The Truman Doctrine was a response to the threat of subversion and revolution in __________. A) Indochina B) Turkey and Greece C) France and Belgium D) Latin America ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Manhattan Project was centered in Los Alamos, New Mexico, and __________. A) Hanford, Washington B) Albuquerque, New Mexico C) Alamogordo, New Mexico D) Orange County, California ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Republican formula for attacking Truman and the Democrats in the 1952 election was K1C2, meaning Korea, Communism, and __________. A) Containment B) China C) Corruption D) Cold War ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why did Stalin insist on a strong Soviet influence on postwar Eastern Europe? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: Soviet territorial gains during the war; buffer zones; Soviet views of Western Europe; Soviet views of the United States
Date: September 9th, 2020
Eisenhower’s hopes for U.S-Soviet reconciliation were dashed by __________. A) Stalin’s death and the emergence of Khrushchev B) the Soviet launch of Sputnik C) an incident in which an American U-2 plane was shot down over the Soviet Union D) U.S. intervention in the East Berlin uprising ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Eisenhower’s housing policies did almost nothing to encourage __________. A) revitalizing existing urban communities B) road building C) suburbanization D) individual home ownership ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
William Levitt was a pioneer in postwar __________. A) television production B) popular music C) suburban housing D) sociological examination of American society ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
What two firsts raised African Americans’ expectations? A) Jackie Robinson winning baseball’s Rookie of the Year award and Ralph Bunche receiving the Nobel Peace Prize B) civil rights legislation and voluntary desegregation in Alabama C) antilynching legislation and a civil rights division in the Justice Department D) the election of Harlem Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
House Resolution 108, the Indian “termination” policy, was intended to __________. A) return to a policy of assimilation B) guarantee long-term government support for individual Indians C) protect tribes from government exploitation D) end all federal government involvement in the “Indian problem” ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
When LBJ became president in 1963, civil rights activists __________. A) expected immediate and aggressive action to advance their cause B) viewed him warily, doubtful of his commitment to their cause C) were outraged that an overt segregationist had become president D) held a March on Washington to pressure him for action ANSWER Answer: […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
