Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Who gave an important speech at
Fulton, Missouri in 1946 and coined the phrase, “An iron curtain has fallen across
Europe.”
a. | Harry
Truman | c. | Winston
Churchill | b. | Dwight Eisenhower | d. | Douglas MacArthur |
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What countries were trapped
behind the Iron Curtain?
a. | Eastern
Europe | c. | West Germany and
Finland | b. | Western Europe | d. | England, France and the other allied
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Who was the dictator of the
Soviet Union in the late 1940’s?
a. | Nikita
Khrushchev | c. | Winston
Churchill | b. | Joseph Stalin | d. | Michael Gorbachev |
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What was the job situation for
returning veterans right after World War II?
a. | jobs were
plentiful | c. | jobs were
scarce | b. | jobs were plentiful for civilians but not for returning
soldiers | d. | jobs were plentiful in manufacturing
but not in the service industries |
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What two things did the GI Bill
provide for returning servicemen?
a. | Government backed loans for homes
and money for education | c. | Money for
education and public housing | b. | Government backed loans and free medical
care | d. | Government public housing and free medical treatment for
stress caused by war service |
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What caused the dramatic
expansion of the economy in the late 40’s and 50’s?
a. | An expansion of free credit for
returning servicemen | c. | Pent-up demand
from the war years | b. | The pending war in Korea | d. | A lack of demand during the post war
period |
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Who was the first African
American to play baseball in the major leagues and what team did he play for?
a. | Jackie Robinson for the LA
Dodgers | c. | Nat King Cole for
eh NY Yankees | b. | Jackie Robinson for the Brooklyn Dodgers | d. | Don Newcomb for Brooklyn Dodgers |
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From 1948 to 1952, forty five
million people were added to the U.S. population. What was this event called?
a. | The Baby
Boom | c. | The Graying of
America | b. | The Sexual Revolution | d. | War Surplus |
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Which president signed an
executive order in 1948, ending segregation in the armed forces?
a. | FDR | c. | Harry Truman | b. | Dwight Eisenhower | d. | John F. Kennedy |
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What was the Marshall
plan
a. | A plan to build the industrial base
of the Soviet Union after WWII | c. | A plan to relieve the suffering of the people of
Europe | b. | A plan to arm the Soviet Union and England to enable them to fight
Germany | d. | A plan for the liberation of
France |
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What was the purpose of the
Marshall plan?
a. | Keep Europe from turning to
Communism | c. | Liberate Eastern
Europe | b. | Help the Allies win the war against Germany | d. | Liberate France with the DDay
invasion |
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Germany was divided into
sectors after WWII. What were the sectors?
a. | British, American, Russian and
Soviet | c. | American, Russian, and
British | b. | England, France, American and Soviet | d. | none of these |
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In what sector of Germany was
the city of Berlin located?
a. | British | c. | American | b. | French | d. | Soviet |
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What was the Berlin Airlift all
about?
a. | The Americans supplied the Russians
with arms to help them take control of Berlin | c. | An attempt by the West to start airline service to the city of
Berlin | b. | The Americans supplied the Allies with arms so the Germans could be
defeated. | d. | The Soviets closed the Western
Sectors of Berlin so America re-supplied Berlin by air |
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What happened in China in
1949?
a. | The Nationalist Armies took control
of the country | c. | China invaded
Korea | b. | The Communists took control of the country | d. | China attacked Taiwan |
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How did the Korean war
start?
a. | South Korea invaded North
Korea | c. | China invaded North and South
Korea | b. | North Korea invaded South Korea | d. | China invaded South Korea |
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What was the conflict between
MacArthur and Truman?
a. | MacArthur did not support
Truman’s policies in the Korean war | c. | MacArthur was a Republican and Truman was a
Democrat | b. | Truman could not convince MacArthur to be more aggressive in
Korea | d. | Truman wanted Eisenhower to be general in
Korea |
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Who were the
Rosenbergs?
a. | Russian spies who escaped to the
Soviet Union | c. | Soviet spies who
were executed for giving atomic secrets to the Soviet Union | b. | Soviet spies working in
Hollywood | d. | Pro-Soviet college professors who
were black-listed |
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What prompted Americans to
build bomb shelters in the early 50’s?
a. | China becoming
communist | c. | The Soviets
testing their first atomic bomb | b. | The Russian blockade of Berlin | d. | China testing its first atomic
bomb |
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What did Senator Joseph
McCarthy investigate?
a. | Communist infiltration of
television | c. | Communist
infiltration of Hollywood | b. | Communist infiltration of the government | d. | Communist infiltration of American
industry |
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What World War II general ran
for president as a Republican in 1952?
a. | Dwight
Eisenhower | c. | Douglas
MacArthur | b. | George Patton | d. | George Marshall |
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