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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the atomic bombs had been detonated in Japan, what does Isaacson indicate to be the next challenge for the government in the post-war era?
(a) Restoring Europe's economy.
(b) Finding work for all the veterans.
(c) Preserving Germany's industrial capacity.
(d) Taking steps to control atomic weapons.

2. When had Dean Acheson worked with Secretary of State George Marshall, prior to Marshall's appointment to the State Department, according to Isaacson?
(a) In China to mediate an end to the civil war between Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Tse Tung.
(b) While he was on the Yale crew coached by Averell Harriman.
(c) During a campaign to shake America out of its post WWI "isolationism."
(d) As a clerk to Supreme Court Justice William Howard Taft.

3. What was one of the first challenges facing the Truman Administration in dealing with the Soviet Union after WWII, according to Isaacson?
(a) Slowing the influence of Soviet communism over the Maoist movement in China.
(b) Trying to prevent the Soviet Union from taking German industrial equipment and charging reparations against Germany.
(c) Dealing with Soviet front groups in the United States.
(d) Blocking the Soviet Union from attempting to set terms of peace with Japan.

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

5. Who does Isaacson report that President Truman chose to administer the European Recovery Plan (The Marshall Plan) in Europe?
(a) Averell Harriman.
(b) Paul Hoffman.
(c) Dean Acheson.
(d) General Lucius Clay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Isaacson reports that Averell Harriman took what position in the Roosevelt Administration?

2. What was the focus of the agreement after the initial meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill, according to Isaacson?

3. Who does Isaacson report that President Johnson wanted to serve as Ambassador to Vietnam in 1964?

4. What was the ratio of students who passed the training for Kennan's chosen field to those who took the course, according to Isaacson?

5. What does Isaacson report to be the entry in the Enola Gay log book by co-pilot Robert Lewis after the explosion of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima?

(see the answer key)

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