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Many Americans feared that the end of World War II would bring

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a return of the Great Depresssiom

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The Taft-Hartley Act delivered a major blow to labor by

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outlawing closed (all-union) shops.

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The passage of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act (GI Bill of Rights) was partly motivated by

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fear that the labor markets could not absorb millions of discharged veterans.

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Which of these is NOT a true statement about the GI Bill?

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Benefits were only available in the first three months after leaving the military.

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The growth of organized labor in the post-World War II era was slowed by all of the following EXCEPT the

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reduced number of women in the work force.

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In an effort to forestall an economic downturn, the Truman administration did all of the following EXCEPT

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continue wartime wage and price controls.

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The post-World War II prosperity in the United States was most beneficial to

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women

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One striking consequence of the postwar economic boom was

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a vast expansion of the homeowning middle class.

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The prosperity of the postwar decades paved the way for all of the following social transformations EXCEPT

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the migration of people to the North.

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The majority of the new jobs created in the postwar era went to

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women

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"Planned obsolescence" was a marketing tool invented in the postwar era that

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meant changing the design of goods frequently enough so that customers would replace older versions with newer ones

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The long economic boom from World War II to about 1970 was especially fueled by

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low energy costs.

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Much of the prosperity of the 1950s and 1960s rested on the underpinnings of

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colossal military budgets.

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One sign of the stress that the widespread post-World War II geographic mobility placed on American families was the

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popularity of advice books on child-rearing.

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The dramatically reduced number of American farms and farmers in the postwar era was accompanied by

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spectacular gains in American agricultural productivity and food growing.

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Since 1945, population in the United States has grown most rapidly in the

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Sunbelt

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Much of the Sunbelt's new prosperity was based on its

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tremendous influx of money from the federal government.

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All of the following encouraged many post-1945 Americans to move to the suburbs EXCEPT

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development of fuel-efficient automobiles.

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Which of the following did NOT contribute to the rapid rise of suburbia in post-World War II America?

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Urban environmental problems

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By 1960, the proportion of Americans who lived in areas classified as metropolitan suburbs was approximately

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one out of four (25 percent).

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The continued growth of the suburbs led to

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an increase in urban poverty.

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Population distribution after World War II followed a pattern of

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an urban-suburban segregation of blacks and whites in major metropolitan areas.

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The refusal of the Federal Housing Authority to grant home loans to blacks contributed to

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driving many blacks into public housing.

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The huge postwar baby boom reached its peak in the

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. late 1950s.

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Children of the baby boom

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comprised a lucrative market for prepared baby food and other infant products. grew into teenagers who spend $20 billion a year on clothes and music. became the foundation of the youth movements of the 1960s and 1970s.

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Before he was elected vice president of the United States in 1944, Harry S Truman had served as all of the following EXCEPT

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secretary of the navy.

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Harry Truman possessed all of the following personal characteristics EXCEPT

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willingness to admit mistakes.

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In early 1945, the United States was extremely eager to secure the Soviet Union's participation in the projected invasion of Japan because

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American casualties were expected to be high if only Americans were involved.

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The crucial origins of the Cold War lay in a fundamental disagreement between the United States and the Soviet Union over postwar arrangements in

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Eastern Europe.

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Which of the following were NOT among the key decisions made by Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill at the Yalta Conference?

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The Soviets and Americans would militarily withdraw from Europe after a peace treaty was signed.

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Despite their political and strategic differences, the United States and the Soviet Union strongly resembled one another in 1945 in that they

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had been largely isolated from world affairs and practiced an ideological missionary foreign policy.

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Unlike the failed League of Nations, the new United Nations

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was established in a spirit of cooperation before the war's actual end.

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One of the most significant structural differences between the old League of Nations and the new United Nations was that the U.N.

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gave a veto in the powerful Security Council to the five Great Powers.

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Which of the following was NOT among the early successes of the United Nations?

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Stopping the spread of atomic weapons

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The victorious World War II Allies quickly agreed that

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Nazism should be destroyed in Germany and high-ranking Nazis should be tried and punished for war crimes.

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When the Soviet Union denied the United States, Britain, and France access to Berlin in 1948, President Truman responded by

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organizing a gigantic airlift of supplies to Berlin.

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Soviet specialist George F. Kennan framed a coherent approach for America in the Cold War by advising a policy of

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containment

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The fundamental idea of the containment doctrine, embraced by President Truman, was

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Soviet expansion should be blocked by firm but not aggressive military and diplomatic strength.

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The immediate crisis that prompted the announcement of the Truman Doctrine was related to the threat of a communist takeover in

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Greece and Turkey.

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Under the Truman Doctrine, the United States pledged to

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support those who were resisting subjugation by communists.

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Match each postwar American program below with its primary purpose.

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Point four- aid underdeveloped nations of Latin America, Asia, and Africa NATO- resist Soviet military threat Truman Doctrine -assist communist-threatened Greece and Turkey Marshall Plan- promote economic recovery of Europe

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A leading American theologian who urged a vigorous American foreign policy and a return to Christian foundations was

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Reinhold Nieburh.

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President Truman's Marshall Plan called for

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substantial financial assistance to rebuild Western Europe

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The Marshall Plan succeeded in reviving Europe's economy and thwarting the large internal Communist parties threatening to take over

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Italy and France.

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President Truman risked American access to Middle Eastern oil supplies when he

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recognized the new Jewish state of Israel.

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American membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization did all of the following for the country EXCEPT

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reduce our defense expenditures, since we would get help from other countries.

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The United States' participation in NATO

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marked a dramatic departure from traditional American isolationism.

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Postwar Japan

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had its military leaders tried for war crimes, as had occurred in Germany.

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Which of the following was NOT true of the new Japanese government installed by General Douglas MacArthur in 1946?

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It joined an American military alliance to prevent the spread of communism in East Asia.

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Jiang Jieshi and the Nationalist government lost the Chinese civil war to the communists and Mao Ze-dong mainly because

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Jiang lost the support and confidence of the Chinese people.

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Republicans used the Communist victory in the Chinese civil war to claim that

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pro-Communist elements in the Truman administration had prevented Jiang Jieshi from winning.

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In an effort to detect communists within the federal government, President Harry Truman established the

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Loyalty Review Board.

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In 1948, many southern Democrats split from their party to support Governor J. Strom Thurmond because

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President Truman took a strong stand in favor of civil rights.

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Even by the end of the 1948 presidential campaign, almost everyone expected Governor Thomas Dewey to win because

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President Truman seemed unpopular and the Democrats had split three ways.

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President Truman's domestic legislative plan was dubbed the

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Fair Deal.

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President Truman's action upon hearing of the invasion of South Korea illustrated his commitment to a foreign policy of

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containment

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NSC-68 called for

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a massive increase in military spending.

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The NSC-68 document reflected the American belief

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in the limitless capabilities of the American economy and society.

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President Harry Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur from command of United Nations troops in Korea when

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MacArthur began to openly criticize Truman's orders on military policy.

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