Question 1

NSC-68 called for

Accepted Answer

A)  the invasion of North Korea by United Nations troops. 
B)  a blockade of the China coast and bombing of Manchuria. 
C)  a program of spying on the Soviet Union. 
D)  the reorganization of the Defense Department. 
E)  a massive increase in military spending. 
A)  the invasion of North Korea by United Nations troops. 
B)  a blockade of the China coast and bombing of Manchuria. 
C)  a program of spying on the Soviet Union. 
D)  the reorganization of the Defense Department. 
E)  a massive increase in military spending.

Question 2

Identify the factors that produced the anticommunist witch hunt after World War II.List some of its most important short- and long-term consequences.

Accepted Answer

The anticommunist witch hunt after World

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Fair Deal

Accepted Answer

The Fair Deal was a set of proposals put

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Jiang lost the support and confidence of the Chinese people. 
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 support and confidence of the Chinese people. 
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 6

Should the victory of the Communists in the Chinese civil war in 1949 be judged as a failure of American foreign policy? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The victory of the Communists in the Chi

Question 7

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 8

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 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Frostbelt

Accepted Answer

The term "Frostbelt" refers to a region

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Henry Wallace

Accepted Answer

Henry Agard Wallace (1888–1965) was an A

Question 11

Match each postwar American program below with its primary purpose.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Sunbelt

Accepted Answer

The Sunbelt refers to a region in the Un

Question 13

Do you think that the Nazi and Japanese leaders should have been tried for war crimes even though their crimes were not clearly

Accepted Answer

Yes, I believe that the Nazi and Japanes

Question 14

What legitimate concerns might Americans and the American government have had about Soviet spying and American Communists' disloyalty in the late 1940s? Why did the hunt for spies and subversives expand into a wide-ranging witch hunt that smeared many innocent Americans?

Accepted Answer

Legitimate concerns that Americans and t

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

The Nuremberg trials were a series of mi

Question 16

Evaluate President Truman's strategy and conduct as commander in chief during the Korean War.Assess the realism of his goals and the propriety of his means.

Accepted Answer

President Truman's strategy and conduct

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

Many Americans feared that the end of World War II would bring

Accepted Answer

A)  heightened racial tensions. 
B)  a return of the Great Depression. 
C)  moral and religious decline. 
D)  continued fascist resistance in Germany. 
E)  a new war with the Soviet Union. 
A)  heightened racial tensions. 
B)  a return of the Great Depression. 
C)  moral and religious decline. 
D)  continued fascist resistance in Germany. 
E)  a new war with the Soviet Union.

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

The growth of organized labor in the post-World War II era was slowed by all of the following except the

Accepted Answer

A)  Taft-Hartley Act. 
B)  rapidly growing number of service-sector workers. 
C)  failure of Operation Dixie. 
D)  reduced number of women in the work force. 
E)  growing number of part-time workers. 
A)  Taft-Hartley Act. 
B)  rapidly growing number of service-sector workers. 
C)  failure of Operation Dixie. 
D)  reduced number of women in the work force. 
E)  growing number of part-time workers.

Exam 36: The Cold War Begins,1945-1952

NSC-68 called for

Identify the factors that produced the anticommunist witch hunt after World War II.List some of its most important short- and long-term consequences.

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Fair Deal

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

Should the victory of the Communists in the Chinese civil war in 1949 be judged as a failure of American foreign policy? Why or why not?

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Frostbelt

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Henry Wallace

Match each postwar American program below with its primary purpose.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sunbelt

Do you think that the Nazi and Japanese leaders should have been tried for war crimes even though their crimes were not clearly

What legitimate concerns might Americans and the American government have had about Soviet spying and American Communists' disloyalty in the late 1940s? Why did the hunt for spies and subversives expand into a wide-ranging witch hunt that smeared many innocent Americans?

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

Evaluate President Truman's strategy and conduct as commander in chief during the Korean War.Assess the realism of his goals and the propriety of his means.

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

Many Americans feared that the end of World War II would bring

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

The growth of organized labor in the post-World War II era was slowed by all of the following except the

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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