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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Isaacson claim President Truman planned to fight for support for the Marshall Plan in Congress?
(a) 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.
(b) By calling for an emergency session of Congress and winning support for an "interim aid" bill.
(c) By campaigning across the country to rally popular support for the effort.
(d) By vetoing every spending bill until the plan was accepted in Congress.

2. Who does Isaacson report to be the first of the "Six Wise Men" whom Kennedy sought out for advice after his election to the presidency in 1960?
(a) Dean Acheson.
(b) Robert Lovett.
(c) George Kennan.
(d) Averell Harriman.

3. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to have served in active service during WWI?
(a) Averell Harriman, George Kennan, and Dean Acheson.
(b) Chip Bohlen.
(c) Robert Lovett.
(d) John McCloy and Robert Lovett.

4. What event early in WWII does Isaacson quote John McCloy as calling, "...regrettable in the clear light of perfect hindsight"?
(a) Becoming an ally with the Soviet Union.
(b) Naming Douglas MacArthur as Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific.
(c) The relocation of citizens of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast.
(d) Roosevelt's decision to prioritize the war in Europe rather than the Pacific.

5. Which of the "Wise Men" does Isaacson report to be the son of a wealthy railway tycoon?
(a) Averell Harriman.
(b) Dean Acheson.
(c) Robert Lovett.
(d) Chip Bohlen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isaacson claim to the Lovett's and Harriman's most important innovation to the industry for which they were prepared by Judge Lovett?

2. What does Isaacson claim to be the goal of the "Wise Men"?

3. What does Isaacson report that President Truman did to decide America's response to the Soviet Union's possession of nuclear weapons?

4. With what investment house did Isaacson claim Averell Harriman merged W.A. Harriman & Co.?

5. Who does Isaacson report chose Kennan and Bohlen for service in the American Embassy in Moscow?

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