Which of the following military options didthe Allies choose in the Pacific war?

leapfrogging to secure bases across the ocean to Japan

Truman dropped the atomicbombs on Japan without warning. Which was NOT analternate considered?

Establish a naval blockade supported byconventional bombing

How did the riseof agribusiness in the 1950s hurt small farmers?

producing crops more efficiently than small farmers could

Which statementbest describes the outcome of the Korean War?

Nth and Sth Korea remained divided into two countries.

Which statementbest describes primary mission of the Federal Civil Defense Admin. during 1950s

A. to help U.S. citizens prepare for a nuclearattack

What was the Manhattan Project?

The plan to develop the atomic bomb

“FromStettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended.” W.C.1946

thegrowing Soviet domination of Eastern Europe

parties agree n attack agnst 1 or more in Erp or Nth Amrcashll be considered n attack agnst all

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Which statement best describes the impact of The Other America when it was published in 1962?

woke the nation to the reality thatpoverty still existed

1946 Why did Soviet leaders reject plan to the UN to ban future development of nuclear weapons

felt they were being denied right to develop nuclearweapons.

Which of thesestatements best describes how the Allies dealt with Japan after World War II?

Allies helped Japan rebuild economy and establish democracy

How did theUnited States respond to the Berlin Blockade in 1948?

by airlifting food and supplies into Berlin

Which was Stalin's primary goal at negotiations with Britain and US atYalta and Potsdam?

establishing buffer zone of communist states to protect USSR

What prompted Japan to surrender to theAllies on August 14, 1945?

theatomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Which of these was the primary goal of the Marshall Plan?

promote democracy in Europe by rebuilding war-torn economies

Which best describes thesituation after WWII for women who worked in war relatedindustries?

Theyshifted to lower-paying service jobs.

Whichof these events led to President Roosevelt asking Congress for a declaration of war. 1941

Japan's surprise attack on a U.S. naval basein Pearl Harbor

Pic. belowdeals with activities of Sen Joseph McCarthy. Which would make the best caption?

Cornered by reckless accusations

How did the federal government try to curbpublic consumption of food and fuel during WWII?

A. byestablishing a system of rationing

Which of these events caused Great Britainand France to declare war against Germany?

A. Germany'sinvasion of neighboring Poland

What crime wasthe subject of the Julius and Ethel Rosenberg trial?

passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union

Truman’s aim in deciding to drop the atomic bombwas to _____.

End the war and save American lives

The spread of McDonald's & Holiday Inns during the 50s represented which postwar trend?

economic shift from producing goods to providing services

Which of thefollowing most accurately describes planned postwar communities like Levittown?

small suburban homes that middle-classfamilies could afford

In 1948, President Harry Truman issued Executive Order 9981. What did this order call for?

desegregation of the armed forces

The Cold War can best be described as

Indirect hostile conflict btwn US&Soviets began at end WII

What did Nazis decide was the "finalsolution" to the "Jewish question"?

A. exterminatingJews in death camps

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1
All railroads carrying passengers in this state shall provide equal but separate accommodations
desegregation
de facto segregation
de jure segregation
miscegenation
2
Which of the following military options didthe Allies choose in the Pacific war?
limitJapan's expansion little more till war in Europe is won
launcha massive invasion of the Japanese islands from China
leapfrogging to secure bases across the ocean to Japan
buildbases on Aleutian Islands to launch war against Japan
3
Truman dropped the atomicbombs on Japan without warning. Which was NOT analternate considered?
Wait for Soviets to enter war andsend ground forces to Japan
Give warning of atomic bomb demonstrate uninhabited region
Establish a naval blockade supported byconventional bombing
A truce with Japan and allowing them to retaintheir Emperor
4
How did the riseof agribusiness in the 1950s hurt small farmers?
by buying land once owned by small farmers
by hiring smallfarmers to run corporate farms
by driving seed and fertilizer prices up for small farmers
producing crops more efficiently than small farmers could
5
Which statementbest describes the outcome of the Korean War?
Nth & Sth Koreans were reunited under communist government.
Nth and Sth Korea remained divided into two countries.
Nth & Sth Koreans were reunited under democratic government.
North and South Korea were annexed by China.
6
Which statementbest describes primary mission of the Federal Civil Defense Admin. during 1950s
A. to help U.S. citizens prepare for a nuclearattack
to keep the United States safe by findingSoviet spies
to train U.S. citizens to identify subversivebehavior
to recruit troops to defend the US from a Soviet invasion
7
What was the Manhattan Project?
The plan to crash Japanese suicide planes intoAllied ships
The historic meeting of the “Big Three”
The plan to develop the atomic bomb
The training of the Navajo code talkers
8
Which of thefollowing did not rise in the United States during the 1950s?
A. real income
life expectancy
gross national product
average age of marriage
9
“FromStettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended.” W.C.1946
the expandinginfluence of communists in Western Europe
thespread of hunger and disease in Western Europe
thegrowing Soviet domination of Eastern Europe
the desperateeconomic conditions in Eastern Europe
10
What new style of music did teenagers popularize during the 1950s?
rock 'n' roll
jazz
country 'n' western
blues
11
lawsuit brought b4 Supreme Court to challenge the constitutionality of school segregation laws?
Regents of the University of California v.Bakke
Brown v. Board of Education
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board ofEducation
Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education
12
WWII "reaffirm faith in human rights, dignity, worth of human, equal rights men women nations"?
League of Nations
United Nations
International Monetary Fund
World Bank
13
What impact didthe termination policy have on many Indian tribes during the 1950s?
They expanded their reservation lands.
They lost their chance to relocate to cities.
They became economically self-reliant.
They fell deeper into poverty.
14
parties agree n attack agnst 1 or more in Erp or Nth Amrcashll be considered n attack agnst all
United States Information Agency (USIA)
National Security Council (NSC)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance(COMECON)
15
Which statement best describes the impact of The Other America when it was published in 1962?
woke the nation to the reality thatpoverty still existed
led to the formation of a new political party for poverty.
It incited riots among poverty-strickenminorities.
ignored by politicians who blamed thepoor for their poverty.
16
Allowed the US tosend "all aid short of war" to Britain early in World War II?
A. AtlanticCharter
A. SelectiveTraining and Service Act
A. DoubleV campaign
A. Lend-LeaseAct
17
1946 Why did Soviet leaders reject plan to the UN to ban future development of nuclear weapons
felt they were being denied right to develop nuclearweapons.
Wanted stricter controls on materials used making nuc weaps.
believed stiffer sanctions needed to stop building nuc weaps
did not think any country had right to build & use nuc weaps
18
Which of thesestatements best describes how the Allies dealt with Japan after World War II?
Japanese isles were divided among Allies to rule as mandates
Allies helped restore emperor to power as the ruler ofJapan.
Japanese were forced to make crippling reparations to Allies
Allies helped Japan rebuild economy and establish democracy
19
avoid traditionl jobs reject all forms of convntion study Eastrn religions groove to modrn jazz
an "organization man"
a beat writer
an abstract expressionist painter
a "baby boomer"
20
How did theUnited States respond to the Berlin Blockade in 1948?
by sending troops to Berlin to break theblockade
by surrendering control of Berlin to theSoviets
by airlifting food and supplies into Berlin
by bombing Berlin until the Soviets surrendered
21
Which was Stalin's primary goal at negotiations with Britain and US atYalta and Potsdam?
redrawing map of Europe on the basis of self-determination
punishing Germany bydividing it into four permanent zones
establishing buffer zone of communist states to protect USSR
securing foreign aidfrom US to help rebuild the Soviet Union
22
What prompted Japan to surrender to theAllies on August 14, 1945?
thefire bombing of major Japanese cities
theloss of more than 100,000 troops in the Battle of Okinawa
theDoolittle raid on the city of Tokyo
theatomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
23
Which of these was the primary goal of the Marshall Plan?
toencourage economic integration among the nations of Europe
promote democracy in Europe by rebuilding war-torn economies
support rpd transition in Europe cntrlly planned economies
to gather information about Europe's economic resources
24
commanded Allied forces WWII supprtd modernRepublicanism worried abt military industrialcomplex
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
A. Harry Truman
Thomas Dewey
25
Which best describes thesituation after WWII for women who worked in war relatedindustries?
Theyshifted to lower-paying service jobs.
Theyrefused to give up their jobs to returning veterans.
They competed with men for jobsin heavy industries.
Theywere eager to stop working for wages.
26
Whichof these events led to President Roosevelt asking Congress for a declaration of war. 1941
Stalin'sagreement to sign a nonaggression pact with Hitler
Japan's surprise attack on a U.S. naval basein Pearl Harbor
Churchill'sdesperate need for help in the Battle of Britain
Germany'slightning war that ended with the fall of France
27
In the 1950s, what policy argued the US should beprepared to go to war in to contain communism?
hegemony
deterrence
brinkmanship
subversion
28
Pic. belowdeals with activities of Sen Joseph McCarthy. Which would make the best caption?
Painting accused reds into a corner
Falsely accused and cornered
Making his spying accusations stick
Cornered by reckless accusations
29
agreement made among homeowners in the Washington Park neighborhood ofChicago, Illinois in 1927
a restrictive covenant.
affirmative action
a class-action lawsuit.
reverse discrimination.
30
How did the federal government try to curbpublic consumption of food and fuel during WWII?
by encouraging peopleto buy war bonds
A. byencouraging people to plant victory gardens
A. byestablishing a system of rationing
A. byestablishing a system of price controls
31
Which of these events caused Great Britainand France to declare war against Germany?
A. Germany'sinvasion of neighboring Poland
Germany's seizure ofthe Sudetenland
A. Germany'spolitical union with Austria
A. Germany'soccupation of the Rhineland
32
What crime wasthe subject of the Julius and Ethel Rosenberg trial?
lying to the House Un-American ActivitiesCommittee
passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union
recruitingcommunist sympathizers to spy for the Soviets
plotting to overthrow the United Statesgovernment
33
Truman’s aim in deciding to drop the atomic bombwas to _____.
Teach Japanese civilians a lesson
Find out how destructive the bomb really was
Improve his approval rating with American voters
End the war and save American lives
34
The spread of McDonald's & Holiday Inns during the 50s represented which postwar trend?
a population shift from small families tolarge families
economic shift from producing goods to providing services
an economic shift from blue-collar jobs towhite-collar jobs
a population shift from northern states tosouthern states
35
Practice of publicly accusing one of subversiveactivities without evidence to back up charges?
blacklisting
Stalinism
censure
McCarthyism
36
Which of these committed the US toa foreign policy based on containment of communism?
theBaruch Plan
theLong Telegram
the Truman Doctrine
the Four Freedoms
37
Which of thefollowing most accurately describes planned postwar communities like Levittown?
simple, low-cost housing for the working poorin cities
custom homes built to meet the needsof individual buyers
large country homes designed to attractwealthy buyers
small suburban homes that middle-classfamilies could afford
38
In 1948, President Harry Truman issued Executive Order 9981. What did this order call for?
preferential treatment in hiring
the end of the white primary
desegregation of the armed forces
the outlawing of racial zoning
39
On June 6, 1944, Allied forces stormed thebeaches of Normandy in northern France in what event?
A. Battleof the Atlantic
D-Day
Battleof the Bulge
V-EDay
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The Cold War can best be described as
Indirect hostile conflict btwn US&Soviets began at end WII
Violent war between US and Soviets nuclear warheads used.
Betwn WWI and II western nations refused to deal each other
terrible winter during WWII suffered losses due to conditns
41
Which of the following helped over 2 millionU.S. veterans attend college after World War II?
GI Bill of Rights
War Production Board
World Bank
Manhattan Project
42
Which tactic was not used to disenfranchise African American voters in 1st 1/2 of 20th century
the poll tax.
gerrymandering.
filibustering.
the white primary.
43
4 grt nations stay the hand ofvngnce and vlntrly submit captive enemies to jdgmnt of thelaw
theGeneva Conventions
theUN International Criminal Tribunal
theNuremberg War Crimes Trials
theWorld Court
44
What did Nazis decide was the "finalsolution" to the "Jewish question"?
A. deportingJews to North Africa
A. confiningJews to urban ghettos
A. exterminatingJews in death camps
A. encouragingJews to emigrate to the United States

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