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Multiple-Choice Questions

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This activity contains 10 questions.

Question 1.
The spread of leftist revolutions abroad in the immediate postwar period amplified fears of communist influence in ____________.

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Question 2.
The Congress of Industrial Organizations' ____________ was an attempt to organize southern workers of all races.

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Question 3.
The author of the principles of containment (containing Soviet expansionism and influence) was the American diplomat _____________.

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Question 4.
The ______________, enunciated March 12, 1947, lent American support to "free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressure.

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Question 5.
The American occupation of Japan under General Douglas MacArthur initially emphasized ______________, including building labor unions, weakening corporate monopolies, ensuring women's rights, and punishing war criminals.

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Question 6.
"Miracle drugs" such as _____________ were perfected by American scientists in the 1940s and contributed to Americans' sense of personal safety.

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Question 7.
The publication of _____________ shocked the American public with the revelations of widespread premarital and extramarital sexual intercourse as well as homosexual liaisons.


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Question 8.
The _______________ required all Communist party members to register with the government and allowed for emergency incarceration for suspected subversives.

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Question 9.
The Wisconsin senator responsible for fanning the flames of the anticommunist hysteria was:

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Question 10.
The National Security Act of 1947 and its amendments in 1949 created the __________________.

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