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- 1. Multiple ChoiceIn the United States, one result of World War II was thatAmerica became increasingly isolatedfromthe rest of the worldminorities were granted full civil rightsindustrial wages decreasedthe number of women in the work forceincreased
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich congressional action not only raised money for WWII but also contributed to the national debt?requiring employers to withhold taxes from workers' paychecksraising income tax ratesselling war bondsenacting wage and price controls
- 3. Multiple ChoiceSince WWII, relations between the Soviet Union and the US have been marked by...conflicts where the superpowers supported each opposing sides, but did not confront each other directlyrefusal to negotiate on any issuesslow but steady decreases in military forces and armamentsreliance on international peace organizations to solve disputes
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 is an illustration of the...impact a single event can have on public opinion in a time of crisiseffectiveness of a policy of appeasement in stopping aggressionsuccess of the pacifist movement in the USrole of sommunism as a negative influence in global affairs
- 5. Multiple Choice"...it is known that there are Japanese residents of California who have sought to aid the Japanese enemy by way of communicating information..." --Governor of California, 1942
This statement was most likely used to justify which of the following actions?ask Congress to declare war on Japanforce most Japanese Americans to leave the United Statessend federal troops to guard California's capitalrestrict civil liberties of Japanese Americans - 6. Multiple ChoiceIn the years just after WWII, the US attempted to prevent the spread of communism in Europe mainly by...taking over the governments of several Western European nationsincreasing opportunities for political refugees to settle in the USholding a series of summit meetings with leaders of the Soviet Unionestablishing policies of economic and military aid for European nations
- 7. Multiple ChoiceDuring World War II, women and minorities made economic gains mainly becausea shortage of traditional labor created new opportunities in the workplace.more educational opportunities increased the number of skilled workers in these groups.labor unions successfull y demanded equal opportunities f or these groupsnew civil r ights legislation f orced businesses to change their hiring practices
- 8. Multiple ChoiceA violation of civil liberties that occurred in the US during WWII was the...arrests made as a result of the Palmer Raidspassage of an open immigration lawinternment of Japanese Americansforced removal of American Indians from their reservations
- 9. Multiple ChoiceA main purpose of government ordered rationing during WWII was to...increase foreign tradelimit the growth of industryconserve raw materials for the war effortencourage women to enter the workforce
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe primary goal of the US foreign policy of containment was to...return to isolationism in foreign affairsstop communist influence from spreadinggain territories in Africa and Latin Americaoverthrow existing dictatorships
- 11. Multiple Choice" I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures. I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way. I believe that our help should be primarily through economic aid..." -- Harry Truman
The recommendation made in this quote resulted from the US need to...prepare for WWIfight Nazi aggression in 1941oppose communist expansion during the early post-WWII periodjustify the withdrawal of US forces from Korea - 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich foreign policy term would be the most appropriate title for the list below?
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-Truman Doctrine
-Marshall Plan
-Berlin Airlift
-Korean Warimperialismisolationismappeasementcontainment - 13. Multiple ChoiceFollowing the end of WWII, US foreign policy changed significantly in that the US...assumed a more isolationist stancebegan to rely on appeasement to reduce world tensionspreceived the containment of communist expansion as a major goalconcentrated most heavily on events within the Western hemisphere
- 14. Multiple ChoiceOne result of the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union was that the two nations...broke all diplomatic tiesrefused to trade with each other by passing embargoesformed competing military alliances, such as NATO and the Warsaw Pactclashed over control of the Mediterranean Sea
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe purpose of the Marshall Plan was to provide Europe with...defense military weaponseconomic aidcultural exchange programspolitical alliances
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhich alliance was formed to protect Western Europe from Soviet influence?NATOSEATOWarsaw PactEuropean Union
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich US policy provided Great Britain and other allies with military supplies during WWII?isolationismmilitarismcontainmentlend-lease
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhich term best completes the list?
Two military options of the US to End WWII:
Option #1: Invasion of Japanese mainland
OR
Option #2: Use of ____________________atomic bombschemical weaponsrocketstorpedoes - 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich event was a consequence of the Berlin Blockade?the communist rebellion in Greecethe implementation of the Marshall Planthe development of the atomic bomb by the Soviet Unionthe increase of tensions in the Cold War
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhich event caused the action in this headline?
"THE US CONGRESS ISSUES A DECLARATION OF WAR"the German invasion of Polandthe Japanese invasion of Manchuriathe Japanese bombing of Pearl Harborthe German occupation of France - 21. Multiple ChoiceWhich sequence best describes the change in US foreign policy surrounding WWII?
1. interventionism
2. neutrality
3. post-war Alliances
4. containment1, 2, 3, 42, 1, 3, 44, 3, 2, 13, 4, 1, 2 - 22. Multiple ChoiceThe House Un-American Activities Committee investigations of the early 1950s took place during which event in US history?WWIRed ScareProhibitionGreat Depression
- 23. Multiple ChoiceIn President Eisenhower's farewell speech, which economic threat did he identify as dangerous to American liberty?the return of fascism in Europethe growth of terrorismthe violence against civil rights activiststhe influence of the military industrial complex
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