Between 1943 and 1945, a unique community emerged in Los Alamos, New Mexico, made up of __________. A) displaced Dust Bowl farmers B) African American factory workers C) researchers, scientists, and their families D) Japanese internees ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
By the time the Allies met at Yalta, Roosevelt had realized that neither the Soviets nor British would accept __________. A) establishing European spheres of influence B) a conditional German surrender C) the principles of the Atlantic Charter D) American domination of the postwar world ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The fighting over this island was particularly fierce, since it was so close to Japan. A) Okinawa B) Guam C) Guadalcanal D) Tarawa ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of these delayed Germany’s 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union? A) an assassination attempt on Hitler B) the threat of a British landing in Scandinavia C) Mussolini’s failures in North Africa and Greece D) German losses in the Battle of Britain ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Truman’s assumption that the United States would maintain its containment policy through a monopoly on nuclear weapons was undercut by __________. A) the Soviets matching each U.S. atomic and hydrogen bomb development B) the unsustainable cost of nuclear weapons C) technical problems that made mass production of nuclear weapons impossible D) European NATO allies refusing […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The 1947 federal “Zeal for Democracy” program promoted strengthening national security and fighting Soviet communism through __________. A) religion B) the family C) military investment D) education ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
By the late 1940s, the Communist Party, U.S.A., was __________. A) a major third party B) highly critical of the Soviet Union C) growing rapidly D) steadily losing ground ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The greatest long-term impact of the G.I. Bill of Rights was to promote __________. A) education and job training B) making the military a career C) increasing economic inequality D) smaller family size ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Kennedy’s most lasting achievement may have been __________. A) strengthening the executive branch of government B) reestablishing respect for America abroad C) ending the Vietnam War D) bringing about civil rights for minorities ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
When Soviet missiles were detected in Cuba in 1962, Kennedy’s advisors’ first response was to call for __________. A) negotiations with Castro and an offer of U.S. aid if the missiles were removed B) bombing of the sites by American aircraft C) a Special Forces operation to assassinate Castro D) a declaration of war on […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
