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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did President Eisenhower relieve Bob Lovett from the Defense Department, according to Isaacson?
(a) Because Lovett was a Democrat and Republicans demanded party loyalty while they had control of Congress.
(b) Because Lovett was considered untrustworthy based upon his relationship with Alger Hiss.
(c) Because Lovett was found leaking policy decisions to his Democrat friends outside the administration.
(d) Because the Eisenhower Administration planned to cut spending on conventional forces and rely totally on nuclear weapons for defense.

2. Why does Isaacson claim MacArthur's plans were blocked?
(a) Because the foreign policy elite feared losing influence if a military success ended the conflict in Korea.
(b) Because the Administration had a strict policy of keeping American soldiers within the boundaries of South Korea.
(c) Because the bombing of the bridges might provoke the Chinese to take harsher actions.
(d) Because the Administration feared communist aggression within the continental United States.

3. What was the only concession the Japanese requested for its surrender to end WWII, according to Isaacson?
(a) That Russia not be allowed to occupy the island.
(b) That Japanese Americans kept in detention camps be allowed to repatriate with their homeland.
(c) That Japan could keep its emperor.
(d) That their American occupiers limit their personal interaction with Japanese citizens.

4. When and where was the first atomic bomb used on Japan?
(a) August 7, 1945 on Nagasaki.
(b) August 6, 1945 on Hiroshima.
(c) August 7, 1945 on Hiroshima.
(d) August 6, 1945 on Tokyo.

5. What does Isaacson write of what became of the "Six Wise Men" after Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected president in 1952?
(a) They sought to find roles in directing foreign policy with the new administration.
(b) They became involved in movements to create a global economy.
(c) They became active in Democrat Party politics so they could resume their positions of influence after Eisenhower was removed from office.
(d) They went into "exile" from Washington and served in the private sector.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isaacson record that Mao claimed to be the source of Chinese soldiers in North Korean combat units?

2. What did Gen. MacArthur recommend, according to Isaacson, to stem the flow of Chinese soldiers into North Korea?

3. What does Isaacson claim to be the the Soviet's view of keeping security?

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

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?

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