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Cold War 15.2 The Industrialized Democracies
Cold War 15.2 The Industrialized Democracies
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What organization is established in 1957 to help build free trade in Europe?
NATO
NAFTA
Warsaw Pact
European Community
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What is the term for a market economy with increased gov't responsibility for its citizens?
welfare state
command economy
market economy
fascist society
3
What resource did the US economy depend on that came mostly from foreign sources?
microchips
coal
steel
oil
4
What did the 1954 Supreme Court decision in "Brown vs Board of Education" do?
Allowed people the right to burn the American flag.
Established "separate but equal" school systems.
De-segregated schools.
Allowed the President to take military action.
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What was one reason for the huge rise in Japan’s gross domestic productbetween 1950 and 1970?
lack of serious damage duringthe war
the formation of the EuropeanCommunity
its low military budget
the removal of protective tariffs
6
What 1970s event ended decades of postwar prosperity in industrializeddemocracies?
the war in Vietnam
drastic rise in oil prices
the rapid expansion of democracy
large cutbacks in taxes and government spending
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What best describes the American economy in the decades after World War II?
Long economic booms with brief recessions.
Long economic recessions with brief booms.
Very long depression.
Economic stagnation.
8
What leader was heavily inspired by Gandhi and became a popular leader of Civil Rights?
Malcolm X
Che Guevarra
Fidel Castro
Martin Luther King, Jr.
9
What is the term regarding minorities facing forced separation in housing and education?
recession
suburbanization
segregation
discrimination
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What is it called when a country is exporting more than it's importing?
stagnation
trade deficit
trade surplus
trade balance
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What is the term for the process in which population move from a city to its outskirts?
suburbanization
emigration
urbanization
enclosure
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What was the name of the U.S. economic program to help invest money in Europe to rebuild?
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Berlin Airlift
European Economic Community
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Which nation was divided after World War II and later reunited?
United States
Soviet Union
Germany
France
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Why did some European nations decide to limit welfare state benefits inthe 1980s and 1990s?
Regional cooperation caused recession & inflation.
Social welfare brought high taxes & more regulation.
They were worried about rapidly rising GDPs.
They feared the loss of pensions and other benefits.