Question 1

Which of the following occurred immediately after World War II in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A) The United States declared war on the Soviet Union. 
B) There was a mild economic recession and then a booming economy. 
C) Another Great Depression began. 
D) Women started to outnumber men in the workplace. 
E) High government spending ended. 
A) The United States declared war on the Soviet Union. 
B) There was a mild economic recession and then a booming economy. 
C) Another Great Depression began. 
D) Women started to outnumber men in the workplace. 
E) High government spending ended.

Question 2

The postwar era witnessed tremendous economic depression.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What was the line of thinking behind the creation of Dulles's and Eisenhower's strategy of mass retaliation?

Accepted Answer

A) The United States could not afford more military expenditures like those of the Korean War, so it would use the threat of nuclear warfare to combat the global threat of communism. 
B) The United States should continue Truman's containment policy because it was already on a massive enough scale in its efforts to liberate the "captive peoples" of Eastern Europe and China. 
C) The United States should counterattack the Soviet Union in response to their detonation of nuclear weapons at the end of the Korean War. 
D) The only way for the United States to eradicate communism in the Soviet Union would be to begin a ground war, sending massive numbers of American soldiers overseas. 
E) The United States and Soviet Union should join forces in bombarding North Korea because they would then have double the number of soldiers, resources, and weapons. 
A) The United States could not afford more military expenditures like those of the Korean War, so it would use the threat of nuclear warfare to combat the global threat of communism. 
B) The United States should continue Truman's containment policy because it was already on a massive enough scale in its efforts to liberate the "captive peoples" of Eastern Europe and China. 
C) The United States should counterattack the Soviet Union in response to their detonation of nuclear weapons at the end of the Korean War. 
D) The only way for the United States to eradicate communism in the Soviet Union would be to begin a ground war, sending massive numbers of American soldiers overseas. 
E) The United States and Soviet Union should join forces in bombarding North Korea because they would then have double the number of soldiers, resources, and weapons.

Question 4

Rural areas experienced a loss of population in the 1950s and after.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Martin Luther King, Jr.encouraged a tactic known as nonviolent civil disobedience to promote the civil rights movement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

After World War II, __________ migrated to the urban North in record numbers.

Accepted Answer

A) Chinese immigrants 
B) Hispanics 
C) Cuban exiles 
D) Filipino exiles 
E) African Americans 
A) Chinese immigrants 
B) Hispanics 
C) Cuban exiles 
D) Filipino exiles 
E) African Americans

Question 7

Why did both Republicans and Democrats recruit Dwight Eisenhower to run for president in 1952?

Accepted Answer

A) He planned to follow Truman's containment policy in regards to the spread of communism. 
B) He had displayed great organizational and diplomatic abilities, especially in World War II. 
C) He was hardly known outside his home state. 
D) He sought to start a second Korean War. 
E) He had no war experience and, thus, would focus on domestic issues. 
A) He planned to follow Truman's containment policy in regards to the spread of communism. 
B) He had displayed great organizational and diplomatic abilities, especially in World War II. 
C) He was hardly known outside his home state. 
D) He sought to start a second Korean War. 
E) He had no war experience and, thus, would focus on domestic issues.

Which of the following occurred immediately after World War II in the United States?

The postwar era witnessed tremendous economic depression.

What was the line of thinking behind the creation of Dulles's and Eisenhower's strategy of mass retaliation?

Rural areas experienced a loss of population in the 1950s and after.

Martin Luther King, Jr.encouraged a tactic known as nonviolent civil disobedience to promote the civil rights movement.

After World War II, __________ migrated to the urban North in record numbers.

Why did both Republicans and Democrats recruit Dwight Eisenhower to run for president in 1952?

The Collision of Cultures in the 16th Century

England and Its American Colonies, 1607-1732

Colonial Ways of Life, 1607-1750

From Colonies to States, 1607-1776

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Creating a More Perfect Union, 1783-1800

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South and Slavery, 1800-1860

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion and Southern Secession, 1830-1861

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Big Business and Organized Labor, 1860-1900

The South and the West Transformed, 1865-1900

Society and Politics in the Gilded Age, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

New Deal America, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

New Frontiers, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, the 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

Twenty-First-Century America, 1993-Present

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Exam 26: Affluence and Anxiety in the Atomic Age, 1950-1959

Which of the following occurred immediately after World War II in the United States?

The postwar era witnessed tremendous economic depression.

What was the line of thinking behind the creation of Dulles's and Eisenhower's strategy of mass retaliation?

Rural areas experienced a loss of population in the 1950s and after.

Martin Luther King, Jr.encouraged a tactic known as nonviolent civil disobedience to promote the civil rights movement.

After World War II, __________ migrated to the urban North in record numbers.

Why did both Republicans and Democrats recruit Dwight Eisenhower to run for president in 1952?

The Collision of Cultures in the 16th Century

England and Its American Colonies, 1607-1732

Colonial Ways of Life, 1607-1750

From Colonies to States, 1607-1776

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Creating a More Perfect Union, 1783-1800

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South and Slavery, 1800-1860

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion and Southern Secession, 1830-1861

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Big Business and Organized Labor, 1860-1900

The South and the West Transformed, 1865-1900

Society and Politics in the Gilded Age, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

New Deal America, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

New Frontiers, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, the 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

Twenty-First-Century America, 1993-Present

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