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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isaacson report to have been the reaction to communist tactics against the Marshall Plan?
(a) The Truman Administration had the evidence of the corrosive nature of communism to convince the country its steps were the right ones.
(b) The American public began looking for similar activities within their communities.
(c) Congress initiated the House Un-American Activities Committee.
(d) Congress began to realize that the battle against communism was going to be long and costly.

2. When did Averell Harriman join the most elite club at Yale according to Isaacson?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1912.

3. Isaacson reports which "Wise Man" worked to implement Franklin Roosevelt's Lend Lease program?
(a) Henry Stimson.
(b) Dean Acheson.
(c) John McCloy.
(d) George Kennan.

4. After Roosevelt and Churchill made their agreement, what became the responsibility of Averell Harriman?
(a) To act as a strong man against Stalin's bluntness.
(b) To travel to Moscow to offer aid to the government of the Soviet Union in their confrontation against Germany.
(c) To direct the formation of foreign policy from Washington.
(d) To direct the shift in the balance of power between England and the United States.

5. Who does Isaacson claim that Dean Acheson, Robert Lovett, and John McCloy suggested for President-Elect Kennedy's Secretary of State?
(a) Dean Rusk.
(b) David Bruce.
(c) Paul Nitze.
(d) Bill Fulbright.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Isaacson report that President Truman chose to administer the European Recovery Plan (The Marshall Plan) in Europe?

2. How does Isaacson report that Clark Clifford understood the rivalry between the U.S. and the Soviet Union had to be framed to make the general public support confronting the Communists?

3. According to Isaacson, what event took place between Harriman and the person with whom he was sharing responsibility that foreshadowed the role of the two countries they represented in their places in Western leadership?

4. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to have negotiated trade deals with leaders of the communist government in Russia in 1922?

5. What does Isaacson suggest to be the result of George Kennan's "Long Telegram"?

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