Question 1

What triggered U.S. military action in Korea in 1950?

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A)   The invasion of South Korea by troops from Communist North Korea
B)   Mao Zedong's mobilization of Chinese troops to North Korea
C)   President Truman's firing of General MacArthur
D)   Joseph Stalin's ordering the North Koreans to attack and capture SeoulE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 2

What was the outcome of the congressional elections of 1946?

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A)   Democrats gained seats in Congress.
B)   Republicans captured Congress.
C)   The balance of power in Congress did not shift.
D)   There were contested election results in seven states.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Which of the following describes President Truman's decision to deploy 1.8 million troops in the Korean War without a formal declaration of war from Congress?

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A)   Truman's action violated the spirit if not the letter of the Constitution.
B)   The deployment was clearly within Truman's authority as president.
C)   The decision overburdened the sixteen other nations that were taking part in the conflict.
D)   Truman's rapid decision guaranteed a swift victory for the United States and South Korea against the Communists.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C) A

Question 4

The G.I. Bill help to boost the U.S. economy after World War II

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A)   by ensuring that veterans could return to their old jobs.
B)   with the provision of job training, education, and low-interest home loans.
C)   by providing veterans and their spouses with a free college education.
D)   with the provision of full medical and mental health benefits for life.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 5

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Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section.
-President Harry S. Truman's commitment to "support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressures." First applied to Greece and Turkey in 1947, it became the justification for U.S. intervention into many countries during the Cold War.

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A)  Central Intelligence Agency (CI
A)  
B)  Cold War
C)  containment
D)  House Un-American Activities Committee (HUA
C)  
E)  Housing Act of 1949F) iron curtainG) Marshall PlanH) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) I) NSC 68J) Korean WarK) Taft-Hartley ActL) Truman DoctrineM) C) and I)
N) A) and H)

Question 6

What was Joseph Stalin's primary goal after World War II?

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A)   To demilitarize and reindustrialize Germany
B)   To partition Germany into three spheres of influence
C)   To ensure friendly governments on its borders in Eastern Europe
D)   To make Poland and Germany into a massive agricultural regionE) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 7

In the post-World War II era, the term third world was used to refer to Latin America and

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A)   countries with standards of living below those of the United States and most of Western Europe.
B)   those countries where English was not the primary language.
C)   Eastern European countries whose economies were under the control of the Soviet Union.
D)   countries that had won their independence from war-weakened imperial powers.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 8

By 1947, the intense rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States was called

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A)   the iron curtain.
B)   the Cold War.
C)   Communist hysteria.
D)   the Red scare.E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

What was the peacetime military alliance created by the United States, Canada, and Western European countries to deter attacks from the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

A)   Civil Defense Commission
B)   North Atlantic Treaty Organization
C)   Warsaw Pact
D)   Bretton Woods AllianceE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 10

What impact did World War II have on the Soviet Union?

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A)   It served as a major economic stimulus.
B)   It solidified the Soviet commitment to isolationism.
C)   It was less costly in terms of Soviet wartime casualties than it had been for the United States.
D)   It killed more than twenty million Soviet citizens.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

How did the war in Korea affect the 1952 presidential election in the United States?

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Question 12

What factors led to the postwar Red scare? What was Senator Joseph McCarthy's role in the movement? What impact did the crusade against communism have on civil liberties in the United States?

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Question 13

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Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section.
-Law authorizing the construction of 810,000 units of government housing. This landmark effort marked the first significant commitment of the federal government to meet the housing needs of the poor.

Accepted Answer

A)  Central Intelligence Agency (CI
A)  
B)  Cold War
C)  containment
D)  House Un-American Activities Committee (HUA
C)  
E)  Housing Act of 1949F) iron curtainG) Marshall PlanH) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) I) NSC 68J) Korean WarK) Taft-Hartley ActL) Truman DoctrineM) E) and G)
N) E) and F)

Question 14

How did the U.S. government respond to the fall of China's Nationalist government?

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A)   The president replaced senior officials in the State Department because they were responsible for the loss of China.
B)   It persuaded the world's other democratic countries to welcome the People's Republic of China into the United Nations.
C)   It formulated a plot to send the CIA to China to attempt to infiltrate the Communist forces and assassinate Mao Zedong.
D)   It refused to grant official recognition to the Communist government and aided the exiled Nationalists.E) All of the above
F) C) and D) D

Question 15

How did U.S. involvement in Korea reflect the nation's Cold War containment policy?

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Question 16

Why did the Allies divide Germany in 1946?

Accepted Answer

A)   They could not agree on the country's future.
B)   The British feared the Soviets would rearm the Germans.
C)   They had agreed to divide Germany at Yalta in 1945.
D)   The Germans didn't want to be under complete Soviet control.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above A

Question 17

Who was the author of the 1946 rationale for a hard-line U.S. foreign policy of containment?

Accepted Answer

A)   Undersecretary of State Dean Acheson
B)   Secretary of State James F. Byrnes
C)   British prime minister Winston Churchill
D)   Career diplomat George F. KennanE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 18

Compare the circumstances facing African Americans and Mexican Americans in the years immediately following World War II. What gains had each group achieved by 1953?

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Question 19

The National Security Council was established to

Accepted Answer

A)   advise the president on defense planning.
B)   oversee the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
C)   monitor the activities of Communist parties abroad.
D)   prevent the United States from forming military alliances with other nations.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 20

How did women fare in the post-World War II economy?

Accepted Answer

A)   Their wartime earnings remained unchanged.
B)   They continued to work in heavy industries.
C)   Their earnings saw significant decline.
D)   They gained significant increases in income.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

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