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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
money for school, loans, for houses, farms, and businesses.
B
monthly allowances for unemployment.
C
guaranteed acceptance into state and universities.
D
exemption from rationing of food and gasoline.
2) What was the original purpose of the United Nations?
A
terror prevention
B
hunger prevention
C
conflict resolution
D
disaster relief
3) President Truman sent the US military forces to South Korea to
A
take over the fighting from the North Korean troops.
B
defend US diplomats against the South Korean army.
C
protect the Chinese border to prevent the conflict from spreading.
D
give South Korean troops cover and support.
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
improve city services and urban housing.
D
discourage families from moving to the suburbs.
5) What is one reason why some American women were discouraged during the postwar years?
A
Only low salaries were offered for teaching and nursing jobs.
B
Society seemed to assume that a woman's principal role was a wife and mother.
C
People expected them to go to college regardless of their career goals.
D
There were not enough jobs to go around.
6) During the 1950s musicians such as Elvis Presley helped what type of music become popular?
A
jazz
B
classical
C
bebop
D
rock n roll
7) One of the first decisions made b the United Nations was to
A
send peacekeeping troops to Palestine.
B
divide Palestine into separate Arab and Jewish states.
C
officially condemn the 1949 war on Isreal.
D
protest the division of 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
campaign to purge the US government of known communists.
B
struggle for global power between the US and the Soviet Union.
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
end the Korean War.
B
build a hydrogen bomb.
C
put a sto to inflation.
D
root out communist spies.
11) President Truman appointed Eleanor Roosevelt as one of the first US delegates to the
A
United Nations.
B
League of Nations.
C
Potsdam Conference.
D
Sun Belt
12) A new ____________swept America in the 1940s and 1950s when Americans again became preoccupied with fear of communists.
A
Cold War
B
broom
C
mop
D
Red Scare
13) In 1952 the Novel__________focused on the isolation from maintrream society felt by many African Americans.
A
The Catcher in the Rye
B
Esperanza Rising
C
The Invisible Man
D
The Lone Ranger
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
Cold War
B
McCarthyism
C
Red Scare
D
Suez Canal
15) Some social critics complained that the suburban life was too heavily based on ______________.
A
popularity
B
consumer culture
C
McCarthyism
D
color of home
16) The new foreign policy the US developed to deal with the Cold War was based on the goal of ______________.
A
Pizza Hut
B
suburban living
C
nonalignment
D
containment
17) Suburban neighborhoods welcomed diverse populations.
A
true
B
false
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
false
B
true
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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