Question 1

American membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization did all of the following for the country EXCEPT

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A)  strengthen the containment of the Soviet Union. 
B)  help reintegrate Germany into the European family. 
C)  reduce our defense expenditures, since we would get help from other countries. 
D)  reassure Europeans that the United States would not abandon them. 
E)  strike a major blow to American isolationists. 
A)  strengthen the containment of the Soviet Union. 
B)  help reintegrate Germany into the European family. 
C)  reduce our defense expenditures, since we would get help from other countries. 
D)  reassure Europeans that the United States would not abandon them. 
E)  strike a major blow to American isolationists.

Question 2

Identify the factors that produced the anti-communist witch hunt, including the outrageous and ruthless actions and government purges connected to Senator Joseph McCarthy, after World War II. List some of its most important short- and long-term consequences for government and nongovernment institutions and Americans who were victims of McCarthyism and the overall postwar anti-communist witch hunt.

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The anti-communist witch hunt and the ac

Question 3

Do you think that the Nazi and Japanese leaders should have been tried for war crimes even though their crimes were not clearly defined as such before the war began? Why or why not?

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Yes, I believe that the Nazi and Japanes

Question 4

Postwar Japan

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A)  was, like Germany, divided into Allied occupation zones. 
B)  was destabilized by a civil war between nationalist and communist elements. 
C)  resisted the imposition of American-style democracy. 
D)  was governed from the island of Formosa (Taiwan) until 1949. 
E)  had its military leaders tried for war crimes, as had occurred in Germany. 
A)  was, like Germany, divided into Allied occupation zones. 
B)  was destabilized by a civil war between nationalist and communist elements. 
C)  resisted the imposition of American-style democracy. 
D)  was governed from the island of Formosa (Taiwan) until 1949. 
E)  had its military leaders tried for war crimes, as had occurred in Germany.

Question 5

One of the most significant structural differences between the old League of Nations and the new United Nations was that the U.N.

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A)  did not attempt to include all the independent nations of the world in its membership. 
B)  gave a veto in the powerful Security Council to the five Great Powers. 
C)  did not try to address the question of colonialism. 
D)  developed its own independent military force controlled by the Security Council. 
E)  established a powerful independent executive branch in the Secretary General. 
A)  did not attempt to include all the independent nations of the world in its membership. 
B)  gave a veto in the powerful Security Council to the five Great Powers. 
C)  did not try to address the question of colonialism. 
D)  developed its own independent military force controlled by the Security Council. 
E)  established a powerful independent executive branch in the Secretary General.

Question 6

Senator Joseph McCarthy first rose to national prominence by

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A)  revealing that communist spies were passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. 
B)  charging that there was extensive communist influence in Hollywood and the media. 
C)  asserting that General George Marshall was part of a vast communist conspiracy within the U.S. Army. 
D)  mobilizing Republicans to demand a stronger anticommunist foreign policy in East Asia. 
E)  charging that dozens of known communists were working within the U.S. State Department. 
A)  revealing that communist spies were passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. 
B)  charging that there was extensive communist influence in Hollywood and the media. 
C)  asserting that General George Marshall was part of a vast communist conspiracy within the U.S. Army. 
D)  mobilizing Republicans to demand a stronger anticommunist foreign policy in East Asia. 
E)  charging that dozens of known communists were working within the U.S. State Department.

Question 7

When the Soviet Union denied the United States, Britain, and France access to Berlin in 1948, President Truman responded by

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A)  asking the United Nations to intervene. 
B)  denying the Soviets access to West Germany. 
C)  declaring that an iron curtain had descended across Central Europe. 
D)  organizing a gigantic airlift of supplies to Berlin. 
E)  sending an armed convoy to Berlin. 
A)  asking the United Nations to intervene. 
B)  denying the Soviets access to West Germany. 
C)  declaring that an iron curtain had descended across Central Europe. 
D)  organizing a gigantic airlift of supplies to Berlin. 
E)  sending an armed convoy to Berlin.

Question 8

The huge postwar baby boom reached its peak in the

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A)  late 1940s. 
B)  early 1950s. 
C)  late 1950s. 
D)  mid-1960s. 
E)  early 1970s. 
A)  late 1940s. 
B)  early 1950s. 
C)  late 1950s. 
D)  mid-1960s. 
E)  early 1970s.

Question 9

How do you assess Harry S Truman as a political leader? What were his greatest successes in foreign and domestic policy? What were his greatest failures?

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Harry S Truman was a complex and influen

Question 10

Which of the following were NOT among the key decisions made by Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill at the Yalta Conference?

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A)  The Soviet Union would attack Japan within three months in exchange for territorial concessions.. 
B)  The Soviet Union would sponsor free elections in Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania.. 
C)  The Soviet Union would sponsor free elections in Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania. 
D)  The Soviets and Americans would militarily withdraw from Europe after a peace treaty was signed. 
E)  A new international peacekeeping organization, the United Nations, would be set up.. 
A)  The Soviet Union would attack Japan within three months in exchange for territorial concessions.. 
B)  The Soviet Union would sponsor free elections in Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania.. 
C)  The Soviet Union would sponsor free elections in Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania. 
D)  The Soviets and Americans would militarily withdraw from Europe after a peace treaty was signed. 
E)  A new international peacekeeping organization, the United Nations, would be set up..

Question 11

How did the rise of the suburbs affect American family life, community life, and race relations? Were these specific effects on American family life, community life, and race relations healthy or unhealthy for America in the long term? Defend you views with specific examples.

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The rise of suburbs in America had a sig

Question 12

At the wartime Yalta conference, the Big Three allies

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A)  agreed that the Soviet Union would not receive any territorial concessions in the Far East. 
B)  drafted a comprehensive peace settlement for the postwar world. 
C)  agreed to establish a postwar international peacekeeping organization. 
D)  agreed that the Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan within three months of the surrender of Germany. 
E)  agreed to the division of Germany. 
A)  agreed that the Soviet Union would not receive any territorial concessions in the Far East. 
B)  drafted a comprehensive peace settlement for the postwar world. 
C)  agreed to establish a postwar international peacekeeping organization. 
D)  agreed that the Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan within three months of the surrender of Germany. 
E)  agreed to the division of Germany.

Question 13

The post-World War II prosperity in the United States was most beneficial to

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A)  African Americans. 
B)  labor unions. 
C)  women. 
D)  nonunion workers. 
E)  farmers. 
A)  African Americans. 
B)  labor unions. 
C)  women. 
D)  nonunion workers. 
E)  farmers.

Question 14

The crucial origins of the Cold War lay in a fundamental disagreement between the United States and the Soviet Union over postwar arrangements in

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A)  North Africa. 
B)  East Asia. 
C)  the Middle East. 
D)  the Third World. 
E)  Eastern Europe. 
A)  North Africa. 
B)  East Asia. 
C)  the Middle East. 
D)  the Third World. 
E)  Eastern Europe.

Question 15

Which of these is NOT a true statement about the GI Bill?

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A)  It included provisions to help veterans gain an education. 
B)  Benefits included $16 million in loans for veterans to buy farms, homes or businesses. 
C)  The GI Bill nurtured the nation's economic expansion in the postwar era. 
D)  Benefits were only available in the first three months after leaving the military. 
E)  Millions of veterans took advantage of the GI Bill programs. 
A)  It included provisions to help veterans gain an education. 
B)  Benefits included $16 million in loans for veterans to buy farms, homes or businesses. 
C)  The GI Bill nurtured the nation's economic expansion in the postwar era. 
D)  Benefits were only available in the first three months after leaving the military. 
E)  Millions of veterans took advantage of the GI Bill programs.

Question 16

Was the Cold War inevitable? Why or why not? If so, at what point in the early post-World War II years did the Cold War become inevitable? What steps, if any, the United States and/or the Soviet Union could have taken to avoid the outbreak of the Cold War?

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The question of whether the Cold War was

Question 17

The dramatically reduced number of American farms and farmers in the postwar era was accompanied by

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A)  growing poverty in rural America. 
B)  increasing shortages of American-grown food and fiber. 
C)  radical protests by farmers and farm laborers. 
D)  a romantic "back to the land" movement among city dwellers. 
E)  spectacular gains in American agricultural productivity and food growing. 
A)  growing poverty in rural America. 
B)  increasing shortages of American-grown food and fiber. 
C)  radical protests by farmers and farm laborers. 
D)  a romantic "back to the land" movement among city dwellers. 
E)  spectacular gains in American agricultural productivity and food growing.

Question 18

One sign of the stress that the widespread post-World War II geographic mobility placed on American families was the

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A)  redistribution of income. 
B)  popularity of advice books on child-rearing. 
C)  increasing reliance on television as a baby sitter. 
D)  increased number of long-distance telephone calls. 
E)  dramatic rise in divorces. 
A)  redistribution of income. 
B)  popularity of advice books on child-rearing. 
C)  increasing reliance on television as a baby sitter. 
D)  increased number of long-distance telephone calls. 
E)  dramatic rise in divorces.

Question 19

One striking consequence of the postwar economic boom was

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A)  the continued exclusion of most women from the workplace. 
B)  the growing split between urban and rural America. 
C)  the growing concentration of wealth at the top of society. 
D)  a vast expansion of the homeowning middle class. 
E)  the growth of blue-collar employment. 
A)  the continued exclusion of most women from the workplace. 
B)  the growing split between urban and rural America. 
C)  the growing concentration of wealth at the top of society. 
D)  a vast expansion of the homeowning middle class. 
E)  the growth of blue-collar employment.

Question 20

The prosperity of the postwar decades paved the way for all of the following social transformations EXCEPT

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A)  the civil rights movement. 
B)  new welfare programs like Medicare. 
C)  America's international leadership. 
D)  the migration of people to the North. 
E)  increased opportunity to move up economically. 
A)  the civil rights movement. 
B)  new welfare programs like Medicare. 
C)  America's international leadership. 
D)  the migration of people to the North. 
E)  increased opportunity to move up economically.

Exam 34: The Cold War Begins

American membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization did all of the following for the country EXCEPT

Do you think that the Nazi and Japanese leaders should have been tried for war crimes even though their crimes were not clearly defined as such before the war began? Why or why not?

Postwar Japan

One of the most significant structural differences between the old League of Nations and the new United Nations was that the U.N.

Senator Joseph McCarthy first rose to national prominence by

When the Soviet Union denied the United States, Britain, and France access to Berlin in 1948, President Truman responded by

The huge postwar baby boom reached its peak in the

How do you assess Harry S Truman as a political leader? What were his greatest successes in foreign and domestic policy? What were his greatest failures?

Which of the following were NOT among the key decisions made by Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill at the Yalta Conference?

How did the rise of the suburbs affect American family life, community life, and race relations? Were these specific effects on American family life, community life, and race relations healthy or unhealthy for America in the long term? Defend you views with specific examples.

At the wartime Yalta conference, the Big Three allies

The post-World War II prosperity in the United States was most beneficial to

The crucial origins of the Cold War lay in a fundamental disagreement between the United States and the Soviet Union over postwar arrangements in

Which of these is NOT a true statement about the GI Bill?

Was the Cold War inevitable? Why or why not? If so, at what point in the early post-World War II years did the Cold War become inevitable? What steps, if any, the United States and/or the Soviet Union could have taken to avoid the outbreak of the Cold War?

The dramatically reduced number of American farms and farmers in the postwar era was accompanied by

One sign of the stress that the widespread post-World War II geographic mobility placed on American families was the

One striking consequence of the postwar economic boom was

The prosperity of the postwar decades paved the way for all of the following social transformations EXCEPT

New World Beginnings

The Contest for North America

Settling the English Colonies

American Life in the Seventeenth Century

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

The Road to Revolution

America Secedes From the Empire

The Confederation and the Constitution

Launching the New Ship of State

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism

The Rise of a Mass Democracy

Forging the National Economy

The Ferment of Reform and Culture

The South and the Slavery Controversy

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy

Renewing the Sectional Struggle

Drifting Toward Disunion

Girding for War the North and the South

The Furnace of Civil War

The Ordeal of Reconstruction

The Industrial Era Dawns

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

America Moves to the City

The Conquest of the West

Rumbles of Discontent

Empire and Expansion

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War

American Life in the Roaring Twenties

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War

America in World War II

American Zenith

The Stormy Sixties

A Sea of Troubles

The Resurgence of Conservatism

America Confronts the Post Cold War Era

The American People Face a New Century

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