Question 1

Which of the following did not contribute to the rapid rise of suburbia in post-World War II America?

Accepted Answer

A) The baby boom 
B) Government mortgage guarantees 
C) New federally funded highways 
D) White flight 
E) Urban environmental problems 
A) The baby boom 
B) Government mortgage guarantees 
C) New federally funded highways 
D) White flight 
E) Urban environmental problems

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-United Nations

Accepted Answer

The United Nations (UN) is an internatio

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

Accepted Answer

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were an Ameri

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Reinhold Niebuhr

Accepted Answer

Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971) was an Amer

Question 5

Republicans used the Communist victory in the Chinese civil war to claim dubiously that

Accepted Answer

A) China now posed a greater threat to the United States than the Soviet Union. 
B) the United States should force a showdown with China over Korea. 
C) Japan should be given access to nuclear weapons as soon as possible. 
D) pro-Communist elements in the Truman administration had prevented the Nationalist Chinese leader Jiang Jieshi and his forces from winning the war. 
E) East Asia should be given a lesser priority in American policy than Europe. 
A) China now posed a greater threat to the United States than the Soviet Union. 
B) the United States should force a showdown with China over Korea. 
C) Japan should be given access to nuclear weapons as soon as possible. 
D) pro-Communist elements in the Truman administration had prevented the Nationalist Chinese leader Jiang Jieshi and his forces from winning the war. 
E) East Asia should be given a lesser priority in American policy than Europe.

Question 6

One striking consequence of the postwar economic boom was

Accepted Answer

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 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Servicemen's Readjustment Act (GI Bill)

Accepted Answer

The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 194

Question 8

The fundamental idea of the containment doctrine, embraced by President Truman, was

Accepted Answer

A) the Soviet Union should be gradually forced to give up its sphere of influence in Eastern Europe. 
B) the Soviet Union should be prevented from trading with nations in Africa and Asia. 
C) the West and the Soviet Union should seek to contain the spread of nuclear weapons. 
D) Soviet communist expansion in regions of the world should be blocked by firm political, economic, military, and diplomatic defense of free peoples and nations by America. 
E) military competition between the West and the Soviets should be replaced by economic competition. 
A) the Soviet Union should be gradually forced to give up its sphere of influence in Eastern Europe. 
B) the Soviet Union should be prevented from trading with nations in Africa and Asia. 
C) the West and the Soviet Union should seek to contain the spread of nuclear weapons. 
D) Soviet communist expansion in regions of the world should be blocked by firm political, economic, military, and diplomatic defense of free peoples and nations by America. 
E) military competition between the West and the Soviets should be replaced by economic competition.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

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 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Progressive party

Accepted Answer

The Progressive Party, often referred to

Question 11

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) Berlin airlift, (B) Korean War, and (C) fall of China.

Accepted Answer

A) A, C, B 
B) B, C, A 
C) A, B, C 
D) C, A, B 
E) C, B, A 
A) A, C, B 
B) B, C, A 
C) A, B, C 
D) C, A, B 
E) C, B, A

Question 12

Though he was decidedly unpopular when he left the presidency, President Truman has since come to be viewed as one of America's ten greatest presidents. Explain why his popularity was so low in 1952 and why he is so well rated in retrospect. What is your evaluation of President Truman as president? Defend you view with specific examples illustrating Truman's performance.

Accepted Answer

President Truman's low popularity in 195

Question 13

The immediate crisis that prompted the announcement of the Truman Doctrine was related to the threat of a communist takeover in

Accepted Answer

A) Iran. 
B) Greece and Turkey. 
C) Communist China. 
D) Czechoslovakia. 
E) West Germany. 
A) Iran. 
B) Greece and Turkey. 
C) Communist China. 
D) Czechoslovakia. 
E) West Germany.

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Nuremberg trials

Accepted Answer

The Nuremberg trials were a series of mi

Question 15

In an effort to forestall an economic downturn, the Truman administration did all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) create the President's Council of Economic Advisers. 
B) sell war factories and other government installations to private businesses at very low prices. 
C) pass the Employment Act, which made it government policy to promote maximum employment. 
D) pass the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, known as the GI Bill of Rights. 
E) continue wartime wage and price controls. 
A) create the President's Council of Economic Advisers. 
B) sell war factories and other government installations to private businesses at very low prices. 
C) pass the Employment Act, which made it government policy to promote maximum employment. 
D) pass the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, known as the GI Bill of Rights. 
E) continue wartime wage and price controls.

Question 16

Locate the following places in East Asia by reference number on the map:
Asia, Africa, Australia, Japan, and the Soviet Union in the Early Post-World War II World, c. 1945
​
  
-____ Kuril Islands

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following places in East Asia...

Question 17

Even by the end of the 1948 presidential campaign, almost everyone expected Governor Thomas Dewey to win because

Accepted Answer

A) the Republicans had finally united their northeastern internationalist and midwestern isolationist wings. 
B) Truman had run a listless and defensive campaign. 
C) Dewey was such a charming and charismatic candidate. 
D) President Truman seemed unpopular and the Democrats had split three ways. 
E) the Republicans had developed a stronger and more progressive domestic platform. 
A) the Republicans had finally united their northeastern internationalist and midwestern isolationist wings. 
B) Truman had run a listless and defensive campaign. 
C) Dewey was such a charming and charismatic candidate. 
D) President Truman seemed unpopular and the Democrats had split three ways. 
E) the Republicans had developed a stronger and more progressive domestic platform.

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Richard M. Nixon

Accepted Answer

Richard M. Nixon was the 37th President

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Cold War

Accepted Answer

The Cold War was a period of geopolitica

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-The Beatles

Accepted Answer

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Exam 35: The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

Which of the following did not contribute to the rapid rise of suburbia in post-World War II America?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -United Nations

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Reinhold Niebuhr

Republicans used the Communist victory in the Chinese civil war to claim dubiously that

One striking consequence of the postwar economic boom was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Servicemen's Readjustment Act (GI Bill)

The fundamental idea of the containment doctrine, embraced by President Truman, was

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Progressive party

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) Berlin airlift, (B) Korean War, and (C) fall of China.

The immediate crisis that prompted the announcement of the Truman Doctrine was related to the threat of a communist takeover in

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Nuremberg trials

In an effort to forestall an economic downturn, the Truman administration did all of the following except

Locate the following places in East Asia by reference number on the map: Asia, Africa, Australia, Japan, and the Soviet Union in the Early Post-World War II World, c. 1945 ​ -____ Kuril Islands

Even by the end of the 1948 presidential campaign, almost everyone expected Governor Thomas Dewey to win because

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Richard M. Nixon

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Cold War

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -The Beatles

New World Beginnings, 33,000 Bce-1769 Ce

The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes From the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: the North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941

America in World War Ii 1941-1945

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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Locate the following places in East Asia by reference number on the map: Asia, Africa, Australia, Japan, and the Soviet Union in the Early Post-World War II World, c. 1945 -____ Kuril Islands