArthur help write?
(a) A trade agreement with the United Nations.
(b) A new constitution.
(c) A peace treaty with America.
(d) A new tax law.

4. Why didn't MacArthur use the strategy of island-hopping, i.e. hitting the enemy with direct frontal pressure in battle?
(a) He believed in doing the unexpected.
(b) He thought it caused too many casualties.
(c) There were too many islands and not enough men.
(d) He didn't have enough bombs and ships to succeed.

5. What cities gave MacArthur parades after his return to the United States from the Pacific once Truman dismissed him?
(a) San Francisco and Washington.
(b) Boston and Los Angeles.
(c) New York and Chicago.
(d) Philadelphia and Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Japanese people think of MacArthur?

2. What was MacArthur instructed to do for the South Koreans when the Korean War erupted?

3. How many American and Filipino prisoners died in the Death March that began once the Japanese captured Corregidor?

4. With which branch of the military did MacArthur have conflict during the war in the Pacific?

5. About what did Truman and MacArthur disagree during the Korean war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was public opinion of MacArthur like once he broke through the Japanese blockade in March, 1942?

2. What conflicts did MacArthur and Truman have as the Korean War progressed?

3. What changes in Korea in the late 1940's indicated that a war might be imminent?

4. How did MacArthur deal with the issue of Filipinos who had collaborated with the Japanese?

5. Why did MacArthur want to launch an amphibious attack against the North Koreans at Inchon and what objections did his advisers have against that location?

6. What was A-Day?

7. Who wanted MacArthur to run for President against Roosevelt in 1944 and how did MacArthur claim to feel about politics at that time?

8. How was the decision to dismiss MacArthur communicated to MacArthur?

9. What was NSC-68 and how might public knowledge of it have prevented the Korean War?

10. What kind of government did José Laurel establish in the Philippines during the war, and how did MacArthur feel about this government?

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