Question 1

The majority of the new jobs created in the postwar era went to

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A)  men. 
B)  women. 
C)  African Americans. 
D)  Hispanics. 
E)  new immigrants. 
A)  men. 
B)  women. 
C)  African Americans. 
D)  Hispanics. 
E)  new immigrants.

Question 2

Why was there such strong popular domestic political support initially for Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist crusade in the early 1950s?

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The answer of Why was there such strong popular domestic...

Question 3

Which of the following was NOT among the features of the increasing domestic anti-communist uproar in the late 1940s and early 1950s?

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A)  The Federal Bureau of Investigation successfully prevented the Soviets from stealing American atomic secrets. 
B)  Two American citizens, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, were executed as Soviet spies. 
C)  The House Un-American Activities Committee successfully exposed the State Department's Alger Hiss as a Communist agent. 
D)  Radical and liberal voices in unions, universities, churches, and civic institutions were muzzled. 
E)  Teachers and other employees in many states were forced to sign loyalty oaths. 
A)  The Federal Bureau of Investigation successfully prevented the Soviets from stealing American atomic secrets. 
B)  Two American citizens, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, were executed as Soviet spies. 
C)  The House Un-American Activities Committee successfully exposed the State Department's Alger Hiss as a Communist agent. 
D)  Radical and liberal voices in unions, universities, churches, and civic institutions were muzzled. 
E)  Teachers and other employees in many states were forced to sign loyalty oaths.

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of Joseph McCarthy.

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Senator and leader o

Question 5

Children of the baby boom

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A)  comprised a lucrative market for prepared baby food and other infant products. 
B)  grew into teenagers who spend $20 billion a year on clothes and music. 
C)  became the foundation of the youth movements of the 1960s and 1970s. 
D)  did not have access to the disposable income to spend substantial money on consumer goods such as clothes
And music. 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
A)  comprised a lucrative market for prepared baby food and other infant products. 
B)  grew into teenagers who spend $20 billion a year on clothes and music. 
C)  became the foundation of the youth movements of the 1960s and 1970s. 
D)  did not have access to the disposable income to spend substantial money on consumer goods such as clothes
And music. 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of Dean Acheson.

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Secretary of State under Presi

Question 7

The Taft-Hartley Act delivered a major blow to labor by

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A)  outlawing strikes by union and nonunion members in the steel, rubber, coal, and automobile industries. 
B)  creating a serious inflationary spiral. 
C)  banning labor's political action committees. 
D)  outlawing closed (all-union) shops. 
E)  forbidding union organizers to enter workplaces. 
A)  outlawing strikes by union and nonunion members in the steel, rubber, coal, and automobile industries. 
B)  creating a serious inflationary spiral. 
C)  banning labor's political action committees. 
D)  outlawing closed (all-union) shops. 
E)  forbidding union organizers to enter workplaces.

Question 8

What were the fundamental causes of the spectacular prosperity of the United States in the decades immediately after World War II? To what extent was the economic boom a result of factors internal to the United States, and to what extent was it a result of the devastation of much of Europe and Asia?

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The spectacular prosperity of the United

Question 9

Match each 1948 presidential candidate below with his political party.

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A)  A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4 
B)  A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3 
C)  A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4 
D)  A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2 
E)  A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1 
A)  A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4 
B)  A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3 
C)  A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4 
D)  A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2 
E)  A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1

Question 10

President Truman risked American access to Middle Eastern oil supplies when he

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A)  sent U.S. military forces into Lebanon. 
B)  refused to recognize the authoritarian Saudi Arabian monarchy. 
C)  supported British control of the Suez Canal. 
D)  tried to force the Soviet Union out of the Middle East. 
E)  recognized the new Jewish state of Israel. 
A)  sent U.S. military forces into Lebanon. 
B)  refused to recognize the authoritarian Saudi Arabian monarchy. 
C)  supported British control of the Suez Canal. 
D)  tried to force the Soviet Union out of the Middle East. 
E)  recognized the new Jewish state of Israel.

Question 11

The refusal of the Federal Housing Authority to grant home loans to blacks contributed to

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A)  the growth of savings and loan institutions exclusively for blacks. 
B)  driving many blacks into substandard public housing in the cities. 
C)  the development of exclusively black suburbs. 
D)  a decline in black migration to the cities. 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
A)  the growth of savings and loan institutions exclusively for blacks. 
B)  driving many blacks into substandard public housing in the cities. 
C)  the development of exclusively black suburbs. 
D)  a decline in black migration to the cities. 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 12

By 1945, the Soviet Union had reason to be suspicious of the United States because the

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A)  United States had never extended formal diplomatic recognition to the Soviet government. 
B)  British and Americans had delayed opening a second front in Europe during the war. 
C)  British and Americans had not informed the Soviet Union of the A-bomb project until it was completed. 
D)  United States had not given the Soviets any lend-lease aid during the war. 
E)  United States had installed a pro-American government in France. 
A)  United States had never extended formal diplomatic recognition to the Soviet government. 
B)  British and Americans had delayed opening a second front in Europe during the war. 
C)  British and Americans had not informed the Soviet Union of the A-bomb project until it was completed. 
D)  United States had not given the Soviets any lend-lease aid during the war. 
E)  United States had installed a pro-American government in France.

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek).

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Nationalist general

Question 14

Which of the following was NOT among the early successes of the United Nations?

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A)  Which of the following was NOT among the early successes of the United Nations? 
B)  preventing warfare over Kashmir and Iran. 
C)  preventing warfare over Kashmir and Iran 
D)  guiding former European colonies to independence.. 
E)  enhancing global health, food production, and cultural development. 
A)  Which of the following was NOT among the early successes of the United Nations? 
B)  preventing warfare over Kashmir and Iran. 
C)  preventing warfare over Kashmir and Iran 
D)  guiding former European colonies to independence.. 
E)  enhancing global health, food production, and cultural development.

Question 15

Population distribution after World War II followed a pattern of

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A)  movement into the Northeast and out of the South. 
B)  mass migration of blacks from the West to the Midwest. 
C)  movement from the Southwest to Appalachia. 
D)  movement out of the cities and into small towns. 
E)  an urban-suburban segregation of blacks and whites in major metropolitan areas. 
A)  movement into the Northeast and out of the South. 
B)  mass migration of blacks from the West to the Midwest. 
C)  movement from the Southwest to Appalachia. 
D)  movement out of the cities and into small towns. 
E)  an urban-suburban segregation of blacks and whites in major metropolitan areas.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of Harry S Truman.

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President in the pos

Question 17

A leading liberal American theologian who urged a vigorous American foreign policy and a return to Christian foundations was

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A)  Paul Tillich. 
B)  Billy Graham. 
C)  Benjamin Spock. 
D)  Reinhold Niebuhr. 
E)  Norman Vincent Peale. 
A)  Paul Tillich. 
B)  Billy Graham. 
C)  Benjamin Spock. 
D)  Reinhold Niebuhr. 
E)  Norman Vincent Peale.

Question 18

Jiang Jieshi and the Nationalist government lost the Chinese civil war to the communists and Mao Ze-dong mainly because

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A)  Jiang lost the political support and confidence of the Chinese people due to ineptitude and corruption. 
B)  the United States failed to give Jiang enough aid. 
C)  Mao received much assistance from the Soviet Union. 
D)  communists within the Truman administration undermined Jiang's efforts. 
E)  the communists were closer to traditional Chinese culture. 
A)  Jiang lost the political support and confidence of the Chinese people due to ineptitude and corruption. 
B)  the United States failed to give Jiang enough aid. 
C)  Mao received much assistance from the Soviet Union. 
D)  communists within the Truman administration undermined Jiang's efforts. 
E)  the communists were closer to traditional Chinese culture.

Question 19

Much of the Sunbelt's new prosperity was based on its

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A)  tremendous influx of money from the federal government. 
B)  policy of high state taxes. 
C)  regulated economic growth. 
D)  cooperative effort rather than unbridled individualism. 
E)  high levels of union membership. 
A)  tremendous influx of money from the federal government. 
B)  policy of high state taxes. 
C)  regulated economic growth. 
D)  cooperative effort rather than unbridled individualism. 
E)  high levels of union membership.

Question 20

By 1960, the proportion of Americans who lived in areas classified as metropolitan suburbs was approximately

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A)  three out of four (75 percent). 
B)  one out of four (25 percent). 
C)  half (50 percent). 
D)  one out of 10 (10 percent). 
E)  four out of 10 (40 percent). 
A)  three out of four (75 percent). 
B)  one out of four (25 percent). 
C)  half (50 percent). 
D)  one out of 10 (10 percent). 
E)  four out of 10 (40 percent).

Exam 34: The Cold War Begins

The majority of the new jobs created in the postwar era went to

Why was there such strong popular domestic political support initially for Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist crusade in the early 1950s?

Which of the following was NOT among the features of the increasing domestic anti-communist uproar in the late 1940s and early 1950s?

Identify and state the historical significance of Joseph McCarthy.

Children of the baby boom

Identify and state the historical significance of Dean Acheson.

The Taft-Hartley Act delivered a major blow to labor by

Match each 1948 presidential candidate below with his political party.

President Truman risked American access to Middle Eastern oil supplies when he

The refusal of the Federal Housing Authority to grant home loans to blacks contributed to

By 1945, the Soviet Union had reason to be suspicious of the United States because the

Identify and state the historical significance of Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-shek).

Which of the following was NOT among the early successes of the United Nations?

Population distribution after World War II followed a pattern of

Identify and state the historical significance of Harry S Truman.

A leading liberal American theologian who urged a vigorous American foreign policy and a return to Christian foundations was

Jiang Jieshi and the Nationalist government lost the Chinese civil war to the communists and Mao Ze-dong mainly because

Much of the Sunbelt's new prosperity was based on its

By 1960, the proportion of Americans who lived in areas classified as metropolitan suburbs was approximately

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