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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. How does Isaacson claim the Truman Administration learned of the Soviet Union's possession of nuclear weapons in September, 1949?
(a) Films of the Soviets' first test were delivered to Truman by informants.
(b) The House UnAmerican Activities Committee discovered evidence that members of the Roosevelt Administration helped to pass the plans for the bomb to the Soviets.
(c) Weather planes over the Pacific Ocean recorded high radioactive counts.
(d) A Soviet exile involved in the development of the bomb informed the administration of its existence.

2. What role did Frank Wisner play in Kennan's plans for confronting Soviet expansionism?
(a) He became a European mediator between activists and their targets.
(b) He became a policy director for the Truman Administration in its effort to discover communist subversion activities.
(c) He became the congressional liaison for the Truman Administration informing it of Congress' mood for the international activities to contain communism.
(d) He ran the "Department of Dirty Tricks" within the CIA.

3. Who does Isaacson claim blocked MacArthur's plans for slowing the flow of Chinese soldiers into the Korean War?
(a) Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett.
(b) White House Liaison with the Korean command George Kennan.
(c) Under Secretary of State Dean Acheson.
(d) President Harry Truman.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isaacson write of what became of the "Six Wise Men" after Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected president in 1952?

2. Upon whom does Isaacson claim that Stimson relied to help him achieve his goal regarding the control of the atom bomb?

3. What State Department official does Isaacson report to have been determined to bring the United States into a "Western Union" military alliance?

4. After Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected president in 1952, who does Isaacson state became Secretary of State?

5. What does Isaacson report to have been the reaction to communist tactics against the Marshall Plan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What affect did the Soviet aggression in Czechoslovakia have on Truman's effort to win Congressional approval of the Marshall Plan, according to Isaacson?

2. Who does Isaacson claim that Dean Acheson supported for the 1960 Democrat Presidential nomination over John F. Kennedy?

3. What was the focus of George Kennan's "Long Telegram" according to Isaacson?

4. What does Isaacson report to be the concern of Robert Lovett regarding the operations of the CIA under President Eisenhower?

5. What was the suggestion that Dean Acheson made regarding the future of freedom if Turkey and Greece fell into the influence of Soviet Communism, according to Isaacson?

6. What did Isaacson identify as George Kennan's recommended next phase for dealing with communist expansionism after he felt that his plan for containment was working?

7. What does Isaacson claim Clark Clifford wrote in a campaign strategy memo regarding the affect of the Soviet clampdown on Czechoslovakia on the reelection chances of President Truman?

8. To what event did President Truman compare the Soviet clampdown on Czechoslavakia in 1948, according to Isaacson?

9. According to Isaacson, what caused President Truman to remove General Douglas MacArthur from his command over the conduct of South Korean forces in the Korean War?

10. What scandal does Isaacson report to have come to the Truman Administration's state department in January 1950?

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