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Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Reinhold Niebuhr

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Question 2

In early 1945,the United States was extremely eager to secure the Soviet Union's participation in the projected invasion of Japan because

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A)   the Soviets would become so engaged in East Asia that they would not expand further into central Europe.
B)   without Soviet help, the Japanese could not be defeated.
C)   American casualties were expected to be high if only Americans were involved.
D)   Roosevelt believed that Stalin's involvement in Japan could help to control the communists in China.
E)   Roosevelt did not want Stalin to become aware of the atomic bomb secret.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 3

A leading American theologian who urged a vigorous American foreign policy and a return to Christian foundations was

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A)   Paul Tillich.
B)   Billy Graham.
C)   Benjamin Spock.
D)   Reinhold Nieburh.
E)   Norman Vincent Peale.F) C) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-J.Robert Oppenheimer

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Question 5

The NSC-68 document reflected the American belief

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A)   in the limitless capabilities of the American economy and society.
B)   that we needed help to fight the spread of communism.
C)   that huge sacrifices would be needed by Americans to fight the Cold War.
D)   in the futility of containment.
E)   that military spending would help the economy.F) None of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-McCarran Act

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Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Richard M.Nixon

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Question 8

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
 
-____ South Sakhalin Island

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Question 9

The passage of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act (GI Bill of Rights) was partly motivated by

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A)   fear of postwar veterans' protests.
B)   memories of the mistreatment of the veterans' Bonus Army in the 1930s.
C)   fear that the labor markets could not absorb millions of discharged veterans.
D)   a desire to expand the social diversity of American colleges and universities.
E)   the need of American business for a more highly educated workforce.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 10

Evaluate the trade-offs at the Yalta conference in 1945.Was it a sellout to the Soviet Union? Why or why not?

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Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Joseph McCarthy

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Question 12

Why were so many Americans anxious about the economic future of the nation at the conclusion of World War II? Why did these fears prove groundless?

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Many Americans were anxious about the ec...

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Dixiecrats

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The Dixiecrats were a short-lived politi...

Question 14

The Taft-Hartley Act delivered a major blow to labor by

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A)   outlawing strikes by public employees.
B)   creating a serious inflationary spiral.
C)   banning labor's political action committees.
D)   outlawing closed (all-union)  shops.
E)   forbidding union organizers to enter workplaces.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 15

The huge postwar baby boom reached its peak in the

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A)   late 1940s.
B)   early 1950s.
C)   late 1950s.
D)   mid-1960s.
E)   early 1970s.F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 16

Which of the following were not among the key decisions made by Roosevelt,Stalin,and Churchill at the Yalta Conference?

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A)   The Soviet Union would attack Japan within three months in exchange for territorial concessions.
B)   The Soviet Union would sponsor free elections in Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania.
C)   Occupation zones in Germany would be assigned to each of the victorious great powers.
D)   The Soviets and Americans would militarily withdraw from Europe after a peace treaty was signed.
E)   A new international peacekeeping organization, the United Nations, would be set up.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-H-Bomb

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Question 18

The majority of the new jobs created in the postwar era went to

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A)   men.
B)   women.
C)   African Americans.
D)   Hispanics.
E)   New immigrants.F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 19

Was the Cold War inevitable? Why or why not? If so,at what point did it become inevitable?

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The question of whether the Cold War was...

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-George F.Kennan

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Dixiecrats

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -McCarran Act

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Locate the following places by reference number on the map: -____ South Sakhalin Island

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