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- 1. Multiple Choice
A characteristic of American society in the fifteen years following the Second World War was —rivalry with the Soviet Union and fear of communist infiltrationsocial and economic reforms aimed to create jobs in urban areasgovernment planning and regulation to improve economic conditionsracial tensions that led to the assassination of prominent civil rights leaders - 2. Multiple ChoicePut the following in chronological order:
I. Building the Berlin Wall
II. Sputnik
III. Berlin Airlift
IV. Korean War
V. Truman DoctrineI, II, III, IV, VV, III, IV, II, III, III, IV, V, IIV, III, II, I, V - 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich action was a direct response of the United States to growing communist threats in Greece and Turkey in the years following the Second World War?Implementing the Marshall PlanProclaiming the Truman DoctrineEstablishing the NATO military allianceCreating the United Nations
- 4. Multiple ChoiceA chief reason for U.S. membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is —to establish a representative body of democratic nationsto maintain a collective security agreement in the case of an attackto encourage improvements in foreign education and health systemsto apply international law to cases of genocide and human rights abuses
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich military alliance of North American and Western European nations pledged in 1949 that all member nations would come to the aid of any member attacked by an outside enemy?Warsaw PactMarshall PlanUnited NationsNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the United States conduct the Berlin Airlift?To provide supplies to all of West GermanyTo evacuate wounded soldiers from East BerlinTo transport supplies to a blockaded West BerlinTo send East German refugees to other countries
- 7. Multiple ChoiceHow did the United States act to reduce the influence of communism and improve the economic strength of free market nations in Europe after the Second World War?NASA enacted a space program to protect European nations from Soviet attack.The Berlin Airlift brought food, fuel, and money to democratic nations across Europe.The Marshall Plan extended financial aid to friendly European nations rebuilding after the destruction of the war.The Roosevelt Corollary proclaimed the United States the chief protector of democracy andguaranteed American protection of European democratic nations.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich action of Joseph McCarthy contributed to increased Cold War anxieties?He abused his power by helping Castro in Cuba.He was a strong advocate of increased military spending.He led a Congressional committee investigating suspected communists.He angered Chinese communists for refusing to follow Truman's orders during the KoreanWar.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe movement of people out of American urban areas after the Second World War led to —more jobs being created, decreased traffic, and more businesses in urban areassuburban sprawl, increased traffic, and a decrease of green spaces bordering the citiesmore individualized homes being built, the growth of the suburbs, and more jobs being createdrenovation of urban areas, growth of the suburbs, and the loss of green spaces borderingthe cities
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich U.S. government action provided funding for veterans of the Second World War in order to create a better educated and more productive workforce?Passage of the G.I. BillEstablishment of the Peace CorpsPassage of the National Defense Education ActEstablishment of the Department of Veterans Affairs
- 11. Multiple ChoiceHow did the end of the Second World War influence the pattern of population growth in the US?The movement of women to the workforce reduced birth rates.The sudden influx of returning soldiers caused a boom in birth rates.The high casualty rate from the war contributed to reduced birth rates.The renewed availability of rationed foods increased individual life spans.
- 12. Multiple ChoiceAn impact of the Cold War on American education priorities was a shift in the school curriculum to a concentration on learning —patriotismsocial skillsmath and sciencephysical education
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThis poster for an American movie playing in Poland is an example of —how American popular culture influences the youth of other countrieshow Western movies are unpopular in many parts of Europe and Asiathe influence of foreign media on the American entertainment industrythe global diffusion of American culture through the entertainment industry
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhich description best summarizes historical events related to the cartoon?Missile removal can be as painful as pulling teeth.The Soviet Union was forced to remove missiles from Cuba against the wishes of Fidel Castro.The United States put pressure on Cuba and Fidel Castro to remove the missiles from Cuban soil.The Soviet Union wanted to remove the missiles from Cuba because they were too expensive to maintain.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich caption is most appropriate for the photograph?The Soviet Union closes escape routes of East Germans.Berlin Airlift provides supplies to West Germans in need.The United States contains communism behind a permanent, visible symbol.The United States initiates a violent showdown with the Soviet Union over West Berlin.
- 16. Multiple ChoiceChronological orderABCD
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich event initiated the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union?The Soviet Union placed rockets in Cuba.The Soviet Union launched the satellite Sputnik 1.President Kennedy announced U.S. plans to land on the Moon.U.S. test pilot Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the X-1.
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThe rising trend in the data above contributed to —Jonas Salk researching and developing a vaccinethe establishing of a U.S. disease research centerthe creation of a U.S. agency to monitor food and drug safetyLouis Pasteur developing a process to stop bacterial contamination
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following describes the mid 1940's- 1950's?baby boom, economic prosperity, suburbsracial equality, population growth, flood of immigrationatomic bomb, United Nations, Cuban Missile CrisisProtest movement, march of Civil Rights, end of the Vietnam War
- 20. Multiple ChoiceCold War is characterized byexpansion of civil liberties and rightssuburbs and fear of communism spreadingsocial and economic reforms- creating new jobs in urban areastechnological improvements like the assembly line
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