CH. 29-30 – Flashcard

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All of the following are true of Harry Truman EXCEPT that he
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had an Ivy League education
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One of Truman's great strengths as he assumed the presidency was his
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decisive character
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On the domestic front, President Truman soon made clear his intention to
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enlarge the New Deal
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The GI Bill did all of the following EXCEPT
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pay veterans large bonuses to remain in the military
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A major economic problem President Truman faced immediately after the war was
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high rates of inflation
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When confronted with strikes in the coal and railroad industries in 1946, President Truman's response was to
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temporarily seize those industries
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All of the following were established by the National Security Act of 1947 EXCEPT
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The Department of Homeland Security
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The Yalta pledges of democratic elections in Eastern Europe
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proved to be meaningless
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All of the following were original NATO members EXCEPT
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Japan
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The secretary of state who devised the plan of massive economic recovery aid to Europe was
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George Marshall
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Truman's response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948 was to
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launch a massive airlift of supplies into West Berlin
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In regard to Israel's founding in 1948, the United States
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became the first country to recognize the Jewish state
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One major reason that World War II inspired postwar changes in race relations was the
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racist nature of the enemies of the United States
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In 1948, President Truman desegregated
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The military
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The United States experienced a shock in 1949 when Communists took over
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China
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During the 1948 presidential campaign, Truman endorsed all of the following EXCEPT
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abolishing social security
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In the 1948 campaign, the Dixiecrats did all of the following EXCEPT
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influence Truman to slow down on Civil Rights
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The 1948 election is probably best remembered for
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Truman's upset victory
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The second-place finisher in the 1948 election was
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Thomas Dewey
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By and large, Truman's Fair Deal proposals
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were thwarted by a conservative coalition in Congress
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The Soviet acquisition of the atomic bomb in 1949 inspired Truman to
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order the development of a hydrogen bomb
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With the end of World War II, Korea
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became divided into northern and southern halves
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When North Korea attacked South Korea, Truman concluded
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that Stalin and the Soviets were behind it
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UN forces reaching the Yalu River brought about
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a massive Chinese intervention
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Truman fired MacArthur
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for insubordination
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In 1947, President Truman took actions to banish Communists from
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the federal government
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The person who benefited most from the outcome of the Hiss-Chambers case was
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Richard Nixon
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Senator McCarthy was very effective in
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exploiting public fears
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President Truman vetoed the McCarran Internal Security Act
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because he felt it promoted thought control
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In the Truman years, the United States abandoned a longtime tradition with its involvement in
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peacetime alliances
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The postwar economic boom was fueled mainly by
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cold war-related military spending
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During the 1950s, the income gap between whites and blacks
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widened
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In 1954, all of the following were major TV shows EXCEPT
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The Price Is Right
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A very important reason for passage of the GI Bill was to
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Prevent the return of the Depression
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Which of the following is NOT true of the GI Bill?
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It's huge cost did not justify it's benefits
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While college enrollments soared in the postwar period
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black veterans encountered barriers to entrance
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The Baby Boom
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started in 1946
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Houses in Levittown in the early 1950s all sold for just under
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$6,900
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Suburban growth was spurred by all of the following EXCEPT
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New construction of mass public transportation
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Most blacks who moved to Chicago were fleeing terrible poverty in
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the rural south
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Blacks who moved to northern cities found
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New problems and forms of exploitation
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By the mid-1950s, most workers
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were white collar
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Many critics of American life in the 1950s believed that middle-class society suffered from
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excessive conformity
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Life magazine's ideal woman of the mid-1950s was
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a white suburban housewife
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With the end of World War II, women workers were encouraged to
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give up their jobs to returning veterans
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Newsweek magazine discouraged women from even attending college when it proclaimed that
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"books and babies don't mix"
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One sign of the times came in 1954 when Congress added the words "under God" to
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The pledge of the Allegiance
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In The Affluent Society, John Kenneth Galbraith pointed out the
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persistence of poverty
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In The Crack in the Picture Window, John Keats described suburban life as
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"Homogeneous, postwar Hell"
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The African American writer who explored the theme of social alienation in Invisible Man was
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Ralph Ellison
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Jackson Pollock pioneered the style of painting known as
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abstract expressionism
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The youthful rebels known as the Beats
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favored road trips, buddhism, and jazz
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Alan Freed was a notable
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disc jockey
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The music Alan Freed labeled rock and roll was actually
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rhythm and blues
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Elvis Presley's recordings
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blended a variety of musical styles
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In regard to New Deal programs, Eisenhower
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retained most and even expanded some of them
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In regard to the Rosenbergs, who had been convicted of atomic espionage, President Eisenhower
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refused to halt their executions
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Dulles's policy of "brinksmanship" involved
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averting war through the threat of nuclear force
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Since the nineteenth century, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia had been ruled by
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France
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Adlai E. Stevenson was
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Eisenhower's opponent for president in both 1952 and 1956
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