Question 1

An increasing number of married women entered the workforce in the decades following World War II.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What did Khrushchev do at the Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party in 1956?

Accepted Answer

A) He pardoned Stalin for his crimes. 
B) He insisted that the forced labor camps must stay open indefinitely. 
C) He urged the Party to adopt a limited form of capitalism in order to stay in power. 
D) He called for a cessation of the Cold War. 
E) He condemned Stalin. 
A) He pardoned Stalin for his crimes. 
B) He insisted that the forced labor camps must stay open indefinitely. 
C) He urged the Party to adopt a limited form of capitalism in order to stay in power. 
D) He called for a cessation of the Cold War. 
E) He condemned Stalin.

Question 3

The Marshall Plan provided $13 billion for ____ in Europe.

Accepted Answer

A) economic recovery 
B) medical aid 
C) military hardware 
D) the construction of U.S.military bases 
E) espionage and information gathering 
A) economic recovery 
B) medical aid 
C) military hardware 
D) the construction of U.S.military bases 
E) espionage and information gathering

Question 4

What policy did George Kennan propose the U.S. adopt towards communism?

Accepted Answer

A) Massive retaliation 
B) Containment 
C) Appeasement 
D) Curtailment 
E) Mutually assured destruction (MA
D)  
A) Massive retaliation 
B) Containment 
C) Appeasement 
D) Curtailment 
E) Mutually assured destruction (MA
D)

Question 5

What was the one issue that united Arab states?

Accepted Answer

A) The Suez Canal 
B) Equal sharing in oil revenues 
C) Palestine 
D) A sympathy for Communism 
E) Anti-Americanism 
A) The Suez Canal 
B) Equal sharing in oil revenues 
C) Palestine 
D) A sympathy for Communism 
E) Anti-Americanism

Question 6

Who was the first chancellor and "founding hero" of the West German Federal Republic?

Accepted Answer

A) Helmut Kohl 
B) Helmut Schmidt 
C) Willy Brandt 
D) Konrad Adenauer 
E) Walter Ulbricht 
A) Helmut Kohl 
B) Helmut Schmidt 
C) Willy Brandt 
D) Konrad Adenauer 
E) Walter Ulbricht

Question 7

Josip Broz (Tito) led the effort to create an independent communist state in

Accepted Answer

A) Romania. 
B) Albania. 
C) Yugoslavia. 
D) Hungary. 
E) Bulgaria. 
A) Romania. 
B) Albania. 
C) Yugoslavia. 
D) Hungary. 
E) Bulgaria.

Question 8

In your opinion, which side bore the most responsibility for the start of the Cold War? Why?

Accepted Answer

In my opinion, both the United States an

Question 9

What was the last Eastern European country to fall under one-party Soviet domination after World War II due to its strong democratic traditions?

Accepted Answer

A) Bulgaria 
B) Poland 
C) Hungary 
D) Czechoslovakia 
E) Romania 
A) Bulgaria 
B) Poland 
C) Hungary 
D) Czechoslovakia 
E) Romania

Question 10

What was life like in the Soviet Union under Stalin in the years immediately following World War II?

Accepted Answer

Life in the Soviet Union under Stalin in

An increasing number of married women entered the workforce in the decades following World War II.

What did Khrushchev do at the Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party in 1956?

The Marshall Plan provided $13 billion for ____ in Europe.

What policy did George Kennan propose the U.S. adopt towards communism?

What was the one issue that united Arab states?

Who was the first chancellor and "founding hero" of the West German Federal Republic?

Josip Broz (Tito) led the effort to create an independent communist state in

In your opinion, which side bore the most responsibility for the start of the Cold War? Why?

What was the last Eastern European country to fall under one-party Soviet domination after World War II due to its strong democratic traditions?

What was life like in the Soviet Union under Stalin in the years immediately following World War II?

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Exam 15: Cold War and a New Western World 1945-1965

An increasing number of married women entered the workforce in the decades following World War II.

What did Khrushchev do at the Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party in 1956?

The Marshall Plan provided $13 billion for ____ in Europe.

What policy did George Kennan propose the U.S. adopt towards communism?

What was the one issue that united Arab states?

Who was the first chancellor and "founding hero" of the West German Federal Republic?

Josip Broz (Tito) led the effort to create an independent communist state in

In your opinion, which side bore the most responsibility for the start of the Cold War? Why?

What was the last Eastern European country to fall under one-party Soviet domination after World War II due to its strong democratic traditions?

What was life like in the Soviet Union under Stalin in the years immediately following World War II?

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

Europe and the World: New Encounters 1500-1800

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

The Eighteenth Century: an Age of Enlightenment

The Eighteenth Century: European States International Wars and Social Change

A Revolution in Politics: the Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society

Reaction Revolution and Romanticism 1815-1850

An Age of Nationalism and Realism 1850-1871

Mass Society in an Age of Progress 1871-1894

An Age of Modernity Anxiety and Imperialism 1894-1914

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars 1919-1939

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War 2

Protest and Stagnation: the Western World 1965-1985

After the Fall: the Western World in a Global Age Since 1985

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