Question 1

The prosperity of the postwar decades paved the way for all of the following social transformations except

Accepted Answer

A)  the civil rights movement. 
B)  new welfare programs like Medicare. 
C)  America's international leadership. 
D)  the migration of people to the North. 
E)  increased opportunity to move up economically. 
A)  the civil rights movement. 
B)  new welfare programs like Medicare. 
C)  America's international leadership. 
D)  the migration of people to the North. 
E)  increased opportunity to move up economically.

Question 2

Which of the following was not among the features of the increasing domestic anticommunist uproar in the late 1940s?

Accepted Answer

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)  Conservative local politicians used communism to attack changes in sexual and cultural values. 
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)  Conservative local politicians used communism to attack changes in sexual and cultural values. 
E)  Teachers and other employees in many states were forced to sign loyalty oaths.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung)

Accepted Answer

Mao Zedong, also known as Mao Tse-tung,

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

The Cold War was a period of geopolitica

Question 5

Explain the United States' tremendous success story in postwar Japan versus its failure in China.Who was responsible for the fall of China?

Accepted Answer

The United States' tremendous success st

Question 6

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

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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 7

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 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"containment doctrine"

Accepted Answer

The "containment doctrine" refers to a f

Question 9

In its early years,the United Nations was successful in

Accepted Answer

A)  preserving peace in several hot spots like Iran. 
B)  guiding several former colonies to independent nationhood. 
C)  establishing international control over atomic technology. 
D)  helping to create the new Jewish state of Israel. 
E)  establishing international health, science, and food agencies. 
A)  preserving peace in several hot spots like Iran. 
B)  guiding several former colonies to independent nationhood. 
C)  establishing international control over atomic technology. 
D)  helping to create the new Jewish state of Israel. 
E)  establishing international health, science, and food agencies.

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Accepted Answer

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (

Question 11

"Planned obsolescence" was a marketing tool invented in the postwar era that

Accepted Answer

A)  pushed families to buy a second car, rather than owning just one. 
B)  encouraged manufacturers to make products that would break or wear out every two years. 
C)  meant changing the design of goods frequently enough so that customers would replace older versions with newer ones. 
D)  was the reason more and more mothers entered or re-entered the workforce. 
E)  barraged consumers with repetitive advertising campaigns designed to make them purchase more. 
A)  pushed families to buy a second car, rather than owning just one. 
B)  encouraged manufacturers to make products that would break or wear out every two years. 
C)  meant changing the design of goods frequently enough so that customers would replace older versions with newer ones. 
D)  was the reason more and more mothers entered or re-entered the workforce. 
E)  barraged consumers with repetitive advertising campaigns designed to make them purchase more.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 13

Compare and contrast America's anticommunist containment policy in Europe and in East Asia.Why was the policy more successful in Europe than in Asia?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Compare and contrast America's anticommunist containment policy...

Question 14

President Harry Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur from command of United Nations troops in Korea when

Accepted Answer

A)  MacArthur continued to lose crucial battles. 
B)  MacArthur crossed the 38th parallel and entered North Korea. 
C)  the Chinese entered the Korean War after MacArthur said they would not. 
D)  MacArthur began to openly criticize Truman's orders on military policy. 
E)  MacArthur began to mock Truman for having been only a captain in the army. 
A)  MacArthur continued to lose crucial battles. 
B)  MacArthur crossed the 38th parallel and entered North Korea. 
C)  the Chinese entered the Korean War after MacArthur said they would not. 
D)  MacArthur began to openly criticize Truman's orders on military policy. 
E)  MacArthur began to mock Truman for having been only a captain in the army.

Question 15

Much of the prosperity of the 1950s and 1960s rested on the underpinnings of

Accepted Answer

A)  foreign aid. 
B)  a rising stock market. 
C)  foreign trade. 
D)  a thriving automobile industry. 
E)  colossal military budgets. 
A)  foreign aid. 
B)  a rising stock market. 
C)  foreign trade. 
D)  a thriving automobile industry. 
E)  colossal military budgets.

Question 16

The Marshall Plan succeeded in reviving Europe's economy and thwarting the large internal Communist parties threatening to take over

Accepted Answer

A)  Italy and France. 
B)  West Germany and East Germany. 
C)  Britain and Ireland. 
D)  Spain and Italy. 
E)  Greece and Turkey. 
A)  Italy and France. 
B)  West Germany and East Germany. 
C)  Britain and Ireland. 
D)  Spain and Italy. 
E)  Greece and Turkey.

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

UNESCO stands for the United Nations Edu

Question 18

The dramatically reduced number of American farms and farmers in the postwar era was accompanied by

Accepted Answer

A)  growing poverty in rural America. 
B)  increasing shortages of American-grown food and fiber. 
C)  radical protests by farmers and farm laborers. 
D)  a romantic "back to the land" movement among city dwellers. 
E)  spectacular gains in American agricultural productivity and food growing. 
A)  growing poverty in rural America. 
B)  increasing shortages of American-grown food and fiber. 
C)  radical protests by farmers and farm laborers. 
D)  a romantic "back to the land" movement among city dwellers. 
E)  spectacular gains in American agricultural productivity and food growing.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Berlin airlift

Accepted Answer

The Berlin Airlift was a significant eve

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

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

Exam 36: The Cold War Begins,1945-1952

The prosperity of the postwar decades paved the way for all of the following social transformations except

Which of the following was not among the features of the increasing domestic anticommunist uproar in the late 1940s?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung)

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

Explain the United States' tremendous success story in postwar Japan versus its failure in China.Who was responsible for the fall of China?

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

Population distribution after World War II followed a pattern of

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"containment doctrine"

In its early years,the United Nations was successful in

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -North Atlantic Treaty Organization

"Planned obsolescence" was a marketing tool invented in the postwar era that

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

Compare and contrast America's anticommunist containment policy in Europe and in East Asia.Why was the policy more successful in Europe than in Asia?

President Harry Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur from command of United Nations troops in Korea when

Much of the prosperity of the 1950s and 1960s rested on the underpinnings of

The Marshall Plan succeeded in reviving Europe's economy and thwarting the large internal Communist parties threatening to take over

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

The dramatically reduced number of American farms and farmers in the postwar era was accompanied by

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Berlin airlift

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

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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