Most Americans became aware of the full horrors of the Holocaust __________. A) at the beginning of the war B) through government films detailing Nazi atrocities C) only as the war entered its final stages D) as European Jewish refugees flooded into the United States from 1941 onward ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Perhaps the greatest contribution women made in the military in World War II were the approximately 56,000 who served as __________. A) Air Force ferry pilots B) nurses in the Army C) Navy cooks D) Marine Corps training officers ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Discuss the various steps that Roosevelt took to combat isolationism at home. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: lend-lease; the Atlantic Charter; key speeches; Neutrality Acts
Date: September 9th, 2020
Passage of the National Security Act in 1947 indicated that __________. A) Truman no longer considered the Soviets a serious threat B) the United States would be placed on a permanent state of high alert C) Congress was unwilling to fund Cold War programs D) thousands of dangerous subversives had been found in the government […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Truman Doctrine was the first and clearest exercise of the policy of __________. A) massive nuclear retaliation B) anti-colonialism C) containment D) spreading democracy by peaceful means ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which nation was the principal supplier of funds for the IMF and the World Bank? A) United States B) Britain C) France D) Soviet Union ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
While the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956 helped both the automobile and construction industries, it hurt __________. A) mass transit systems and older cities B) the trucking industries C) suburban development D) farming communities ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
South Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem’s __________ helped spark civil war. A) persecution of Vietnamese Catholics B) free trade policies C) refusal to allow land reform D) corruption and repressive policies ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
To respond to the fears that the United States had fallen behind the Soviets after Sputnik, in 1961 Kennedy pledged that, by the end of the decade, the United States would __________. A) build a supersonic passenger plane B) put a man on the moon C) produce most of its electricity from nuclear power D) […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did the place of young people in the culture of the 1950s differ from that of young people in earlier decades? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: population growth; affluence; youth consumption; media and young people; social and cultural anxieties
Date: September 9th, 2020
