Question 1

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

Question 2

Normally,divisions or a split in a major political party spells certain defeat for its presidential candidate.Harry Truman was able to overcome a three-Democratic split in 1948,What explains his surprising underdog victory? Would Truman have won against any opponent besides Thomas Dewey?

Accepted Answer

Harry Truman's surprising underdog victo

Question 3

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
  
-____ Bulgaria

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 4

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

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The Progressive Party, often referred to

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Marshall Plan

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The Marshall Plan, officially known as t

Question 6

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
  
-____ Hungary

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 7

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
  
-____ Lithuania

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 8

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
  
-____ Yugoslavia

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 9

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

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

Question 10

In 1948,many southern Democrats split from their party to support Governor J.Strom Thurmond because

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A)  China had fallen to the communists. 
B)  they opposed American membership in the United Nations. 
C)  President Truman took a strong stand in favor of civil rights. 
D)  they found the Republican candidate, Thomas E. Dewey, more sympathetic to their conservative ideology. 
E)  Truman appointed an ambassador to the Catholic Vatican City. 
A)  China had fallen to the communists. 
B)  they opposed American membership in the United Nations. 
C)  President Truman took a strong stand in favor of civil rights. 
D)  they found the Republican candidate, Thomas E. Dewey, more sympathetic to their conservative ideology. 
E)  Truman appointed an ambassador to the Catholic Vatican City.

Question 11

In an effort to detect communists within the federal government,President Harry Truman established the

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A)  Committee on Un-American Activities. 
B)  Central Intelligence Agency. 
C)  Smith Act. 
D)  McCarran Internal Security Act. 
E)  Loyalty Review Board. 
A)  Committee on Un-American Activities. 
B)  Central Intelligence Agency. 
C)  Smith Act. 
D)  McCarran Internal Security Act. 
E)  Loyalty Review Board.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Benjamin Spock

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Benjamin Spock was an influential Americ

Question 13

Why did President Truman relieve General MacArthur of his command in Korea? Do you think that it was a wise decision? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

President Truman relieved General MacArt

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-baby boom

Accepted Answer

The term "baby boom" refers to a signifi

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-U.N.Security Council

Accepted Answer

The United Nations Security Council (UNS

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-thirty-eighth parallel

Accepted Answer

The thirty-eighth parallel is a line of

Question 17

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
  
-____ Czechoslovakia

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 18

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)  All of these 
E)  None of these 
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)  All of these 
E)  None of these

Question 19

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.

Accepted Answer

President Truman's low popularity in 195

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Douglas MacArthur

Accepted Answer

Douglas MacArthur was a prominent Americ

Exam 36: The Cold War Begins,1945-1952

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

Normally,divisions or a split in a major political party spells certain defeat for its presidential candidate.Harry Truman was able to overcome a three-Democratic split in 1948,What explains his surprising underdog victory? Would Truman have won against any opponent besides Thomas Dewey?

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: -____ Bulgaria

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Marshall Plan

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: -____ Hungary

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: -____ Lithuania

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: -____ Yugoslavia

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

In 1948,many southern Democrats split from their party to support Governor J.Strom Thurmond because

In an effort to detect communists within the federal government,President Harry Truman established the

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Benjamin Spock

Why did President Truman relieve General MacArthur of his command in Korea? Do you think that it was a wise decision? Why or why not?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -baby boom

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -U.N.Security Council

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -thirty-eighth parallel

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: -____ Czechoslovakia

Children of the baby boom

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.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Douglas MacArthur

New World Beginnings,33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

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 at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

The War to End War,1917-1918

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

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

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

The American People Face a New Century

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