History II Final

Which of the following is not true of the GI Bill?

Its huge cost threw the economy into a recession.

Which of the following statements about Japanese aggression before Pearl Harbor is NOT true?

The Japanese invaded Burma in 1937.

The economic malaise during Nixon's administration was caused by all the following except:

a rapid contraction of the money supply.

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

abolishing Social Security.

The Japanese surrender:

allowed the emperor to keep his throne under the authority of an Allied supreme commander.

The Crack in the Picture Window:

argued that suburbanites were living in a "homogeneous, postwar Hell."

In 1972, the Christmas bombings and the mining of North Vietnamese harbors:

aroused worldwide protest.

The Lend-Lease Bill, introduced in Congress:

authorized the president to sell, transfer, lend, lease, or otherwise dispose of other equipment and supplies to any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States.

The bracero program:

brought some 200,000 Mexican farmworkers into the western United States.

Nixon's Vietnam policy included all the following except:

"Vietnamization," or the continued buildup of American armed forces in Vietnam.

The philosophy of "militant nonviolence" was best seen in the work of:

Martin Luther King, Jr.

In the 1950s, teenagers became especially important as:

consumers.

The purpose of the War Production Board was to:

direct industrial conversion to war production.

In the election of 1948:

Democrats won majorities in both houses of Congress in addition to winning the White House.

The civil rights legislation of 1964 and 1965:

dramatically expanded black votes in the South.

According to David Riesman, Dr. Spock's book on child care:

encouraged parents to develop the talents of their children that would enhance their chances in the "popular market."

The youthful rebels known as the Beats:

favored road trips, Buddhism, and jazz.

Partly inspired by Betty Friedan's Feminine Mystique, victories for the women's movement in the 1970s included all the following except:

ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg:

were executed for supposedly giving the Russians the secret to the atomic bomb.

Among the factors that cushioned the economic impact of demobilization after World War II were all the following except:

reductions in business investments.

The so-called Pentagon Papers:

revealed that Congress and the American people had not been told the full story of the Tonkin Gulf incident.

One way in which the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was not a total success was that the Japanese:

ignored shore installations and oil tanks.

The main economic problem faced by Truman in his first term was:

inflation.

Harry Truman:

is correctly represented by all the above statements.

The baby boom:

is correctly represented by all the above statements.

In the area of civil rights, President Truman:

issued an Executive Order banning racial segregation in the armed forces.

Early in his presidency, Kennedy accomplished all of the following successes except:

the Bay of Pigs invasion.

All of the following were conquered by the Nazi war machine except:

the Soviet Union.

To ensure that Russia joined the war against Japan, in 1945 Roosevelt:

made certain secret agreements concerning Russian territorial demands.

When Jewish leaders proclaimed the independent state of Israel in 1948, the United States:

recognized the new state within minutes.

Which of the following was not a major stimulant to the post-1945 economy?

the movement of women into the workforce

In Miranda v. Arizona, the Supreme Court:

confirmed the obligation of police to inform arrested suspects of their rights before questioning.

Nixon was elected in 1968 election as the voice of the "silent majority," which referred to:

conservative working- and middle-class citizens.

The total cost of World War II:

included some 49 million military and civilian dead.

The Nye Committee:

investigated the role of bankers and munitions makers in Americas entry into World War I.

The "Saturday Night Massacre":

involved the firing of Archibald Cox, special prosecutor for the Watergate case.

Concerning Vietnam, President Kennedy:

is correctly described by all of the above.

The health insurance bill promoted by Johnson and passed by Congress in 1965:

is correctly described by all of the above.

One major motive for Japans expansionist policy was:

its need for oil, rubber, and other key resources.

All the following factors promoted the growth of suburbs except:

laws forbidding residential segregation by races.

The area that experienced the fastest rate of urban growth during the war years was:

the Far West.

In response to the Watergate revelations, Congress passed several pieces of legislation designed to curb executive power. This legislation included all the following except:

the Presidential Pardon Act.

The Marshall Plan of economic aid:

was "directed not against country or doctrine, but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos."

Nixon's Watergate-related downfall came with the revelation that he had:

ordered a cover-up of the original Watergate break-in.

Following the Cuban missile crisis, several steps were taken that eased Russian-American tensions. These included all the following except:

the halting of construction on the Berlin Wall for several years.

"We are the people of this generation, bred in at least moderate comfort, housed in universities, looking uncomfortably to the world we inherit." This statement was:

the manifesto of the Students for a Democratic Society.

The protest tactic initiated by black students in Greensboro, North Carolina, was:

the sit-in.

The Immigration Act of 1965:

treated all nationalities equally.

The National Security Act:

set up the CIA and the National Security Council.

Which of the following statements about the original Levittown is not true?

Children were not allowed until after 1963.

When Germany began attacking American ships in 1941:

Congress in effect repealed the neutrality acts through new legislation lifting the ban on arms sales to belligerents.

In discussing the issue of juvenile delinquency, J. Edgar Hoover insisted that the root of the problem was a lack of:

religious training.

At Yalta:

FDR and Churchill were deeply concerned about postwar Poland.

The Battle of the Atlantic involved:

German submarine warfare against Allied shipping.

Which of the following statements about Richard Nixon is not true?

He was Catholic.

In response to Japanese encroachments in Indochina in 1940 and 1941, Roosevelt:

restricted oil exports to Japan.

At the Teheran Conference,

Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin planned an invasion of France and a Russian offensive.

The North Atlantic Treaty:

was originally signed by twelve nations.