In 1943, riots broke out in southern California between U.S. sailors and __________. A) Mexican American “zoot suiters” B) Chinese laborers C) African American veterans D) civilian defense plant workers ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
One striking result of World War II on those who served was that __________. A) many Americans formed new bonds of community that transcended previous divisions B) most remembered it as a bad, unnecessary war C) blacks and whites served together with little discrimination or conflict D) most who served tried to forget their war […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The first territory annexed by Hitler, in 1938, was __________. A) Belgium B) Czechoslovakia C) Austria D) Poland ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
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
