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Expansion of the Vietnam War — Unit test

Question 11 • IC Sem B US History

Why was President Truman considered to be weak on communism despite the federal government’s measures to investigate communists?

Answer
A
Fear of communism had reached a level that bordered on hysteria, and Truman’s actions did little to make it go away.
B
Truman actions were not strong enough to demonstrate to the public that the threat from the Soviets was very real.
C
Truman focused only on the government; he did not believe that communism had infiltrated other aspects of American life.
D
People believed that Truman might have been a communist and was only conducting investigations to protect himself from suspicion.
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