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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe creation of NASA and an increase in federal money to improve math and science in schools was a result ofThe Soviet Union launching their satellite, SputnikMao Zedong leading a communist revolution in ChinaNorth Korea crossing the 38th parallel to invade South KoreaSenator Joseph McCarthy announcing his list of communists in the government
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe era of Joseph McCarthy was marked by what?An effort to reduce welfare system and decrease business regulations in the USThe willingness to provide political asylum for political exilesAn increase of civil equality in the United StatesThe use of false accusations of communism against political opponents
- 3. Multiple ChoiceMost opponents of McCarthy argued that his investigations...weakened the armed forcesviolated many people's Constitutional rightsencouraged the spread of communismundermined the power of the President
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat international organization was created immediately after the Second World War to promote world peace and cooperation among nations?North Atlantic Treaty OrganizationLeague of NationsUnited NationsAtlantic Charter
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To which foreign policy is this cartoon referring?ContainmentIsolationismMutually Assured DestructionDetente - 6. Multiple ChoiceDuring the Cold War, why were people building bomb shelters near or under their houses?To hide atomic weaponsAmerica was the only nuclear super powerFear was heightened during the Cold WarPeople distrusted the government
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat was one outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis?Cuba became a communist nationThe Soviet Union put atomic weapons in TurkeyFidel Castro met with John F. KennedyThe Soviet Union removed its weapons from Cuba
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the reason behind the Kent State Massacre?Students were protesting outrageous costs of tuitionProfessors were protesting the Korean WarStudents were protesting against American involvement in VietnamParents protested Led Zeppelin performing a concert on the campus
- 9. Multiple ChoiceOne of the reasons for an increase in anti-draft sentiments was...renewed diplomatic relations with communist Chinathe escalation of deployment of our armed forces to Vietnamthe signing of SALTthe forming of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich development BEST reflects the economic prosperity of the United States after the Second World War?The Great MigrationThe Civil Rights movementThe growth of suburbs and the consumer cultureThe Beatnik movement
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe rapid growth in personal income in the decade after World War II contributed tothe growing middle classthe decreasing birth ratean economic depressionshortages in the supply of luxury goods
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is a reason for the “Baby Boom?”a. Couples began having unprotected sex to save money during the Depressiona. Since sex education was not taught in schools, young people did not know how contraceptives workeda. Many young men died in war so the birth rate decreaseda. Soldiers came home from the war and couples were able to start building their families
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat effect did the Eisenhower Interstate System have on American society in the 1950s and 1960s?a. it increased Americas’ reliance on government aida. it shifted the economy away from agriculturea. it slowed down the post-war booma. it contributed to suburbanization
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following can best be associated with the generation gap experienced in the 1960’s?a. Parents and children had an increased bond and level of communicationa. Parents did not understand the ways of their childrena. Children did everything the same way their parents dida. Young people began to respect all authority figures
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the outcome of the Bay of Pigs?a. Fulgencio Batista was reinstated as the dictator of Cubaa. Castro’s rule in Cuba was strengthened; Kennedy looked weak as a leadera. Fidel Castro was captured and sent to Americaa. Atomic missiles were placed in Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe United States began a trade embargo against Cuba in the 1960s toencourage political change in Cubapromote domestic industries in Cubamotivate Cubans to immigrate to the United Statesend the domination of the banana industry by Cuba
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