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HY 121 FINAL ch 23"Containment" in the context of post-World War II international diplomacy on the part of the United
States referred to - correct answer ✔✔the policy by which the United States committed itself to
preventing any further expansion of Soviet power.
At the nationally televised Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954, it was revealed that - correct answer
✔✔McCarthy was a bully who browbeat witnesses and made sweeping accusations with no basis in fact.
By the early 1950s, state and local laws banning discrimination in employment and housing remained
largely unenforced. - correct answer ✔✔True
In 1947 an exhibition of historical documents traveled across the country on what was called the
Freedom Train. While the exhibit showcased in many cities, two exceptions were Memphis, Tennessee,
and Birmingham, Alabama, as both cities insisted on separate viewings of the exhibit by race, a demand
of which the organizers of the Freedom Train would not agree. - correct answer ✔✔True
In 1947, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) launched hearings into communist
influence in Hollywood, and, in consequence, actors, directors, and screenwriters were blacklisted or
jailed. - correct answer ✔✔True
In 1951, a jury convicted this couple of conspiracy to pass secrets concerning the atomic bomb to Soviet
agents during World War II. - correct answer ✔✔Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
In July 1948, President Harry S. Truman issued an executive order desegregating the armed forces. -
correct answer ✔✔True
In the context of postwar civil rights, what baseball player joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947,
challenging the longstanding exclusion of black players from Major League Baseball? - correct answer
✔✔Jackie Robinson
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