Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Thomas Dewey was an influential American

Question 2

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

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A)  foreign aid. 
B)  income and business tax cuts on the wealthy. 
C)  foreign trade. 
D)  a thriving automobile industry. 
E)  colossal military budgets. 
A)  foreign aid. 
B)  income and business tax cuts on the wealthy. 
C)  foreign trade. 
D)  a thriving automobile industry. 
E)  colossal military budgets.

Question 3

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)  high levels of union membership. 
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)  high levels of union membership.

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Point Four

Accepted Answer

Point Four refers to a program for econo

Question 6

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

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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 7

The continued growth of the suburbs led to

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A)  increased school integration. 
B)  better entertainment opportunities in the cities. 
C)  an increase in urban poverty. 
D)  a decrease in urban crime. 
E)  more efficient transportation. 
A)  increased school integration. 
B)  better entertainment opportunities in the cities. 
C)  an increase in urban poverty. 
D)  a decrease in urban crime. 
E)  more efficient transportation.

Question 8

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

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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

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)  did not have access to the disposable income to spend substantial money on consumer goods such as clothes
And music. 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
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)  did not have access to the disposable income to spend substantial money on consumer goods such as clothes
And music. 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 10

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

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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 11

Why did President Truman relieve General MacArthur of his military command in Korea? Was it a popular decision with the American public? Do you think that it was a wise decision? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

President Truman relieved General MacArt

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

The Dixiecrats were a short-lived politi

Question 13

One sign of the stress that the widespread post-World War II geographic mobility placed on American families was the

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A)  redistribution of income. 
B)  popularity of advice books on child-rearing. 
C)  increasing reliance on television as a baby sitter. 
D)  increased number of long-distance telephone calls. 
E)  dramatic rise in divorces. 
A)  redistribution of income. 
B)  popularity of advice books on child-rearing. 
C)  increasing reliance on television as a baby sitter. 
D)  increased number of long-distance telephone calls. 
E)  dramatic rise in divorces.

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

Accepted Answer

The House Un-American Activities Committ

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Executive Order 9981

Accepted Answer

Executive Order 9981 is a landmark direc

Question 16

In its early years, the United Nations was successful in

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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 17

How did the rise of the suburbs affect American family life, community life, and race relations? Were these specific effects on American family life, community life, and race relations healthy or unhealthy for America in the long term? Defend you views with specific examples.

Accepted Answer

The rise of suburbs in America had a sig

Question 18

Which of the following was not among the features of the increasing domestic anticommunist uproar in the late 1940s and early 1950s?

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)  Radical and liberal voices in unions, universities, churches, and civic institutions were muzzled. 
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)  Radical and liberal voices in unions, universities, churches, and civic institutions were muzzled. 
E)  Teachers and other employees in many states were forced to sign loyalty oaths.

Question 19

Locate the following placesin 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
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-____ Mongolia

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following placesin East Asia by...

Question 20

The Taft-Hartley Act delivered a major blow to labor by

Accepted Answer

A)  outlawing strikes by union and nonunion members in the steel, rubber, coal, and automobile industries. 
B)  creating a serious inflationary spiral. 
C)  banning labor's political action committees. 
D)  outlawing closed (all-union) shops. 
E)  forbidding union organizers to enter workplaces. 
A)  outlawing strikes by union and nonunion members in the steel, rubber, coal, and automobile industries. 
B)  creating a serious inflationary spiral. 
C)  banning labor's political action committees. 
D)  outlawing closed (all-union) shops. 
E)  forbidding union organizers to enter workplaces.

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

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

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Point Four

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

The continued growth of the suburbs led to

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

Children of the baby boom

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

Why did President Truman relieve General MacArthur of his military command in Korea? Was it a popular decision with the American public? Do you think that it was a wise decision? Why or why not?

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

One sign of the stress that the widespread post-World War II geographic mobility placed on American families was the

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Executive Order 9981

In its early years, the United Nations was successful in

How did the rise of the suburbs affect American family life, community life, and race relations? Were these specific effects on American family life, community life, and race relations healthy or unhealthy for America in the long term? Defend you views with specific examples.

Which of the following was not among the features of the increasing domestic anticommunist uproar in the late 1940s and early 1950s?

Locate the following placesin 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 -____ Mongolia

The Taft-Hartley Act delivered a major blow to labor by

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

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

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Point Four

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

The continued growth of the suburbs led to

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

Children of the baby boom

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

Why did President Truman relieve General MacArthur of his military command in Korea? Was it a popular decision with the American public? Do you think that it was a wise decision? Why or why not?

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

One sign of the stress that the widespread post-World War II geographic mobility placed on American families was the

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Executive Order 9981

In its early years, the United Nations was successful in

How did the rise of the suburbs affect American family life, community life, and race relations? Were these specific effects on American family life, community life, and race relations healthy or unhealthy for America in the long term? Defend you views with specific examples.

Which of the following was not among the features of the increasing domestic anticommunist uproar in the late 1940s and early 1950s?

Locate the following placesin 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 ​ ​ -____ Mongolia

The Taft-Hartley Act delivered a major blow to labor by

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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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Executive Order 9981

Locate the following placesin 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 -____ Mongolia