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Why did a Black Renaissance happen in Harlem in the 1920s?
a. White New Yorkers were looking for new and exciting forms of art and entertainment.
b. A critical mass of Black people who moved north to look for better paying jobs created an audience for jazz, literature, and art.
c. Black artists and musicians weren't allowed to exhibit or perform in other cities.
d. Black artists were able to create art without attracting the attention of Whites.
b
In the Scopes trial, Darwin's theory of evolution was on trial because
a. Fundamentalists didn't want it taught in public schools because it conflicted with the teachings of the Bible.
b. Liberals didn't want it taught in public school's because it hadn't been scientifically proven.
c. Fundamentalists wanted it taught in public schools because they wanted their children exposed to many different scientific theories.
d. Liberals wanted it taught in public schools because it supported the teachings of the Bible.
a
The Red Scare of the 1920s was a response to
a. Prohibition
b. The Russian Revolution
c. Immigration from Southern Europe
d. Immigration from Western Europe
b
The Palmer Raids were designed to
a. Investigate and deport alien troublemakers threatening to overthrow the government.
b. Intimidate workers who were trying to establish labor unions.
c. Protect Wall Street from additional bombings by anarchists.
d. Rid the United States of socialist and communist influences.
a
Many Americans believed that Sacco and Vanzetti were executed because they were
a. subversives trying to overthrow the government.
b. Communist agitators who helped organize strikes.
c. responsible for setting off bombs that damaged A. Mitchell Palmer's home.
d. immigrants with radical beliefs during the Red Scare.
d
Why was O.W. Gurley's investment in Tulsa and Greenwood important?
a. Black residents would not have been able to get the goods and services they needed.
b. Black entrepreneurs would have had little success trying to borrow for their new businesses from White-owned banks.
c. Since O.W. Gurley was a successful businessman, he knew how to identify other business that would be successful.
d. O.W. Gurley wanted to create a place for Black people that wasn't tainted by racism.
b
Which of the following describes a common reaction to the crisis caused by the droughts of the Dust bowl region?
a. Farmers formed cooperative unions to lower the supply of crops
b. Many farmers migrated west in search of better opportunities
c. Many Dust bowl region banks forgave loans and allowed farmers to stay on their land
d. Most farmers quit farming and moved to Detroit to work in the Ford factory
b
Which of the following factors was least likely to be a contributing factor to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s?
a. Lack of soil conservation.
b. Climate change.
c. Continuously planting crops in an area.
d. Use of machinery to plow, plant and harvest crops.
b
In the 1930s, shantytowns, often called "Hoovervilles," sprang up across the United States because of President Herbert Hoover's
a. support for federal programs to provide jobs for the unemployed.
b. emergency relief program to provide food to the poor.
c. refusal to provide direct federal aid to the homeless.
d. efforts to help the residents return to their farms.
c
In October 1929, stock market prices were starting to decrease. This was a problem because
a. It was an indicator that the U.S. economy was not doing well.
b. It showed that foreign investors had little faith in the U.S. economy and would start demanding repayment for U.S. loans.
c. People's wages would decrease.
d. Much of the stocks were purchased on credit and people didn't have the money to pay back their loans at the lower prices.
d
Why was the lack of regulation of the stock market part of the problem in the Crash of 1929?
a. It allowed for stock prices to go too high which led to a bigger crash.
b. It allowed for people other than the wealthy to invest in the market.
c. It allowed groups of wealthy people to manipulate stock prices for their own benefit at the disadvantage of less wealthy investors.
d. It allowed the stock exchanges to charge higher trading fees to people who bought stocks on margin.
c
Which of the following programs was designed to provide relief in the New Deal?
a. FHA
b. SEC
c. FDIC
d. NIRA
d
Franklin D. Roosevelt would most likely have said which of the following in his speech to the Commonwealth Club
a. "[Government involvement] would impair the very basis of liberty and freedom not only for those left outside the fold of expanded government bureaucracy but for those embraced within it."
b. "Because the country is faced with difficulty and doubt over certain national problems-that is, prohibition, farm relief, and electric power-our opponents propose that we must thrust our government longways into the businesses that give rise to these problems."
c. "Our Government, formal and informal, political and economic, owes to everyone an avenue to possess himself of a portion of that plenty sufficient for his needs, through his own work."
d. "When the Federal Government undertakes to go into commercial business, ... it immediately finds itself in a labyrinth, every alley of which leads to the destruction of self-government."
c
Which of the following statements related to the Meriam Report is true?
a. Health care providers on Indian reservations were plentiful and well trained.
b. Indians had a larger problem with laziness than they did with poor agricultural land.
c. Although there was poverty on the Indian reservations, it wasn't bad enough to call for government intervention.
d. The health of Indians could be improved greatly if they had more milk and green vegetables in their diets.
d
The Indian New Deal included an emphasis on
a. Programs of public worlds and natural resource development on Indian lands.
b. Local tribal self-government and recovery of Indian identity and culture.
c. The distribution of tribal lands to individual Indian landowners.
d. The migration of Indians from rural areas to the cities.
b
In the 1920s, fundamentalists gained attention for their belief in
a. the repeal of Prohibition.
b. the theory of evolution.
c. a literal interpretation of the Bible.
d. a larger role for technology in everyday life.
c
Socialism saw an increase in popularity in the 1920s for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
a. Industrialization caused a wide gap between the rich and the poor.
b. More workers joined unions and experienced the power of social action.
c. The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia encouraged others to emulate their success.
d. Socialists were winning elections on the local, state, and national level.
d
Why did White Tulsans resort to violence after Dick Rowland was accused of inappropriately touching a White woman in an elevator on May 30, 1921?
a. White Tulsans were angry that Black Tulsans prevented them from lynching Dick Rowland.
b. White Tulsans never wanted Blacks in their city and saw this as an opportunity to get rid of the Blacks.
c. White Tulsans believed that Black residents were planning to overthrow Tulsa's government.
d. White Tulsans believed that the courts would side with Rowland and justice would be denied.
b
The Greenwood neighborhood in Tulsa in the 1910s was a thriving black community for all of the following reasons except:
a. Jim Crow segregation
b. The Socialist movement
c. An influx of Black people looking for work in Tulsa and the nearby oil fields
d. Black entrepreneurs who started their own businesses and lent money to others to help them start businesses
b
One of the reasons that Herbert Hoover lost to Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1932 presidential election was that
a. Hoover believed that the government shouldn't intervene in the economy.
b. Hoover promised to eliminate unemployment in 4 years.
c. Roosevelt got the sympathy vote because he had survived polio.
d. Roosevelt believed the US should go to war to end the Great Depression.
a
"We ask only to live our own life in our own way, in friendship and sympathy with all, in alliance with none." —Senator Hiram W. Johnson, 1922 |
In the 1930s, those who agreed with Hiram Johnson would most likely have wanted the United States
a. to pursue imperialist interests abroad.
b. to adopt a foreign policy of isolationism.
c. to become a member of the League of Nations.
d. to offer military assistance to its World War I allies.
b
Which of these allowed the US to send "all aid short of war" to Britain despite its status as a neutral nation early in WWII?
a. Atlantic Charter
b. Double V campaign
c. Lend-Lease Act
d. Selective Training and Service Act
c
Congress passed the Neutrality Acts that were designed to
a. support other nations in the Western Hemisphere.
b. support other neutral nations around the world.
c. allow nations to purchase weapons on credit.
d. limit international involvement in WWII.
d
"We have weakened ourselves for many months, and still worse, we have divided our own people by dabbling in Europe's wars. While we should have been concentrating on American defense, we have been forced to argue over foreign quarrels." —Charles Lindbergh, a member of America First Committee April 23, 1941 "If we are to retain our own freedom, we must do everything within our power to aid Britain… we cannot live in the world alone, without friends and without allies…We would be alone in the world, facing an unscrupulous military economic bloc that would dominate all of Europe, all of Africa, most of Asia, and perhaps even Russia and South America." —Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior May 18, 1941 |
Based on these quotations, what was one issue in the debate over United States involvement in World War II?
a. concern that the United States would be unsuccessful.
b. uncertainty as to whether assistance from the United States was wanted by other nations.
c. difference of opinions as to whether the interests of the United States were at risk because of the war.
d. disagreements over whether United States troops should be removed from other areas in order to assist in Europe.
c
After Hitler invaded Austria in 1938, Chamberlain of Britain and Daladier of France met with Hitler at a conference in Munich. At the conference, the leaders agreed to let Hitler keep part of Czechoslovakia and the Sudetenland. How did Hitler respond to the policy?
a. Hitler violated the agreement by invading Czechoslovakia, then Poland.
b. Hitler violated the agreement by declaring war on Britain and France.
c. Hitler kept his part of the deal, but refocused his forces on eliminating Jews from Germany.
d. Hitler joined forces with Italy to create a supreme fascist empire.
a
On December 7, 1941, President Roosevelt asked Congress for a declaration of war. Which of these events led to this request?
a. Churchill's desperate need for help in the Battle of Britain.
b. Germany's lightning war that ended with the fall of France.
c. Stalin's agreement to sign a nonaggression pact with Hitler.
d. Japan's surprise attack on a US Naval base in Pearl Harbor
d
Which of the following best reflects the cartoonist's view of appeasement of Hitler?
a. Appeasement was a bad strategy because it made the democratic leaders look weak to Hitler.
b. Appeasement was a good strategy because it delayed the start of WWII.
c. Appeasement enabled the democratic leaders to halt Hitler's march across Europe.
d. Appeasement gave Hitler the allies he needed to take over Europe.
a
Which of the following best reflects the cartoonist's view of the appeasement of Hitler by France and Britain?
a. Chamberlain and Europe know that appeasing Hitler isn't likely to work long term, are are hoping it will work.
b. Chamberlain and Europe will be able to avoid war with Germany because they have made concessions to Hitler.
c. Chamberlain and Europe will only succeed at stopping Hitler by poisoning his bottle.
d. Hitler is like a little kid who is only happy when he gets what he wants.
d
All of the following events led up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor EXCEPT
a. Japanese forces took control of French Indochina.
b. A group of isolationists formed to block aid to Britain.
c. President Roosevelt froze Japanese financial assets in the US.
d. The Japanese looked to the Dutch East Indies for oil.
b
Exclusion of those of Japanese origin was deemed necessary…We uphold the exclusion order… Hardships are part of war [and] …we are at war with the Japanese Empire... The military urgency of the situation demanded that all citizens of Japanese ancestry be segregated from the West Coast temporarily... —Korematsu v. United States, 1944 |
What action by the United States government was declared constitutional by the Supreme Court in 1944？
a. requiring Japanese Americans to return to Japan.
b. forcing Japanese Americans into internment camps.
c. forbidding acts of discrimination against Japanese immigrants.
d. restricting the number of Japanese immigrants to the United States.
b
What was the main effect of Executive Order 9066?
a. the establishment of the Women's Army Auxilary Corps.
b. the evacuation of Japanese Americans to internment camps.
c. the opening of a center for Jewish refugees in former army camps.
d. the creation of the first African American combat unit in the army air corps.
b
Which of the following is the best evidence to support this statement: Executive Order 9066 was unjustified?
a. The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and inflicted major damage to America's Pacific fleet.
b. Japanese in Hawaii were not interned.
c. Eugene V. Rostow argued that it was the worst wartime mistake.
d. No interned Japanese were found guilty of sabotage or espionage.
d
The first peacetime draft was instituted in 1940 with the passage of the
a. Neutrality Acts.
b. Lend Lease Act.
c. Military Act.
d. Selective Service Act.
d
During WWII, American males aged 21-45 had to register to serve in the military according to
a. Lend Lease Act
b. War Powers Act of 1941
c. Selective Service Act of 1940
d. Neutrality Act
c
Which of these events caused Great Britain and France to declare war against Germany?
a. Germany's seizure of the Sudetenland.
b. Germany's political union with Austria.
c. Germany's occupation of the Rhineland.
d. Germany's invasion of neighboring Poland.
d
How did the federal government try to curb public consumption of food and fuel during WWII?
a. by establishing a system of rationing.
b. by encouraging people to buy war bonds.
c. by establishing a system of price controls.
d. by encouraging people to plant victory gardens.
a
Regarding early reports of the Holocaust during World War II, the immediate response by President Roosevelt and the United States government was
a. to focus on winning the war as quickly as possible.
b. to allow greater numbers of refugees into the United States.
c. to notify the public of the reports of German actions against Jews.
d. to begin taking steps to invade concentration camps to free those held there.
a
Newspapers in the United States reported Nazi atrocities against European Jews as early as 1942.
Which response describes the reaction of the general public to these reports?
a. suggestions for covert operations against concentration camps.
b. support for economic sanctions against Germany.
c. demand for immediate military action in Europe.
d. disbelief that such acts could happen.
d
Americans responded to the rise of Fascist dictators Mussolini and Hitler by
a. Calling for a new alliance to contain aggression.
b. Focusing on political cooperation with Britain and the Soviet Union.
c. Supporting the Spanish government against Fascist rebels.
d. Committing to remain isolated from European problems.
d
Which of the following statements is most likely to be associated with fascism?
a. Workers of the world unite!
b. Only I can solve this unemployment problem.
c. If the country is safe, my children and future generations will be safe.
d. We must preserve the rights of people to due process of law.
b
Why was the French and British policy towards Germany called "appeasement"?
a. They didn't want Germany to reunite with Austria.
b. They couldn't decide on how to challenge Germany.
c. They didn't want to Germany to occupy the Rhineland.
d. They didn't want to anger Germany which would start another war.
d
The Neutrality Act of 1935 and its 1936 and 1937 amendments
a. Banned Americans from volunteering for the armed services of Great Britain.
b. Required warring nations to pay cash and use their own ships for goods.
c. Prohibited Americans from shipping goods on belligerent nations' ships.
d. Reflected the internationalist sentiments of the congressional majority.
b
FDR's "lend-lease" program allowed
a. states to earn block grants from the federal government.
b. the United States to sell military supplies to the Axis Powers.
c. Britain to borrow military equipment from the United States.
d. minorities to receive equal treatment in New Deal programs.
c
In his 1941 State of the Union address, FDR asserted that the government should focus primarily on
a. Meeting the peril of war in Europe.
b. Creating a moral order for American society.
c. Meeting the needs of United States citizens.
d. Protecting the four freedoms.
d
Which of the following statements about the attack on Pearl Harbor is true?
a. The U.S. aircraft carriers were not damaged in the attack.
b. The Japanese used kamikazes to destroy U.S. ships at Pearl Harbor.
c. The Japanese didn't lose any planes or ships in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
d. Most of the U.S. casualties were aboard the USS West Virginia.
a
Why did the women's baseball league cease to exist after 1954?
a. The decentralized nature of the league made it difficult for teams to publicize games and find players.
b. The women on the teams began to rebel against the charm school and the hair and make-up rules.
c. After men returned from the war, there was no longer a demand for watching women play sports.
d. In the 1950s, girls were more interested in rock and roll than they were in baseball.
a
Wartime inflation and food shortages were kept partly in check by
a. Special bonuses to farmers and workers to increase production.
b. Importation of additional fuel and food from Latin America.
c. Government operation of factories and railroads.
d. Price controls and rationing.
d
Which of the following statements about anti Semitism in WWII is NOT true?
a. Hitler blamed Jewish people for economic problems in Germany.
b. The U.S. refused to allow entry to Jewish refugees from Europe during WWII.
c. Americans wanted the US to do something about the treatment of Jews in WWII.
d. American newspapers carried stories about Hitler's planned "Final Solution".
c
The Nuremberg Laws prevented Jewish people from:
a. Flying the German flag.
b. Moving into ghettos.
c. Terminating a pregnancy.
d. Wearing a Star of David.
a
Which of the following statements about the major battles of WWII is true?
a. The Japanese navy established its domination of the Pacific sea-lanes in the 1942 battles of Coral Sea and Midway,
b. Hitler's last-ditch effort to stop the British and American advance in the west occurred at the Battle of Normandy.
c. The battle of Stalingrad was a significant turning point in WWIl that favored the axis powers.
d. The victory in Iwo Jima gave the U.S. strategic airfields that would help them launch the battle of Okinawa.
d
Hitler's last ditch effort to stop the British and American advance in the west occurred at the
a. Battle of Normandy
b. Battle of the Bulge
c. Battle of Dunkirk
d. Battle of Stalingrad
b
The second atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of
a. Hiroshima
b. Nagasaki
c. Okinawa
d. Tokyo
b
The first atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of
a. Hiroshima
b. Nagasaki
c. Okinawa
d. Tokyo
a
How were women and minorities able to make economic gains during WW2?
a. A shortage of traditional labor that created new opportunities at work.
b. Labor unions were able to demand equal rights for all workers.
c. More education was available.
d. New civil rights legislation forced businesses to hire more people.
a
Why was D-day important?
a. Many Nazis died.
b. It was Hitler's Birthday.
c. It allowed the allies to defeat Germany.
d. It was the first time a kamikaze was used.
c
How did the Battle of Midway Island impact the war in the Pacific?
a. The US took heavy losses and were forced to retreat.
b. The battle brought British naval forces into the Pacific.
c. The US bombed Midway destroying Japanese support for the war.
d. US forces destroyed many of Japan's warships stopping their momentum.
d
Why did President Roosevelt approve starting the Manhattan Project?
a. Physicists convinced him Germany had the capability of making an A bomb.
b. Roosevelt wanted to end the war with Japan with fewer casualties.
c. He learned that Japan had built and tested an atomic bomb.
d. US intelligence learned that Russian scientists had built an A Bomb.
a
Why was the battle of Okinawa important?
a. It destroyed much of Japan's navy and established US naval superiority.
b. It was the beginning of the US island hopping strategy to defeat Japan.
c. It weakened Japan and encouraged them to surrender.
d. It gave the US airbases that allowed it to increase bombing raids on Japan.
d
What was an effect of the US decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan?
a. The US had a harder time defeating Germany in Europe.
b. Millions of American prisoners of war in Japan were killed.
c. A cold war between the US and USSR was started.
d. The US was put on trial for war crimes.
c
Which of the following statements is true?
a. America's major strategic decision in World War II was to fight Japan first and then attack Hitler.
b. In the first years of the WWII in Europe, Britain and the United States bore the heaviest burden of Allied ground fighting against Hitler.
c. A majority of women who worked in wartime factories stayed in the labor force after the war ended.
d. After Pearl Harbor was attacked, Americans were unified in their support of the war effort.
d
At the Potsdam conference, President Truman
a. Was more suspicious of the Soviet's intentions than Roosevelt had been.
b. Carried on President Roosevelt's policies from the previous conferences.
c. Proposed a United Nations based on Wilson's League of Nations.
d. Joined with Churchill in supporting using a massive bombing raid on Berlin to end the war in Europe.
a
U.S. citizens contributed to the war effort by all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Collecting recyclable items like metals, rubber, and cooking fats.
b. Code Talking
c. Flying state-side missions in the WASPS.
d. Collecting and selling ration books.
b
Which of the following best describes the message the cartoonist is sending?
a. Adolf Hitler is dangerous for children.
b. The Nazis are killing innocent people in Germany.
c. America First represents a xenophobic point of view.
d. Parents shouldn't read scary stories to their children.
c
Which of the following was a point of agreement during the Yalta Conference between the Big Three?
a. British and Americans needed to open up a second front with Germany.
b. The government leaders in eastern Europe would be chosen by the USSR.
c. After the war, Germany would need to be disarmed, demilitarized, de-Nazified, and divided.
d. Land taken from Poland by the Nazis and the USSR in 1939 would be returned after the war
c
What is one of the areas of agreement between the Soviet Union and the United States?
a. The danger of nuclear weapons.
b. Who had the best economic system?
c. Who had the best political system?
d. Who had the best intelligence gathering system?
a
Why was there conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union after WWII?
a. There was no actual conflict after WWII.
b. They both wanted more land after the war.
c. They weren't happy with each other during the war.
d. One was trying to spread democracy while the other tried to spread communism.
d
The main purpose of the Truman Doctrine was to
a. support freedom fighters abroad and contain communism by not letting it spread to other nations.
b. continue support for further labor and social welfare reforms.
c. regulate the banking industry in hopes of avoiding another depression.
d. support all civil rights movements both in the United States and abroad.
a
Which of the following best describes the message the cartoonist is sending?
a. Fascists carry contagious diseases,
b. The US believes it is safe from the war because it is isolationist.
c. Europe is so far away that the US doesn't need to worry about the spread of fascism.
d. Europe shouldn't spread fascism to uninterested countries.
b
What was happening in the world that sparked the enactment of the Marshall Plan?
a. Infrastructure and Economic issues in Post-War Europe
b. Economic Crash in the US
c. Civil War in North Africa
d. Capitalist Resistance in Eastern Europe
a
Which of the following countries was part of the Warsaw Pact in the 1950s?
a. West Germany
b. Greece
c. Turkey
d. Hungary
d
Soviet Ambassador Nikolai Novikov sent a telegram to Soviet leadership in 1946. In the telegram, Novikov described the United States as
a. a strong advocate for democracy.
b. a diplomatic force interested in maintaining world peace.
c. an arrogant country looking to rule the world.
d. A country whose military made it unstoppable.
c
In Winston Churchill's Sinews of Peace" speech, he states that Soviet Russia does not desire war. What do the Soviets want instead?
a. An expansion of their influence, power, and doctrines.
b. The elimination of all democratic governments.
c. The establishment of unity in freedom and democracy.
d. The fruits of war and the ability to live without interference from the West.
a
In July 1946, Secretary of Commerce and former Vice President Henry A. Wallace sent a letter to President Harry S Truman. In his letter he wrote: "I cannot but feel that these actions must make it look to the rest of the world as if we were only paying lip service to peace at the conference table." Why was Wallace concerned?
a. Wallace thought that the US was preparing to take military action against communist countries.
b. Wallace was concerned that military actions the US was taking could be interpreted as hostile acts by the communist countries.
c. Wallace didn't believe that US policy toward developing democracies in Eastern Europe was believable.
d. Wallace thought that Truman was making ill-considered foreign policy decisions that would make war inevitable.
b
What did President Truman say would be the result if the U.S. didn't provide economic and financial aid to Greece and Turkey in 1947?
a. Confusion and disorder would spread throughout the entire Middle East.
b. Europe would be at immediate risk from communist supporters.
c. The United States would be at risk of becoming communist.
d. Armed minorities would try to take control of countries around Europe.
a
A major effect of the Marshall Plan was
a. a strengthening of the economic relationship between the United States and western Europe.
b. the political downfall of President Truman.
c. that the communist movement in western Europe gained momentum.
d. the development of the Soviet Plan to improve economic conditions in Eastern Europe.
a
Which of the following countries was part of NATO in the 1950s?
a. Sweden
b. Poland
c. Switzerland
d. Belgium
d
In April 1945, the USA, Great Britain, and France joined Canada and eight Western European nations to form
a. The National Atlantic Treaty Organization
b. The North American Free Trade Agreement
c. The North Atlantic Treasury Organization
d. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
d
What was the Berlin Blockade?
a. Stalin's refusal to accept American aid for Berlin.
b. The West's attempt to isolate residents of eastern Berlin.
c. Stalin's attempt to isolate the residents of western Berlin.
d. The West's attempt to create a common currency in Berlin to facilitate trade.
c
Who was "Uncle Wiggly-wings"?
a. A US pilot who dropped candy from his airplane to children during the Berlin Airlift.
b. A German pilot who had difficulty on take-offs and landings so that the wings of his plane wobbled.
c. A goose who nested near the Tempelhof air base in Berlin
d. A German cartoon character who wanted to fly.
a
Which of the following is NOT a reason for people in the West to be concerned about a new Cold War?
a. Russian President Putin believes that the end of the Cold War was a source of humiliation for the Russian people.
b. Money from oil sales has improved the standard of living in Russia.
c. President Putin's government has intervened in a war in Georgia and has annexed Crimea.
d. Former U.S. President Donald Trump praised President Putin as being a great leader.
b
How did the Domino principle affect the U.S.?
a. The U.S. feared that once a country became communist others would follow so they entered Vietnam.
b. The U.S. was able to sell more technologically advanced weapons.
c. The U.S. was able to make more nuclear weapons
d. More U.S. children learned how to play this game that originated in China or Egypt.
a
The NATO alliance represented an historic transformation in American foreign policy because
a. It departed from the principles of the Monroe Doctrine.
b. It put the U.S. into the position of guaranteeing the permanent subordination of Germany.
c. It committed the U.S. to a permanent peacetime alliance in defense of other nations.
d. It meant establishing military bases outside the territory of the continental U.S.
c
Which of the following was an effect of the Berlin Airlift?
a. Led to the proclamation of the Truman Doctrine and hundreds of millions of dollars in aid for anti-communist governments.
b. Led to organization of the permanent NATO alliance.
c. Broke a Soviet ground blockade and established American determination to resist further Soviet advance.
d. Caused an era of unprecedented growth in American prosperity from 1950 to 1970.
c
In the early years of the Cold War, countries could basically be placed into which of the following categories
a. Eastern Bloc and Communist
b. Colonies, Imperialist, and Communists
c. Western camp and capitalist democracies
d. Western camp, Eastern bloc, and the Non-Aligned Movement.
d
In which of the following countries was there a "hot" proxy war between the US and USSR?
a. Poland
b. Korea
c. Hungary
d. Cuba
b
What was a result of the Berlin Crisis of 1958-1961?
a. The Soviets built the Berlin Wall to keep East Germans from escaping to the West.
b. The Soviets blockaded West Berlin in an attempt to gain control over all of Berlin.
c. NATO and the western allies began to airlift supplies into Berlin.
d. The US and USSR threatened each other with nuclear weapons.
a
What was the "Brezhnev Doctrine"?
a. The USSR must contain the spread of democracy at all costs.
b. It is important for the USSR to provide economic and financial aid to all countries in the Warsaw Pact.
c. Any threat to communist rule is a threat to all communist countries.
d. The Soviet Union is the protector of all of its member states and forbids colonization by other countries.
c
After World War II, Poland was absorbed into the Soviet Union. Which of the following US backed groups ultimately led to a democratic government in Poland?
a. Jaruzelski
b. Walesaites
c. Solidarity
d. Polski Union
c
Which of the following statements about the Vietnam conflict is false?
a. Ho Chi Minh was a Vietnamese nationalist who was supported by the Soviet Union.
b. South Vietnam was supported by the United States in its fight against communism.
c. China supported North Vietnam by bombing South Vietnam in Operation Thunder.
d. The use of chemical defoliants during the Vietnam war has led to long-term environmental and health effects.
c
Which of the following was NOT a reason that President Eisenhower supported the creation of a national highway system?
a. Increased tourism on improved road networks would increase economic growth.
b. Improved roads would decrease the economic loss due to traffic fatalities.
c. The lack of improved roads will impede the growth of Gross National Product.
d. Road networks need to be improved to permit the quick evacuation of areas under enemy attack.
b
Which of the following statements about the Levittown housing developments is true?
a. The Levittowns were models of diverse communities.
b. The Levittowns embodied the best of the postwar American story.
c. The Levittowns were a symbol of conformity and exclusion.
d. The Levittowns were designed to have an urban feel in a country setting.
c
Which of the following was an effect of suburbanization?
a. Houses looked all the same.
b. Overt racism became acceptable.
c. Schools in cities and suburbs were overcrowded.
d. People in poverty became invisible to a majority of the population.
d
Besides giving educational benefits to returning veterans, the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (the GI Bill of Rights) was partly intended to
a. Prevent returning soldiers from flooding the job market.
b. Provide colleges with a new source of income.
c. Keep GIs' military skills in high readiness for the Cold War.
d. Help to slow down the inflationary economy that developed at the end of World War II.
a
Which of the following did not contribute to the black-white wealth gap in the United States?
a. Redlining
b. Racism
c. Differential rates of homeownership
d. Executive order 9981 integrating the military
d
What was the economic impact of the war ending?
I. Millions of working women were dismissed from their jobs by employers.
II. Demand for war materiel declined
II. Veterans worried about not finding jobs.
IV. The US Army continued to increase the number of people recruited.
V. GI Bill gave more than 5 years of unemployment benefits.
a. I, IV, V
b. I, II, IV and V
c. I, II, I, V
d. I, II, and III only
d
Japanese-Americans found that life after the WWII was difficult for all of the following reasons except
a. they faced prejudice from neighbors and were called dangerous and disloyal.
b. people were hostile and even violent towards them.
c. they were required to check in regularly with the FBI and report their activities.
d. their homes and businesses were attacked and boycotted.
c
Which of the following was a result of redlining in the 1950s?
a. Racism increased in the United States.
b. Black people were excluded from buying homes in many neighborhoods.
c. The majority of Americans chose not to acknowledge the situation of poor people.
d. Some neighborhoods were more desirable than others.
b
Why did the Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) create color-coded maps of neighborhoods?
a. To make it easier for real estate agents to know which neighborhoods they could show houses to Black families.
b. To assist banks in determining whether or not to insure loans for houses in various neighborhoods.
c. To ensure that housing values would increase in particular, desirable neighborhoods.
d. To locate neighborhoods with fashionable parties.
b
In the late 1940s and early 1950s the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)
a. investigated the abuses of power committed by Joseph McCarthy and other extreme anticommunists.
b. was known for its careful investigations of alleged subversive activities, unlike McCarthy and his Senate committee.
c. targeted the film industry.
d. confined itself to investigating anti-American propaganda and sentiment abroad.
c
The televised hearings in the spring of 1954 conducted by Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin sought to prove that communists had infiltrated
a. the State Department.
b. the United States Army.
c. atomic weapons laboratories.
d. labor unions.
a
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