Unit 3 Quiz US History

A major reason for McCarthy's downfall was

his arrogant behavior during televised Senate hearings

War relocation camps

housed more than 100,000 Japanese Americans during the war

As a result of World War II presidential authority in the United States:

increased dramatically at the expense of congressional and state power

Truman's response to Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948 was to

launch a massive airlift of supplies in West Berlin

The mobilization of women in the labor force during World War II

led to more than a third of all American women joining the labor force

The Soviet acquisition of the atomic bomb in 1949 inspired Truman to

order the development of a hydrogen bomb

The GI Bill did all of the following except:

pay veterans large bonuses to remain in the military

By the end of his presidency, Eisenhower was

planning an invasion to topple Castro

A very important reason for passage of the GI Bill was to

prevent the return of the Depression

At the Yalta Conference of 1945 the Allies did all of the following Except

restore the original Polish government to power in Poland

The music Alan Freed labeled rock and roll was actually

rhythm and blues

State Department Official George Keenan

said the United States should contain Soviet expansionist tendencies

Between 1945 and 1960, home ownership

significantly increased

All of the following were established by the National Security Act of 1947 Except:

the Department of Homeland Security

As a result of World War II

the Depression ended

One sign of the times came in 1956 when Congress added the words" under God" to

the Pledge of Allegiance

The country that suffered the most deaths in the fighting of World War II was

the Soviet Union

In early 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed to have a list of Communists in

the State Department

Eisenhower most notably promoted commerce and defense in supporting construction of

the interstate highways

Before becoming president, Eisenhower was most shaped by his

the military

In his farewell address, Eisenhower warned about

the power of the military-industrial complex

One major reason World War II inspired postwar changes in race relation was

the racist nature of the enemies of the United States

The zoot-suit riots of 1943 refers to

the violent conflict in Los Angeles that pitted white civilians and servicemen against Mexican Americans

From late 1941 into early 1942, during World War II in the Pacific

there was a succession of Japanese victories that saw numerous Allied outposts fall

By the 1950s suburban life was marked by an increasing

uniformity

By the end of the Eisenhower years, public school integration

was still massively opposed in the Deep South

The Hollywood Ten

were falsely accused, as none were real Communists

During the 1950, the income gap between whites and blacks

widened

All of the following Pacific engagements helped turn the tide of war against Japan in 1943 and 1944 EXCEPT

Battle of the Bulge

Following the Allied victory at the Battle of the Bulge

British, American, and Soviet forces are advancing toward Germany from both the east and west

Baseball was integrated in 1947 when Jackie Robinson played for the

Brooklyn Dodgers

The United States experienced a shock in 1949 when Communists took over

China

In the presidential election of 1944

Franklin Roosevelt won a fourth term as president

The secretary of state who devised the plan of massive economic recovery aid to Europe was

George Marshall

In early 1942 the biggest challenge the United States faced in the Atlantic was

German submarine warfare

The location of William Levitt's first suburban development was

Long Island

Less than a month before the surrender of Germany

President Roosevelt died in office

What significance did the use of atomic bombs against Japan have

They allowed the Americans to avoid an amphibious invasion of Japan

Life magazine's ideal woman of the mid- 1950 was

a white suburban housewife

A. Philip Randolph cancelled his planned protest march on Washington in exchange for what?

an executive order prohibiting racial discrimination in defense work

Elvis Presley's recordings

appeal equally to all ages and generation

With the end of World War II, Korea

became divided into northern and southern halves

In regard to Israel's founding in 1948, the United States

became the first country to recognize the Jewish state

One of rock and roll's most important contributions was to

bridge class and racial divisions

Following the defeat of Germany

came the shocking realization of the full extent of the Holocaust

The postwar economic boom was fueled mainly by

cold war-related military spending

In the 1950s, teenagers became especially important as

consumers

Senator McCarthy was very effective in

exploiting public fears

The United States emerged from World War II with

far-flung global responsibilities and interests

A significant economic problem during the war was

finding enough workers for the essential wartime industries

The bracero program

brought some 200,000 Mexican farm workers into the western United States

In retrospect, the material successes of the 1950

created new problems that would be addressed in the 1960s

Many critics of American life in the 1950s believed the middle-class society suffered from

excessive conformity

Which statement best describes the Allied invasion against Sicily in July 1943?

Sicily fell quickly after the Allies surprise landing

Which of the following statements accurately describes the overall approach the British and Americans adopted to fighting the war?

They prioritized the war in Europe because Germany posed the greatest to the Western Hemisphere