Anxiety About Soviet Aggression Motivated the Truman Administration to

question 47

Multiple Choice

Anxiety about Soviet aggression motivated the Truman administration to

• A) promote the study of the Russian language and culture.
• B) suspend the civil liberties of Americans of Russian descent.
• C) renege on commitments made by President Roosevelt at Yalta.
• D) expand and improve its intelligence-gathering operations.

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