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Early Years Of The Cold War
Test Description: Chapter 27 test questions
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1) Which benefits did the GI Bill of Rights offer to a veteran?
A
exemption from rationing of food and gasoline.
B
guaranteed acceptance into state and universities.
C
money for school, loans, for houses, farms, and businesses.
D
monthly allowances for unemployment.
2) What was the original purpose of the United Nations?
A
conflict resolution
B
terror prevention
C
disaster relief
D
hunger prevention
3) President Truman sent the US military forces to South Korea to
A
take over the fighting from the North Korean troops.
B
give South Korean troops cover and support.
C
defend US diplomats against the South Korean army.
D
protect the Chinese border to prevent the conflict from spreading.
4) In the 1950s the federal government began an urban renewal program mainly to
A
encourage community owned urban businesses.
B
decrease federal funding for highway construction.
C
discourage families from moving to the suburbs.
D
improve city services and urban housing.
5) What is one reason why some American women were discouraged during the postwar years?
A
There were not enough jobs to go around.
B
People expected them to go to college regardless of their career goals.
C
Society seemed to assume that a woman's principal role was a wife and mother.
D
Only low salaries were offered for teaching and nursing jobs.
6) During the 1950s musicians such as Elvis Presley helped what type of music become popular?
A
bebop
B
classical
C
jazz
D
rock n roll
7) One of the first decisions made b the United Nations was to
A
protest the division of Palestine.
B
officially condemn the 1949 war on Isreal.
C
divide Palestine into separate Arab and Jewish states.
D
send peacekeeping troops to Palestine.
8) In the 1950s Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed to know of Communists who were aiding the Soviet Union from inside the US State Department.
A
true
B
false
9) The term Cold War came to be used to describe the
A
struggle for global power between the US and the Soviet Union.
B
campaign to purge the US government of known communists.
C
conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbors.
D
resentment toward Germany that lingered following WWII
10) Dwight D. Eisenhower said the first task of his administration would be to
A
build a hydrogen bomb.
B
root out communist spies.
C
put a sto to inflation.
D
end the Korean War.
11) President Truman appointed Eleanor Roosevelt as one of the first US delegates to the
A
League of Nations.
B
United Nations.
C
Sun Belt
D
Potsdam Conference.
12) A new ____________swept America in the 1940s and 1950s when Americans again became preoccupied with fear of communists.
A
mop
B
Cold War
C
broom
D
Red Scare
13) In 1952 the Novel__________focused on the isolation from maintrream society felt by many African Americans.
A
Esperanza Rising
B
The Lone Ranger
C
The Invisible Man
D
The Catcher in the Rye
14) A crisis involving the ____________ which began when Britain, France, and Israel invaded Egypt, ended with a US -Soviet agreement to condemn the invasion.
A
Suez Canal
B
Red Scare
C
McCarthyism
D
Cold War
15) Some social critics complained that the suburban life was too heavily based on ______________.
A
McCarthyism
B
color of home
C
popularity
D
consumer culture
16) The new foreign policy the US developed to deal with the Cold War was based on the goal of ______________.
A
Pizza Hut
B
nonalignment
C
suburban living
D
containment
17) Suburban neighborhoods welcomed diverse populations.
A
false
B
true
18) In 1946 the US sent troops to Greece to help its monarchy put down Communist rebellion.
A
false
B
true
19) Many republicans did not support Trumana in the 1948 presidential election because of his support for civil rights. law.
A
true
B
false
20) The US joined nine Western European countries, along with Iceland and Canada, to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
A
true
B
false
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