History test study guide

the postwar era, the trend in the corporate sector was toward:

Bigness and concentration Consolidation and concentration

While college enrollments soared in the postwar period

Black veterans encountered barriers to entrance

Elvis Presley's recordings:

Blended a variety of musical styles

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

Bridge class and racial divisions

Alan Freed was a notable:

Disc jockey

By the spring of 1945, the United States and Britain were becoming deeply concerned over Soviet actions in:

Eastern Europe

As a result of the Truman Doctrine

Greece and Turkey were less vulnerable to communism

All of the following were original NATO members EXCEPT:

Japan

In the Truman years, the United States abandoned a longtime tradition with its involvement in:

Peacetime alliances

When a black family tried to move into Levittown, the white residents greeted them by throwing rocks. In which state was this Levittown located?

Pennsylvania

The music Alan Freed labeled rock and roll was actually:

Rhythm and blues

The artist Jackson Pollock became notorious for:

Splattering paint onto canvases on the floor Abstract expressionism

The baby boom

Started in 1946

The postwar era witnessed its most dramatic population growth in:

The sunbelt

The 1948 election is probably best remembered for:

Truman's upset victory

UN forces reaching the Yalu River brought about:

a massive Chinese intervention.

During the 1948 presidential campaign, Truman endorsed all of the following EXCEPT:

abolishing Social Security.

The Korean War did all of the following EXCEPT

bring about major changes in boundaries

On the domestic front, President Truman soon made clear his intention to:

expand the New Deal

In 1948, President Truman desegregated

military

Truman viewed his victory as a mandate for:

moderate liberalism

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

order the development of a hydrogen bomb

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

prevent the return of the Depression

The Yalta pledges of democratic elections in eastern Europe:

proved to be meaningless

After WWII, Americans were most eager to

purchase

One major reason that World War II inspired postwar changes in race relations was the:

racist nature of the enemies of the United States

When confronted with a railroad strike in 1946, President Truman's response was to

temporarily seize those industries

When North Korean Communists invaded South Korea:

the United Nations authorized military intervention against the aggressors.

Inch'on was the site:

where General MacArthur turned the war around with a surprise landing