early cold war 1945-1960 Flashcards


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1

which of the following were not among the key decisions made by roosevelt, stalin, and churchill at the yalta conference

the soviets and americans would militarily withdraw from europe after a peace treaty

2

the crucial origins of the cold war lay in a fundamental disagreement between the united states and the soviet union postwar arrangements in

eastern europe

3

one of the most significant strctural differences between the old league of nations and the new united nations was the the u.n.

gave a veto in the powerful secruity council to the five great powers

4

which of the following was not among the early success of the united nations

stopping the spread of atomic weapons

5

when the soviet union denied the united states, britain, and france access to berlin in 1984, president truman responded by

organizing a gigantic airlift of supplies to berlin

6

soviet specialist george k. kennan framed a coherent approach for america in the cold war by advising a

containment

7

president truman risked american access to middle eastern oil supplies when he

recognized the new jewish state of israel

8

republicans used the communist victory in the chinese civil war to claim dubiously that

pro communist elements in the truman administration had prevented the nationalist chinese leader jiang jieshi and his forces from winning the war

9

nsc-68 called for

a massive increase in military spending

10

the nsc-68 document reflected the american belief

in the limitless capabilities of the american economy and society to support a giant reamament program to expand the american military

11

president truman's action upon hearing of the invasion of south korea illustrated his commitment to forgein policy of

containment

12

in an effort to detect communists within federal government, president truman est the

loyalty review board

13

among anticommunists, senator joseph r. mccathy was the

one who most damaged free speech and fair play

14

a leading liberal american theologian who urged a vigorous american foreign policy and return to christian foundations was

reinhold niebuhr

15

as a result of senator mccathy's crusade agasint subversion in america

the state department lost a number of asian specialists eho might have counseled a wiser course in vietnam

16

the passage of the serviceman's readjustment act was partly motivated by

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

17

in an effort to forestall an economic downturn, the truman administration did all of the following except

countine wartime wage and price control

18

in 1948, many southern democrats split from their party to support governor j. strom thurmond because

president truman took a strong stand in favor of civil rights

19

even by the end of 1948 presidential campaign, almost everyone expected governor thomas dewey to win because

president truman seemed umpopular and the democrats had split three ways

20

president truman's domestic legislative plan was dubbed the

fair deal

21

the post ww2 prosperity in the united states was most beneficial to

women

22

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

colossal military budgets

23

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

spectacular gains in american agricultural productivity and food growing

24

since 1945, population in the united states has grown most rapidly in the

sunbelt

25

much of the sunbelt's new prosperity was based on its

tremendous influx of money from the federal government

26

all of the following encouraged many post 1945 americans to move to the suburbs except

development of fuel efficient automobiles

27

by 1960, the proportion of americans who lived in areas classified as metropolitan suburbs was approximately

one out of four

28

population distribution after ww2 followed a pattern of

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

29

childern of the baby boom

all of these choices are correct