The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made: Acheson, Bohlen,... Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What does Isaacson report Vice President Harry Truman was doing when news of President Roosevelt's death was first leaked? (from Chapters 9-10)

Truman was in the Vice President's office adjacent to the Senate floor preparing to go home for the evening.

Truman was having dinner with his family as was his custom at that time of the day.

Truman was in a foreign policy briefing with the Council of Foreign Relations.

Truman was in Sam Rayburn's hideaway in the Capitol Building playing cards.

2.

What does Isaacson report eventually came of the idea of a "Western Union" military alliance? (from Chapter 15)

It became the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

It became the European Union (EU).

It became the United Nations (UN).

It became the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

3.

Who does Isaacson report to have committed the U.S. to active ground war in Korea? (from Chapter 16-17)

The U.S. Congress.

General Douglas MacArthur.

President Truman.

Dean Acheson.

4.

How does Isaacson claim President Truman planned to fight for support for the Marshall Plan in Congress? (from Chapters 13-14)

By advising Democrat congressmen to amend planks of the plan to popular legislation so it would eventually get passed out of the notice of political opponents.

By vetoing every spending bill until the plan was accepted in Congress.

By campaigning across the country to rally popular support for the effort.

By calling for an emergency session of Congress and winning support for an "interim aid" bill.

5.

Who coined the term "Iron Curtain" in a cable to President Truman? (from Chapters 9-10)

Henry Stimson.

John McCloy.

George Kennan.

Winston Churchill.

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