Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

The term "Frostbelt" refers to a region

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Reinhold Niebuhr

Accepted Answer

Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971) was an Amer

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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 4

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 5

Do you think that the Nazi and Japanese leaders should have been tried for war crimes even though their crimes were not clearly defined as such before the war began? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

Yes, I believe that the Nazi and Japanes

Question 6

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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-____ South Sakhalin Island

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

Was the Cold War inevitable? Why or why not? If so, at what point in the early post-World War II years did the Cold War become inevitable? What steps, if any, the United States and/or the Soviet Union could have taken to avoid the outbreak of the Cold War?
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Accepted Answer

The question of whether the Cold War was

Question 8

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 9

Identify the factors that produced the anticommunist witch hunt, including the outrageous and ruthless actions and government purges connected to Senator Joseph McCarthy, after World War II. List some of its most important short- and long-term consequences for government and nongovernment institutions and Americans who were victims of McCarthyism and the overall postwar anticommunist witch hunt.

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The answer of Identify the factors that produced the anticommunist...

Question 10

The NSC-68 document reflected the American belief

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A)  in the limitless capabilities of the American economy and society to support a giant rearmament program to expand the American military. 
B)  that we needed help to fight the spread of communism. 
C)  that huge sacrifices would be needed by Americans to fight the Cold War. 
D)  in the futility of containment. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  in the limitless capabilities of the American economy and society to support a giant rearmament program to expand the American military. 
B)  that we needed help to fight the spread of communism. 
C)  that huge sacrifices would be needed by Americans to fight the Cold War. 
D)  in the futility of containment. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Truman Doctrine

Accepted Answer

The Truman Doctrine was a pivotal policy

Question 12

Harry Truman possessed all of the following personal characteristics except

Accepted Answer

A)  patience and prudery. 
B)  few pretensions. 
C)  willingness to accept responsibility. 
D)  honesty. 
E)  courage. 
A)  patience and prudery. 
B)  few pretensions. 
C)  willingness to accept responsibility. 
D)  honesty. 
E)  courage.

Question 13

Evaluate the geo-political and militarytrade-offs at the Yalta conference in 1945. Should Roosevelt's concessions and agreements concerning Poland, the Balkans, and China be considered political sellouts to the Soviet Union? Why or why not?
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Accepted Answer

The Yalta Conference in 1945 was a cruci

Question 14

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 15

In early 1945, the United States was extremely eager to secure the Soviet Union's participation in the projected invasion of Japan because

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A)  the Soviets would become so engaged in East Asia that they would not expand further into central Europe. 
B)  without Soviet help, the Japanese could not be defeated. 
C)  American casualties were expected to be high if only Americans were involved. 
D)  Roosevelt believed that Stalin's involvement in Japan could help to control the communists in China. 
E)  Roosevelt did not want Stalin to become aware of the atomic bomb secret. 
A)  the Soviets would become so engaged in East Asia that they would not expand further into central Europe. 
B)  without Soviet help, the Japanese could not be defeated. 
C)  American casualties were expected to be high if only Americans were involved. 
D)  Roosevelt believed that Stalin's involvement in Japan could help to control the communists in China. 
E)  Roosevelt did not want Stalin to become aware of the atomic bomb secret.

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

President Harry Truman's surprising unde

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-George F. Kennan

Accepted Answer

George F. Kennan (1904-2005) was an Amer

Question 18

Which of the following were not among the key decisions made by Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill at the Yalta Conference?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Soviet Union would attack Japan within three months in exchange for territorial concessions. 
B)  The Soviet Union would sponsor free elections in Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania. 
C)  Occupation zones in Germany would be assigned to each of the victorious great powers. 
D)  The Soviets and Americans would militarily withdraw from Europe after a peace treaty was signed. 
E)  A new international peacekeeping organization, the United Nations, would be set up. 
A)  The Soviet Union would attack Japan within three months in exchange for territorial concessions. 
B)  The Soviet Union would sponsor free elections in Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania. 
C)  Occupation zones in Germany would be assigned to each of the victorious great powers. 
D)  The Soviets and Americans would militarily withdraw from Europe after a peace treaty was signed. 
E)  A new international peacekeeping organization, the United Nations, would be set up.

Question 19

Locate the following places in Eastern and Central Europe by reference number on the map:
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 Europe in the Early Post-World War II Period, c. 1945
  
-____ Bulgaria

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following places in Eastern and...

Question 20

Explain the United States' tremendous success story in postwar Japan versus its failure in China. Who was responsible for the fall of China to the communists? Did American postwar foreign policy toward Nationalist China and its leader Jiang Jieshi play a crucial role in the fall of China? Alternatively, were the keys to the "loss of China" to be found in the shortcomings of the Nationalist government and the political and military strength of Mao Zedong and his communist armies?

Accepted Answer

The United States' success in postwar Ja

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Reinhold Niebuhr

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

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

Do you think that the Nazi and Japanese leaders should have been tried for war crimes even though their crimes were not clearly defined as such before the war began? Why or why not?

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 -____ South Sakhalin Island

Was the Cold War inevitable? Why or why not? If so, at what point in the early post-World War II years did the Cold War become inevitable? What steps, if any, the United States and/or the Soviet Union could have taken to avoid the outbreak of the Cold War?

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

The NSC-68 document reflected the American belief

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Truman Doctrine

Harry Truman possessed all of the following personal characteristics except

Evaluate the geo-political and militarytrade-offs at the Yalta conference in 1945. Should Roosevelt's concessions and agreements concerning Poland, the Balkans, and China be considered political sellouts to the Soviet Union? Why or why not?

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

In early 1945, the United States was extremely eager to secure the Soviet Union's participation in the projected invasion of Japan because

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -George F. Kennan

Which of the following were not among the key decisions made by Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill at the Yalta Conference?

Locate the following places in Eastern and Central Europe by reference number on the map: Europe in the Early Post-World War II Period, c. 1945 -____ Bulgaria

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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Exam 14: The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Reinhold Niebuhr

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

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

Do you think that the Nazi and Japanese leaders should have been tried for war crimes even though their crimes were not clearly defined as such before the war began? Why or why not?

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 ​ ​ -____ South Sakhalin Island

Was the Cold War inevitable? Why or why not? If so, at what point in the early post-World War II years did the Cold War become inevitable? What steps, if any, the United States and/or the Soviet Union could have taken to avoid the outbreak of the Cold War? ​

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

The NSC-68 document reflected the American belief

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Truman Doctrine

Harry Truman possessed all of the following personal characteristics except

Evaluate the geo-political and militarytrade-offs at the Yalta conference in 1945. Should Roosevelt's concessions and agreements concerning Poland, the Balkans, and China be considered political sellouts to the Soviet Union? Why or why not? ​

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

In early 1945, the United States was extremely eager to secure the Soviet Union's participation in the projected invasion of Japan because

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -George F. Kennan

Which of the following were not among the key decisions made by Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill at the Yalta Conference?

Locate the following places in Eastern and Central Europe by reference number on the map: ​​ Europe in the Early Post-World War II Period, c. 1945 -____ Bulgaria

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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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 -____ South Sakhalin Island

Was the Cold War inevitable? Why or why not? If so, at what point in the early post-World War II years did the Cold War become inevitable? What steps, if any, the United States and/or the Soviet Union could have taken to avoid the outbreak of the Cold War?

Evaluate the geo-political and militarytrade-offs at the Yalta conference in 1945. Should Roosevelt's concessions and agreements concerning Poland, the Balkans, and China be considered political sellouts to the Soviet Union? Why or why not?

Locate the following places in Eastern and Central Europe by reference number on the map: Europe in the Early Post-World War II Period, c. 1945 -____ Bulgaria