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PART III
- DOCUMENT -BASED QUESTION
This question
is based on the accompanying documents (1–8). The
question is designed to test your ability to work with historical
documents.
Some of the documents have been edited for the purposes of the
question.
As you analyze the documents, take into account the source of each
document and any point of view that may be presented in the
document.
Historical
Context:
Following World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union
emerged
as the two superpowers. This created a rivalry between these two
nations
that became known as the Cold War. While the Cold War affected
United
States foreign policy, it also had a great effect on United States
domestic
policy and on American society.
Task:
Using information from the documents
and your knowledge of United
States history, answer the questions that follow each
document in Part A.
Your answers to the questions will help you write the Part B essay
in which
you will be asked to:
• Discuss how the Cold War affected
United States domestic policy
and American society
PART A - SHORT
ANSWER QUESTIONS
Directions: Analyze the documents
and answer the short-answer questions
that follow each document in the space provided.
Document 1
Part I
INVESTIGATION OF APPLICANTS
There shall be a loyalty investigation of
every person entering the civilian employment of any department or agency of
the executive branch of the Federal Government. . . .
Part V
STANDARDS [for Employment]
Activities and associations of an applicant or employee which may be
considered in connection with the determination of disloyalty may include
one or more of the following:
Membership in, affiliation with or sympathetic association with any foreign
or domestic organization, association, movement, group or combination of
persons, designated by the Attorney General as totalitarian, fascist,
communist, or subversive, or as
having adopted a policy of advocating or approving the commission of acts of
force or violence to deny other persons their rights under the Constitution
of the United States, or as seeking to alter the form of government of the
United States by unconstitutional means. . . .
— Executive Order 9835, President Harry
Truman, 1947 |
1 According to the passage, what was
the specific purpose of this
executive order? [1]
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