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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isaacson cite as "...perhaps the most dramatic and significant (conversion) of any postwar American statesman"?
(a) The conversion of John McCloy to being an internationalist to being an isolationist.
(b) The conversion of Harry Truman from being a non-interventionist to being an internationalist.
(c) The conversion of Dean Acheson to a hard-line stance on dealing with the Soviets.
(d) The conversion of Averell Harriman from a market capitalist to seeing the value of socialism in some systems.

2. Who was the Republican upon whom the Truman Administration focused to win support for the Marshall Plan, according to Isaacson?
(a) Republican House Leader, Charles Halleck.
(b) Congressman Richard Nixon of California.
(c) Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan.
(d) Congressman Joseph McCarthy of Minnesota.

3. What does Isaacson claim to be the the Soviet's view of keeping security?
(a) The Soviets viewed security in terms of seeing everyone as a potential threat.
(b) The Soviets saw massive military buildups as the primary method of achieving security.
(c) The Soviets viewed security in terms of dominating and occupying as much territory as possible.
(d) The Soviets saw security as the primary goal of all of its imperial efforts.

4. What does Isaacson claim to have been America's foreign policy following WWI?
(a) Interventionism.
(b) Isolationism.
(c) Nation building.
(d) Non-interventionism.

5. According to Isaacson, how did Harriman respond to Stalin's shifting demeanor?
(a) Harriman was blunt and counseled patience.
(b) Harriman was dismayed and threatened to leave.
(c) Harriman was indifferent and held to his mission.
(d) Harriman was confused and called Washington for advice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who encouraged the United States to rearm and come out of what Isaacson claims to be a period of isolationism following WWI?

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

3. What event does Isaacson suggest brought calls to come out of its isolationism following WWI?

4. Who does Isaacson report to have offered proposals that the United States develop an intelligence-gathering system?

5. How did Isaacson claim Acheson described the division of the world between the United States and the Soviet Union during the crisis facing Greece and Turkey?

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