Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-iron curtain

Accepted Answer

The term "iron curtain" was popularized

Question 2

Despite their political and strategic differences,the United States and the Soviet Union strongly resembled one another in 1945 in that they

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A)  had long experience as great powers in Europe. 
B)  accepted the idea of balance of power and spheres of influence. 
C)  believed that control of the Middle East was essential to maintaining their national security. 
D)  had been largely isolated from world affairs and practiced an ideological missionary foreign policy. 
E)  both believed that Britain and France must be destroyed as major powers. 
A)  had long experience as great powers in Europe. 
B)  accepted the idea of balance of power and spheres of influence. 
C)  believed that control of the Middle East was essential to maintaining their national security. 
D)  had been largely isolated from world affairs and practiced an ideological missionary foreign policy. 
E)  both believed that Britain and France must be destroyed as major powers.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Thomas Dewey

Accepted Answer

Thomas Dewey was an influential American

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

The victorious World War II Allies quickly agreed that

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A)  Germany should pay economically crippling war reparations. 
B)  Nazism should be destroyed in Germany and high-ranking Nazis should be tried and punished for war crimes. 
C)  occupied Germany should be reunited as soon as possible. 
D)  Germany should receive massive economic aid. 
E)  Germany should be divided into two nations, East and West Germany. 
A)  Germany should pay economically crippling war reparations. 
B)  Nazism should be destroyed in Germany and high-ranking Nazis should be tried and punished for war crimes. 
C)  occupied Germany should be reunited as soon as possible. 
D)  Germany should receive massive economic aid. 
E)  Germany should be divided into two nations, East and West Germany.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-House Committee on Un-American Activities

Accepted Answer

The House Committee on Un-American Activ

Question 7

How did the rise of the suburbs affect American family life,community life,and race relations?

Accepted Answer

The rise of the suburbs had a significan

Question 8

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 9

Which of the following was not true of the new Japanese government installed by General Douglas MacArthur in 1946?

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A)  It joined an American military alliance to prevent the spread of communism in East Asia. 
B)  It pledged itself to providing for women's equality. 
C)  It introduced a Western-style democratic constitution. 
D)  It paved the way for a spectacular economic recovery. 
E)  It renounced militarism. 
A)  It joined an American military alliance to prevent the spread of communism in East Asia. 
B)  It pledged itself to providing for women's equality. 
C)  It introduced a Western-style democratic constitution. 
D)  It paved the way for a spectacular economic recovery. 
E)  It renounced militarism.

Question 10

All of the following encouraged many post-1945 Americans to move to the suburbs except

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A)  development of fuel-efficient automobiles. 
B)  home-loan guarantees from the Federal Housing Authority and the Veterans' Administration. 
C)  government-built highways. 
D)  tax deductions for interest payments on home mortgages. 
E)  white flight from racial change. 
A)  development of fuel-efficient automobiles. 
B)  home-loan guarantees from the Federal Housing Authority and the Veterans' Administration. 
C)  government-built highways. 
D)  tax deductions for interest payments on home mortgages. 
E)  white flight from racial change.

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Harry S.Truman

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and state the historical significance of...

Question 12

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)  attention to environmental issues. 
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)  attention to environmental issues.

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

The United Nations (UN) is an internatio

Question 14

President Truman's domestic legislative plan was dubbed the

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A)  Square Deal. 
B)  New Deal. 
C)  Fair Deal. 
D)  Redeal. 
E)  New Frontier. 
A)  Square Deal. 
B)  New Deal. 
C)  Fair Deal. 
D)  Redeal. 
E)  New Frontier.

Question 15

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 16

Since 1945,population in the United States has grown most rapidly in the

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A)  Northeast. 
B)  Midwest. 
C)  Sunbelt. 
D)  Frostbelt. 
E)  Pacific Northwest. 
A)  Northeast. 
B)  Midwest. 
C)  Sunbelt. 
D)  Frostbelt. 
E)  Pacific Northwest.

Question 17

President Truman's Marshall Plan called for

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A)  military supplies for Britain and France. 
B)  substantial financial assistance to rebuild Western Europe. 
C)  economic aid for Japan. 
D)  foreign aid for Third World countries to resist communism. 
E)  an alliance to contain the Soviet Union. 
A)  military supplies for Britain and France. 
B)  substantial financial assistance to rebuild Western Europe. 
C)  economic aid for Japan. 
D)  foreign aid for Third World countries to resist communism. 
E)  an alliance to contain the Soviet Union.

Question 18

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?

Accepted Answer

The spectacular prosperity of the United

Question 19

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 20

What motivated the large-scale postwar migration to the Sunbelt and the suburbs? To what extent were these movements a result of social changes like the baby boom,and to what extent were they a result of intentional federal government policies like federal housing loans,military spending,and the interstate highway system?

Accepted Answer

The large-scale postwar migration to the

Exam 36: The Cold War Begins,1945-1952

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -iron curtain

Despite their political and strategic differences,the United States and the Soviet Union strongly resembled one another in 1945 in that they

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Thomas Dewey

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

The victorious World War II Allies quickly agreed that

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -House Committee on Un-American Activities

How did the rise of the suburbs affect American family life,community life,and race relations?

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

Which of the following was not true of the new Japanese government installed by General Douglas MacArthur in 1946?

All of the following encouraged many post-1945 Americans to move to the suburbs except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Harry S.Truman

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

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

President Truman's domestic legislative plan was dubbed the

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

Since 1945,population in the United States has grown most rapidly in the

President Truman's Marshall Plan called for

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?

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

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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