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1
Which of these groups was largely left out of the rising prosperity in America after WWII?
small business owners
blue-collar workers
inner-city minorities
suburban households
2
How did the GI Bill affect African-American war veterans?
Many were able to access low-cost home loans
Many earned college admission to any school of choice.
Many were able to purchase homes in any suburban community
They were not able to use most GI Bill benefits
3
How did William J. Levitt contribute to the prosperity of the post–World War II United States?
He lobbied for passage of the Interstate Highway Act.
He pioneered the use of consumer credit cards.
He invented the modern television advertisement.
He developed affordable housing for working people.
4
What was the name of the alliance established by European Communist nations responding to NATO?
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Warsaw Pact
Iron Curtain
Second World
5
Which statement accurately describes a result of the Korean War?
Korea was united under the rule of a democratic government.
Korea was united under the rule of an autocratic government.
Korea divided into democratic N Korea & autocratic S Korea.
Korea divided into autocratic N Korea & democratic S Korea.
6
The Truman Doctrine and NATO were United States responses to the:
threat of the Nazis in the 1930s
fear of economic depression after World War I
concern about the partition of India in 1947
Communist threat after World War II
7
What does M.A.D. stand for (Atomic diplomacy that dominated the years following WWII)?
Mutually Assured Destruction
Mass Arsenal Deployment
Mobile Arms Deployment
Modern Arms Deterrence
8
The development of the Marshall Plan & the formation of NATO were part of Truman’s efforts to:
End the Korean War
Provide aid to Asian nations
Limit the spread of Communism
Promote and isolationist foreign policy
9
What was an important consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The Soviet Union secretly kept nuclear missiles in Cuba
Soviet and U.S. leaders negotiated a partial test ban treaty
The United States kept missiles in Turkey
Soviet and U.S. leaders established an emergency "hot line"
10
After WWII the purpose of both NATO and the Warsaw Pact was to:
promote economic self-sufficiency
discourage religious toleration
eliminate political corruption
establish a military alliance
11
What was the main reason the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) formed after WWII?
to encourage "people-to-people" peaceful diplomacy
to provide collective security against Communist aggression
to increase trade between European nations
to rebuild western European economies
12
What did President Truman promise with the Truman Doctrine?
To fight hunger anywhere in the world.
To enforce the American foreign policy of brinkmanship.
To reject the former policy of containment.
To support nations trying to resist Soviet control.
13
What plan was installed to help with the economic recovery of Europe after WWII?
Yalta Plan
Truman Plan
Dawes Plan
Marshall Plan
14
The Korean War was primarily a proxy war between which two nations?
the United States and the Soviet Union
China and the Soviet Union
the United States and North Korea
North Korea and China
15
Which event led to the United States being considered as a "World Superpower"?
Building the Berlin Wall
Reparations
Taking control of East Germany
Dropping nuclear weapons on Japan
16
Which foreign policy decision by President Truman is an example of the policy of containment?
recognizing the new nation of Israel
relieving General MacArthur of his Korean command
providing military aid to Greece and Turkey
supporting the trials of war criminals in Germany and Japan
17
Which Florida city experienced a population explosion following the 1959 Cuban coup?
Jacksonville
Orlando
Tampa
Miami
18
Keeping communism within its geographical boundaries to prevent further aggression is what?
policy of containment
permanent revolution
deterrence
arms race
19
The post war economic structure of the United States could best be described as...
capitalist
socialist
imperialist
anti-capitalist
20
The Berlin Wall was built in order to
prevent East Germans from defecting to West Germany
prevent food from entering Poland
stop the flow of supplies from West Germany to West Berin
prevent the smuggling of arms to anti-Soviet forces
21
East Berlin, located deep inside the Soviet Zone of a postwar divided Germany, was:
itself divided into four zones
made into a separate new country
occupied exclusively by the Allies
occupied exclusively by the USSR
22
President Truman's Executive Order #9981 in 1948 meant that
Free education was promised to veterans who served in WWII.
Southern members left the Democratic Party.
The armed forces of the United States were desegregated.
Education was established to promote science & mathematics.
23
When the Soviet Union launched
Sputnik I
satellite in 1957, many Americans feared that
Soviet Union would become 1st to place astronauts on Mars
Soviet Union was ahead of the US in producing missiles
Soviet Union could now use satellites to bomb the US
Soviet Union could use satellites to steal secrets from US
24
McCarthy capitalized upon Cold War fears by promising to address which threat to US security?
unrestricted Russian immigration to the United States
communist sympathizers living in the United States
the USSR's technological superiority in the space race
the perceived superiority of the missiles of the USSR
25
What is one way post WWII North Korea and East Germany are similar?
democratic principles flourished in both countries
monarchies were reestablished in both countries
both communist governments faced economic stagnation
both countries threatened chemical weapons against China
