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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isaacson define as the main political challenge to the Truman Administration encouraging Congress to support financial aid to Greece and Turkey?
(a) Harry Truman had become politically unpopular since the Democrats lost their congressional majority during the 1946 mid-term elections.
(b) Americans had become weary of international interventions in the aftermath of WWII.
(c) Congress was more interested in focusing on domestic issues than it was with foreign interventions.
(d) The elections of 1946 brought popular support to balancing budgets and ending foreign spending.

2. What did Gen. MacArthur recommend, according to Isaacson, to stem the flow of Chinese soldiers into North Korea?
(a) Opening relations with China to negotiate a settlement.
(b) Using nuclear weapons to wipe out China and Russia.
(c) Bombing out bridges over the Yalu River.
(d) Avoiding a mainland war with the communists.

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

4. 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?
(a) "My God. What have we done?"
(b) "This thing is over."
(c) "Target visually bombed with good results."
(d) "Is this all it's cracked up to be?"

5. What does Isaacson report to be a weakness Bohlen exhibited in the execution of his profession?
(a) He was often too risky with investor's funds.
(b) His poor manners offended the keepers of protocol.
(c) His penmanship was poor and he never learned to type.
(d) His social proclivities caused embarrasments for other Administration officials.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did George Kennan develop his connection to Russia according to Isaacson?

2. What event at the end of 1967 does Isaacson suggest influenced the Johnson Administration that America had to withdraw from Vietnam?

3. What does Isaacson suggest shaped President Johnson's views on dealing with Soviet Communism?

4. What does Isaacson claim to be the most elite club at Yale?

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

(see the answer key)

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