Question 1

What prompted the fourfold increase in the Mexican-born population in California after World War II?

Accepted Answer

A)  the loss of Japanese-Americans due to internment
B)  the opportunities in higher education thanks to the G.I. Bill
C)  loosened border controls and opportunities in the U.S. economy
D)  the breakdown of democracy at the beginning of the drug wars in MexicoE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

The new prosperity that Americans enjoyed after World War II depended largely on

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A)  the globalization of the international economy.
B)  high tariff barriers against Japan.
C)  the export of raw materials to developing nations.
D)  low wages for American workers.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Why did so many Americans agree to dramatic restrictions of civil liberties during the Cold War?

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A)  They understood that this was a necessary sacrifice for their protection against communism.
B)  They felt confident that they still enjoyed sufficient civil liberties to protect themselves against fascism.
C)  Americans acquiesced largely out of a pronounced fear of communism.
D)  Whites realized that they themselves would not be targeted, and that only African-Americans would.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 4

Why did many people abroad resist American Cold War ideology?

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A)  Many people in former colonies viewed the capitalism of the colonizers as the cause of depression, war, and fascism.
B)  People in the former colonies were skeptical about the rise of the American welfare state.
C)  Most people in the developing world considered Americans excessively timid and lacking the confidence to stand up communism.
D)  It was difficult to convince people in developing nations that the United States had anything to offer them, politically or materially.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 5

At the beginning of World War II, 77 percent of African-Americans lived in the South; how many still lived there in 1970?

Accepted Answer

A)  5 percent
B)  25 percent
C)  50 percent
D)  65 percentE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 6

Identify who, what, where, when, and/or why the following are important:
1. trinitite
2. revolutionary nationalism
3. containment
4. demilitarized zone
5. Ayn Rand
6. Fair Deal
7. Nellis Air Force Base
8. "Double V" campaign
9. Jackie Robinson
10. red-lining

Accepted Answer

1. **Trinitite**: Trinitite is the glass...

Question 7

While the entire US experienced significant demographic shifts during and after World War II, the greatest changes took place in

Accepted Answer

A)  the Northeast.
B)  the Midwest.
C)  the American West.
D)  the Appalachians.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 8

Starting in the 1940s, which of the following magazines was a new popular choice at newsstands from Manhattan to Los Angeles?

Accepted Answer

A)  Worker's World
B)  Newsweek
C)  Field and Stream
D)  Ladies Home JournalE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 9

The Democratic congressman from Mississippi, John Rankin, used the House committee on un-American activities as a forum to

Accepted Answer

A)  criticize Republicans.
B)  call for civil rights reform.
C)  demand stronger protection for Israel.
D)  attack liberal causes as communist.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

Which of the following was a result of the Marshall Plan?

Accepted Answer

A)  It crushed the hopes of Stalin to keep Germany and Japan weak.
B)  It eroded support for the Democratic ticket amongst the working class.
C)  It undermined and delayed the creation of the European Union.
D)  It revealed the limited economic powers of the United States.E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

How many nations sent troops to South Korea in 1950?

Accepted Answer

A)  One, the United States
B)  Three: the United States, Great Britain, France
C)  Seventeen nations
D)  All the member-nations of the UNE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

What technology made places like Phoenix, Arizona, livable in the postwar years?

Accepted Answer

A)  the car
B)  air conditioning
C)  bug spray
D)  solar powerE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 13

Truman's Secretary of State, George C. Marshall, believed that free markets created

Accepted Answer

A)  free currencies.
B)  full employment.
C)  decent policies.
D)  free people.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

How did supporters of Roosevelt's New Deal view the post-war boom years?

Accepted Answer

A)  as the clear result of Roosevelt's anti-depression measures of 1933
B)  as glaring and painful evidence of the failure of the New Deal
C)  as an opportunity to expand the social welfare program
D)  as a threat to the socialist vision that stood behind their New Deal passionE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 15

Discuss the groundwork African American veterans laid for the civil rights movement after World War II.

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Question 16

According to George F. Kennan, what did the Soviet Union hope for in regard to Western Europe and Japan?

Accepted Answer

A)  Soviet leaders hoped that the pending economic desperation would drive these key regions into the Soviet camp.
B)  Stalin hoped that both regions could be restored to their old political order and economic interests as soon as possible.
C)  They hoped that they could launch a devastating surprise attack on both regions once American occupation troops moved out.
D)  Soviet leaders hoped for peace and economic free trade agreements with the nations in Western Europe and with Japan.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 17

How did World War II change the course of history in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America?

Accepted Answer

A)  It prompted debates about militarization and national security on those continents.
B)  It enabled the rise of revolutionary nationalism in countries that were parts of European colonial empires.
C)  Military production in nations in those regions dramatically stimulated economic development there.
D)  The war caused enormous environmental damage in those regions that would hamper development there for decades.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 18

What did President Harry S. Truman's Fair Deal accomplish, and where did it fail?

Accepted Answer

Accomplishments: new conservat...

Question 19

How did conservative citizen's groups justify their opposition to the expansion of civil rights for African Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  They denounced civil rights reform as radical liberalism and communism.
B)  They equated civil rights reform with racism.
C)  They viewed civil rights in the same was as they viewed European anti-Semitism.
D)  They considered civil rights an open violation of the New Testament.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 20

Why had communism been so popular in Europe between 1935 and 1945?

Accepted Answer

A)  The exploitation of the industrial working class had reached its pinnacle then.
B)  European industries were at their weakest in those years.
C)  Local communists had been the key opposition to Nazis.
D)  By their very nature, Europeans rejected capitalist individualism.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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