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

Theyshifted to lower-paying service jobs.

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

producing crops more efficiently than small farmers could

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

theatomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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

Cornered by reckless accusations

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

small suburban homes that middle-classfamilies could afford

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

A. exterminatingJews in death camps

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

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

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

Establish a naval blockade supported byconventional bombing

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.

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

leapfrogging to secure bases across the ocean to Japan

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

economic shift from producing goods to providing services

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

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

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

The Cold War can best be described as

Indirect hostile conflict btwn US&Soviets began at end WII

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

promote democracy in Europe by rebuilding war-torn economies

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

thegrowing Soviet domination of Eastern Europe

Which statementbest describes the outcome of the Korean War?

Nth and Sth Korea remained divided into two countries.

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

Allies helped Japan rebuild economy and establish democracy

What was the Manhattan Project?

The plan to develop the atomic bomb

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

desegregation of the armed forces

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

A. Germany'sinvasion of neighboring Poland

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

A. byestablishing a system of rationing

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

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1
Which best describes thesituation after WWII for women who worked in war relatedindustries?
Theyshifted to lower-paying service jobs.
Theywere eager to stop working for wages.
They competed with men for jobsin heavy industries.
Theyrefused to give up their jobs to returning veterans.
2
How did the riseof agribusiness in the 1950s hurt small farmers?
by driving seed and fertilizer prices up for small farmers
producing crops more efficiently than small farmers could
by hiring smallfarmers to run corporate farms
by buying land once owned by small farmers
3
In the 1950s, what policy argued the US should beprepared to go to war in to contain communism?
deterrence
brinkmanship
subversion
hegemony
4
What prompted Japan to surrender to theAllies on August 14, 1945?
theloss of more than 100,000 troops in the Battle of Okinawa
theatomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
thefire bombing of major Japanese cities
theDoolittle raid on the city of Tokyo
5
Pic. belowdeals with activities of Sen Joseph McCarthy. Which would make the best caption?
Falsely accused and cornered
Making his spying accusations stick
Painting accused reds into a corner
Cornered by reckless accusations
6
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
Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board ofEducation
7
Which of thefollowing most accurately describes planned postwar communities like Levittown?
large country homes designed to attractwealthy buyers
simple, low-cost housing for the working poorin cities
custom homes built to meet the needsof individual buyers
small suburban homes that middle-classfamilies could afford
8
What did Nazis decide was the "finalsolution" to the "Jewish question"?
A. deportingJews to North Africa
A. confiningJews to urban ghettos
A. encouragingJews to emigrate to the United States
A. exterminatingJews in death camps
9
Which statement best describes the impact of The Other America when it was published in 1962?
It incited riots among poverty-strickenminorities.
ignored by politicians who blamed thepoor for their poverty.
led to the formation of a new political party for poverty.
woke the nation to the reality thatpoverty still existed
10
Whichof these events led to President Roosevelt asking Congress for a declaration of war. 1941
Germany'slightning war that ended with the fall of France
Japan's surprise attack on a U.S. naval basein Pearl Harbor
Churchill'sdesperate need for help in the Battle of Britain
Stalin'sagreement to sign a nonaggression pact with Hitler
11
Allowed the US tosend "all aid short of war" to Britain early in World War II?
A. SelectiveTraining and Service Act
A. Lend-LeaseAct
A. AtlanticCharter
A. DoubleV campaign
12
Truman dropped the atomicbombs on Japan without warning. Which was NOT analternate considered?
Give warning of atomic bomb demonstrate uninhabited region
Wait for Soviets to enter war andsend ground forces to Japan
Establish a naval blockade supported byconventional bombing
A truce with Japan and allowing them to retaintheir Emperor
13
What new style of music did teenagers popularize during the 1950s?
jazz
blues
rock 'n' roll
country 'n' western
14
4 grt nations stay the hand ofvngnce and vlntrly submit captive enemies to jdgmnt of thelaw
theUN International Criminal Tribunal
theWorld Court
theNuremberg War Crimes Trials
theGeneva Conventions
15
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
16
Which of these committed the US toa foreign policy based on containment of communism?
theBaruch Plan
theLong Telegram
the Four Freedoms
the Truman Doctrine
17
commanded Allied forces WWII supprtd modernRepublicanism worried abt military industrialcomplex
Thomas Dewey
A. Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
18
parties agree n attack agnst 1 or more in Erp or Nth Amrcashll be considered n attack agnst all
National Security Council (NSC)
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance(COMECON)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
United States Information Agency (USIA)
19
Which of the following military options didthe Allies choose in the Pacific war?
limitJapan's expansion little more till war in Europe is won
buildbases on Aleutian Islands to launch war against Japan
launcha massive invasion of the Japanese islands from China
leapfrogging to secure bases across the ocean to Japan
20
The spread of McDonald's & Holiday Inns during the 50s represented which postwar trend?
economic shift from producing goods to providing services
an economic shift from blue-collar jobs towhite-collar jobs
a population shift from small families tolarge families
a population shift from northern states tosouthern states
21
What impact didthe termination policy have on many Indian tribes during the 1950s?
They fell deeper into poverty.
They expanded their reservation lands.
They lost their chance to relocate to cities.
They became economically self-reliant.
22
avoid traditionl jobs reject all forms of convntion study Eastrn religions groove to modrn jazz
a beat writer
an "organization man"
an abstract expressionist painter
a "baby boomer"
23
What crime wasthe subject of the Julius and Ethel Rosenberg trial?
recruitingcommunist sympathizers to spy for the Soviets
passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union
plotting to overthrow the United Statesgovernment
lying to the House Un-American ActivitiesCommittee
24
Truman’s aim in deciding to drop the atomic bombwas to _____.
End the war and save American lives
Teach Japanese civilians a lesson
Find out how destructive the bomb really was
Improve his approval rating with American voters
25
Which tactic was not used to disenfranchise African American voters in 1st 1/2 of 20th century
filibustering.
gerrymandering.
the poll tax.
the white primary.
26
Practice of publicly accusing one of subversiveactivities without evidence to back up charges?
blacklisting
Stalinism
censure
McCarthyism
27
Which statementbest describes primary mission of the Federal Civil Defense Admin. during 1950s
A. to help U.S. citizens prepare for a nuclearattack
to recruit troops to defend the US from a Soviet invasion
to keep the United States safe by findingSoviet spies
to train U.S. citizens to identify subversivebehavior
28
All railroads carrying passengers in this state shall provide equal but separate accommodations
de jure segregation
desegregation
miscegenation
de facto segregation
29
On June 6, 1944, Allied forces stormed thebeaches of Normandy in northern France in what event?
Battleof the Bulge
D-Day
A. Battleof the Atlantic
V-EDay
30
The Cold War can best be described as
terrible winter during WWII suffered losses due to conditns
Violent war between US and Soviets nuclear warheads used.
Indirect hostile conflict btwn US&Soviets began at end WII
Betwn WWI and II western nations refused to deal each other
31
Which of these was the primary goal of the Marshall Plan?
to gather information about Europe's economic resources
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
32
“FromStettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended.” W.C.1946
thegrowing Soviet domination of Eastern Europe
the expandinginfluence of communists in Western Europe
thespread of hunger and disease in Western Europe
the desperateeconomic conditions in Eastern Europe
33
WWII "reaffirm faith in human rights, dignity, worth of human, equal rights men women nations"?
League of Nations
International Monetary Fund
United Nations
World Bank
34
Which statementbest describes the outcome of the Korean War?
Nth & Sth Koreans were reunited under democratic government.
North and South Korea were annexed by China.
Nth & Sth Koreans were reunited under communist government.
Nth and Sth Korea remained divided into two countries.
35
Which of the following helped over 2 millionU.S. veterans attend college after World War II?
War Production Board
World Bank
Manhattan Project
GI Bill of Rights
36
agreement made among homeowners in the Washington Park neighborhood ofChicago, Illinois in 1927
a restrictive covenant.
reverse discrimination.
affirmative action
a class-action lawsuit.
37
Which of thesestatements best describes how the Allies dealt with Japan after World War II?
Allies helped Japan rebuild economy and establish democracy
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
38
Which of thefollowing did not rise in the United States during the 1950s?
life expectancy
A. real income
average age of marriage
gross national product
39
What was the Manhattan Project?
The historic meeting of the “Big Three”
The plan to crash Japanese suicide planes intoAllied ships
The plan to develop the atomic bomb
The training of the Navajo code talkers
40
In 1948, President Harry Truman issued Executive Order 9981. What did this order call for?
the outlawing of racial zoning
the end of the white primary
preferential treatment in hiring
desegregation of the armed forces
41
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'soccupation of the Rhineland
A. Germany'spolitical union with Austria
42
How did the federal government try to curbpublic consumption of food and fuel during WWII?
A. byestablishing a system of rationing
by encouraging peopleto buy war bonds
A. byestablishing a system of price controls
A. byencouraging people to plant victory gardens
43
How did theUnited States respond to the Berlin Blockade in 1948?
by airlifting food and supplies into Berlin
by bombing Berlin until the Soviets surrendered
by surrendering control of Berlin to theSoviets
by sending troops to Berlin to break theblockade
44
Which was Stalin's primary goal at negotiations with Britain and US atYalta and Potsdam?
securing foreign aidfrom US to help rebuild the Soviet Union
punishing Germany bydividing it into four permanent zones
redrawing map of Europe on the basis of self-determination
establishing buffer zone of communist states to protect USSR

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