front 1 During the Yalta conference, why were the Soviets promised holdings in Asia? | back 1 Because President Franklin Roosevelt was counting on the Soviets to help the United States defeat Japan |
front 2 Which of the following was established at the Bretton Woods Conference of 1944? | back 2 The International Monetary Fund |
front 3 All of the following are true about the United Nations except: | back 3 Its General Assembly is controlled by the Big Five powers. |
front 4 All of the following were true of the Allied approach to postwar Germany except: | back 4 Eventually, all of the Allied powers recognized the reality that an industrial, healthy German economy was indispensable to the recovery of Europe. |
front 5 The Marshall Plan's economic success helped to halt the growth of large and powerful Communist parties in which countries? | back 5 France and Italy |
front 6 Which statement applies to the United States's participation in NATO? | back 6 It marked a dramatic departure from traditional American isolationism. |
front 7 What did the invasion of North Korea into South Korea on June 25, 1950, prompt? | back 7 A massive expansion of the U.S. military |
front 8 Which of the following is true of the Korean War? | back 8 It ended in stalemate. |
front 9 What mistake did U.S. General Douglas MacArthur make during the Korean War? | back 9 He ignored predictions of a Chinese intervention. |
front 10 In an effort to detect communists within the federal government, what did President Harry Truman establish? | back 10 The Loyalty Review Board |
front 11 Besides giving educational benefits to returning veterans, what was the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (the GI Bill of Rights) intended to do? | back 11 Prevent returning soldiers from flooding the job market |
front 12 Who were the two candidates in 1948 who broke away from the Democratic Party and joined Republican Thomas Dewey in challenging President Truman? | back 12 South Carolina Governor Strom Thurmond and former Vice President Henry Wallace |
front 13 What was one leading cause of the post-World War II economic boom? | back 13 Cheap energy |
front 14 How did the federal government play a large role in the growth of the Sunbelt? | back 14 Its financial support of industries in the area |
front 15 All of the following were true of the growth of American suburbs except: | back 15 Government policies in the United States discouraged movement away from urban centers. |