Question 1

Which is not a reason why the war in Korea came to an end?​

Accepted Answer

A) Joseph Stalin died. 
B) the communists suffered huge battlefield losses. 
C) ​the United States threatened the use of atomic weapons. 
D) ​China announced its decision to scale back its involvement. 
A) Joseph Stalin died. 
B) the communists suffered huge battlefield losses. 
C) ​the United States threatened the use of atomic weapons. 
D) ​China announced its decision to scale back its involvement.

Question 2

What was Sputnik?​

Accepted Answer

A) a nuclear missile 
B) a nuclear submarine 
C) ​a Russian satellite 
D) ​a Russian spy plane 
A) a nuclear missile 
B) a nuclear submarine 
C) ​a Russian satellite 
D) ​a Russian spy plane

Question 3

​In what year did North Korea invade South Korea?

Accepted Answer

A) 1945 
B) 1947 
C) ​1950 
D) ​1953 
A) 1945 
B) 1947 
C) ​1950 
D) ​1953

Question 4

Which of the following statements regarding Senator Joseph McCarthy is true?​

Accepted Answer

A) He called for President Truman's impeachment. 
B) He uncovered the Soviet Union's plan to build an atomic bomb. 
C) ​He was expelled from the U.S.Senate after accusations of communist infiltration were proven untrue. 
D) ​He was kicked out of the Republican Party prior to the 1952 election after questioning the party's presidential candidate. 
A) He called for President Truman's impeachment. 
B) He uncovered the Soviet Union's plan to build an atomic bomb. 
C) ​He was expelled from the U.S.Senate after accusations of communist infiltration were proven untrue. 
D) ​He was kicked out of the Republican Party prior to the 1952 election after questioning the party's presidential candidate.

Question 5

​Between 1944 and 1950,how many of the new houses built in the United States were built in suburban areas?

Accepted Answer

A) fewer than 20 percent 
B) roughly 33 percent 
C) ​roughly 60 percent 
D) ​more than 80 percent 
A) fewer than 20 percent 
B) roughly 33 percent 
C) ​roughly 60 percent 
D) ​more than 80 percent

Question 6

​Which of the following statements regarding the postwar economy is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Most Americans hoarded their savings,fearing another economic depression. 
B) The high consumer demand and savings contributed to the threat of inflation. 
C) ​Strikes became less numerous because companies agreed to significantly higher wages. 
D) ​Truman's forceful stand against inflation resulted in huge Democratic gains in the 1946 election. 
A) Most Americans hoarded their savings,fearing another economic depression. 
B) The high consumer demand and savings contributed to the threat of inflation. 
C) ​Strikes became less numerous because companies agreed to significantly higher wages. 
D) ​Truman's forceful stand against inflation resulted in huge Democratic gains in the 1946 election.

Question 7

The Servicemen's Readjustment Act,or GI Bill,provided almost $20 billion for various programs for returning veterans,including payment of college tuition and low-interest mortgages for home loans

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Following World War II,the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)turned attention from investigating Nazi propaganda to addressing lynchings and other violence associated with racism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

​What did the Supreme Court rule in the 1954 Brown v.Board of Education of Topeka case?

Accepted Answer

A) Separate educational facilities were inherently unequal. 
B) The issue of segregation in education should be decided by states. 
C) ​States were required to provide equal schools to blacks and whites. 
D) ​Affirmative action was needed to ensure equal opportunity for blacks. 
A) Separate educational facilities were inherently unequal. 
B) The issue of segregation in education should be decided by states. 
C) ​States were required to provide equal schools to blacks and whites. 
D) ​Affirmative action was needed to ensure equal opportunity for blacks.

Question 10

What company introduced the first credit card in the United States?​

Accepted Answer

A) American Express 
B) Diner's Club 
C) ​MasterCard 
D) ​Visa 
A) American Express 
B) Diner's Club 
C) ​MasterCard 
D) ​Visa

Question 11

​Why did President Truman remove General MacArthur from his command in Korea?

Accepted Answer

A) MacArthur refused to escalate the war. 
B) MacArthur publicly criticized Truman's approach. 
C) ​MacArthur was suspected of being a communist sympathizer. 
D) ​MacArthur had not achieved the military goals that had been established. 
A) MacArthur refused to escalate the war. 
B) MacArthur publicly criticized Truman's approach. 
C) ​MacArthur was suspected of being a communist sympathizer. 
D) ​MacArthur had not achieved the military goals that had been established.

Question 12

Who was George F.Kennan?​

Accepted Answer

A) a military officer who provided intelligence during the Korean War 
B) a foreign service officer who introduced the doctrine of containment 
C) ​a scientist who was an integral member of the Manhattan Project team 
D) ​a spy who provided information about the Soviet Union's atomic bomb 
A) a military officer who provided intelligence during the Korean War 
B) a foreign service officer who introduced the doctrine of containment 
C) ​a scientist who was an integral member of the Manhattan Project team 
D) ​a spy who provided information about the Soviet Union's atomic bomb

Question 13

​Martin Luther King,Jr. ,gained national fame during which of the following events?

Accepted Answer

A) Montgomery bus boycott 
B) confrontation at Central High School 
C) ​the NAACP's 1947 national convention 
D) ​decision of Brown v.Board of Education 
A) Montgomery bus boycott 
B) confrontation at Central High School 
C) ​the NAACP's 1947 national convention 
D) ​decision of Brown v.Board of Education

Question 14

Although American troops fought in the Korean War,casualties numbered fewer than 10,000.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

​Which statements about television in the 1950s is false?

Accepted Answer

A) More money was spent on commercials than on producing the shows. 
B) Regulations restricted advertisement time to less than 5 percent of television airtime. 
C) ​Ed Sullivan's Sunday night variety show introduced Americans to Elvis Presley and the Beatles. 
D) ​By the time of high school graduation,the average American child had spent more time watching television than in school. 
E) ​Television programs promoted and reinforced middle class,suburban values. 
A) More money was spent on commercials than on producing the shows. 
B) Regulations restricted advertisement time to less than 5 percent of television airtime. 
C) ​Ed Sullivan's Sunday night variety show introduced Americans to Elvis Presley and the Beatles. 
D) ​By the time of high school graduation,the average American child had spent more time watching television than in school. 
E) ​Television programs promoted and reinforced middle class,suburban values.

Question 16

President Truman did not run for re-election in 1952.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The United States experienced a surge in marriage and birth rates in the years following World War II.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

​The United States was affected by the Cold War in all of the following ways except

Accepted Answer

A) the size and influence of the American Communist Party grew. 
B) Alger Hiss,who had been an advisor in the Roosevelt administration,was accused of being a spy. 
C) ​the House Un-American Activities Committee investigated Americans suspected of spreading communist propaganda 
D) ​Hollywood writers and directors who refused to answer questions about their political beliefs were blacklisted. 
A) the size and influence of the American Communist Party grew. 
B) Alger Hiss,who had been an advisor in the Roosevelt administration,was accused of being a spy. 
C) ​the House Un-American Activities Committee investigated Americans suspected of spreading communist propaganda 
D) ​Hollywood writers and directors who refused to answer questions about their political beliefs were blacklisted.

Question 19

Americans questioned Eisenhower's ability to run for reelection in 1956 because he had suffered a stroke that kept him sidelined for three months in 1955.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 21: Affluence and Anxiety: Cold War America, 1945-1960

Which is not a reason why the war in Korea came to an end?​

What was Sputnik?​

​In what year did North Korea invade South Korea?

Which of the following statements regarding Senator Joseph McCarthy is true?​

​Between 1944 and 1950,how many of the new houses built in the United States were built in suburban areas?

​Which of the following statements regarding the postwar economy is true?

The Servicemen's Readjustment Act,or GI Bill,provided almost $20 billion for various programs for returning veterans,including payment of college tuition and low-interest mortgages for home loans

Following World War II,the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)turned attention from investigating Nazi propaganda to addressing lynchings and other violence associated with racism.

​What did the Supreme Court rule in the 1954 Brown v.Board of Education of Topeka case?

What company introduced the first credit card in the United States?​

​Why did President Truman remove General MacArthur from his command in Korea?

Who was George F.Kennan?​

​Martin Luther King,Jr. ,gained national fame during which of the following events?

Although American troops fought in the Korean War,casualties numbered fewer than 10,000.

​Which statements about television in the 1950s is false?

President Truman did not run for re-election in 1952.

The United States experienced a surge in marriage and birth rates in the years following World War II.

​The United States was affected by the Cold War in all of the following ways except

Americans questioned Eisenhower's ability to run for reelection in 1956 because he had suffered a stroke that kept him sidelined for three months in 1955.

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Which is not a reason why the war in Korea came to an end?

What was Sputnik?

In what year did North Korea invade South Korea?

Which of the following statements regarding Senator Joseph McCarthy is true?

Between 1944 and 1950,how many of the new houses built in the United States were built in suburban areas?

Which of the following statements regarding the postwar economy is true?

What did the Supreme Court rule in the 1954 Brown v.Board of Education of Topeka case?

What company introduced the first credit card in the United States?

Why did President Truman remove General MacArthur from his command in Korea?

Who was George F.Kennan?

Martin Luther King,Jr. ,gained national fame during which of the following events?

Which statements about television in the 1950s is false?

The United States was affected by the Cold War in all of the following ways except