APUSH Unit 10
In the 1948 presidential election,
None
All of the following researchers made important contributions to the development of antibiotics EXCEPT
Paul Muller
In 1945, President Harry Truman conceded to communist authority in
Poland
In 1960, the United States first successfully launched a missile from a submarine with the
Polaris
Of the following, the HUAC investigation of Alger Hiss primarily helped the political career of
Richard Nixon
In the last months of 1949, events in the Soviet Union and China included
Russia's successful test of an atomic weapon
Martin Luther King Jr., was leader of the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Joseph McCarthy burst to national prominence by changing that there were known communists in the
State Department
In 1945, Joseph Stalin's vision of a postwar world in which great powers would control strategic areas on interest was largely shared by
Winston Churchill
In early 1943, at the Casablanca Conference
Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agreed the Axis powers must surrender unconditionally
All of the following were factors in the 1950s in rising poverty rates in inner cities EXCEPT
a growth of unskilled industrial jobs in these areas
In 1947, the United States was motivated to develop the Marshall Plan due to
a humanitarian concern for European people, a desire to contain communism in Europe, a desire to create strong European markets for American goods
During the 1950s, the American environmental preservation movement was mobilized by
a proposed dam on the Green River in Echo Park, Utah
In his 1956 book on corporate America, The Organization Man, William Whyte, Jr. contended
a worker's mots valuable trait in the corporate work setting was to get along
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were
accused of passing American secrets to its enemies
President Harry Truman initially decided to "get tough" with the Soviet Union
after his first few days in office
In 1949, President Harry Truman succeeded in getting Congress to pass
aid to public housing
In 1948, President Harry Truman responded to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin by
airlifting supplies to West Berlin
All of the following statements regarding the "occupation zones" of Germany in 1945 are true EXCEPT
all of Berlin was to be placed under Soviet control
Between 1945-1957, the growth of American consumerism was aided by
an 800 percent increase in consumer credit, the development of credit cards, low-payment credit plans, revolving charge accounts
In 1947, the Truman Doctrine
asserted it was the obligation of the United States to support free peoples around the world, assumed the Soviet Union would continually attempt a global expansion of its authority, was originally invoked to provide aid to Greece and Turkey
Between the Yalta Conference and his death, President Franklin Roosevelt
became increasingly concerned that Stalin was not going to fulfill conference agreements
In 1947, the Truman administration responded to Republican attacks that it was weak on communism by
beginning an investigation into the loyalty of federal employees
In 1950, the Truman administration responded to the onset of fighting in Korea by
calling on the United Nations to intervene
The initial response by the American public to the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur was
criticism of President Truman
In 1949, The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
declared than an attack on one member nation was an attack on all
The Supreme Court Decision in Brown v Board of Education (1954)
declared that separate educational facilities were unlawful
In the 1950s, crimes committed by juveniles
did not significantly increase during the decade
In designing the structure of the new United Nations, planners called for
each nation on the Security Council to have veto power over the others
During the 1950s, in the United States, married women who worked outside the home
faced social pressures to quit their jobs, increased in number throughout the decade, accounted for one-third of all married women
Following World War II, American scientists made a critical contribution to the development of penicillin by
finding methods for its mass production and commercial distribution
When Joseph McCarthy first leveled charges of communist infiltration in the government, he was a
first-term Republican senator
During the 1950s, the United States government's primary motive for the development of rocket and missile technology was
for the long-range delivery of weapons
The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944
gave housing and education subsides to veterans
During the 1950s, television networks
generally sought to convey an idealized image of America
Following World War II, the American economy
grew nearly ten times faster than the population between 1945 and 1975
In 1946, when Harry Truman became president he
had almost no familiarity with foreign affairs
During Joseph McCarthy's investigation into alleged subversion in government
he never produced conclusive evidence that any federal employee was a communist
Beginning in the late 1940s, William Levitt used mass-production techniques to sell
houses
The Supreme Court case of Shelley v Kraemer (1948) dealt a blow to
housing discriminations
A 1948 public opinion poll revealed that a majority of American believed atomic power would
in the long run, do more good than harm
The rapid rise in the popularity of rock music was partly due to
innovations in radio programming, innovations in television programming, entrepreneurial record promoters
In early 1945, at the Yalta Conference
it was agreed to Soviet union should regain land lost in the 1904 Russo Japanese War
The primary purpose of the American Apollo program was to
land men on the moon
By 1945, the Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek had
little popular support
During the 1950s, rural America
lost ten percent of its population in 1956
During the 1950s, the general economic conditions of the United States included
low unemployment
In his economic agenda, President Dwight Eisenhower
lowered federal support for farm prices
The Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-1956
marked the emergence of an effective form of racial protest
During the 1950s, the American Federation of Labor in the United States
merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations
In 1950, the immediate cause of the Korean War was the
military invasion by North Korea into South Korea
In 1946, Dr. Benjamin Spock's best-selling Baby and Child Care contended that
mothers should stay at home with their children
In 1949, the Truman administration made progress in civil rights by
ordering an end to discrimination in the hiring of government employees
The Taft-Harley Act of 1947
permitted the "union shop"
In 1954, the American scientists Jonas Salk developed a vaccine for the prevention of
polio
Micheal Harrington's 1962 book, The Other America, focused on the problems of
poverty
During the Korean War, the American invasion at Inchon
prompted President Truman to try and push communists out of North Korea
President Harry Truman responded to the 1946 election results by
proposing a major civil rights bill
In 1945, when the United States Senate considered the proposed United Nations, it
quickly ratified the agreement by a large majority
During the Korean War, the Truman administration faced major strikes in the industries of
rail and steel
The McCarran Internal Security Act
required communist organizations to register with the government
Between 1945 and 1960, the birth rate in the United States
reversed a long pattern of decline
Like many early white rock musicians, Elvis Presley drew heavily from black traditions in
rhythm and blues
The 1946 elections
saw Republicans win control of both houses of Congress
All of the following statements regarding the use of DDT are true EXCEPT
scientists during WWII knew the pesticide had a long-term toxic effect on humans and animals
In the civil rights movement, the spirit of "massive resistance" is associated with
southern whites
The election of 1952 saw
television play a significant role in the campaign
The first significant public awareness in the United States of computers came during
the 1952 election tabulations
In 1950, Julis and Ethel Rosenberg were accused of spying for
the Soviet Union
In the years immediately following WWII, the United States policy toward Asia saw
the Truman administration encourage the rapid economic growth of Japan
All of the following statement regarding Korea are true EXCEPT
the United States left Korea in 1946
The 1950 National Security Council report known as NSC-68 stated
the United States must resist communism anywhere it developed in the world
During the 1950s, the region of the United States that experienced the most dramatic change as a result of the economic growth was
the West
Beginning in 1947, the United States' policy of "containment" was
the basis for its foreign policy for more than thirty years
In 1948, the Soviet Union's blockade of West Berlin was primarily a response to
the creation of a unified West Germany
President Harry Truman's Fair Deal called for
the creation of national health insurance
The results of the election of 1952 saw
the end to a long period of democratic dominance
In the 1950s, factors in the rise of the civil rights movement included
the events of World War II, the growth of the urban middle class, the rapid spread of television, cold war politics
All of the following statements regarding early television are true EXCEPT
the federal government regulated the content of both commercials and programs
At the conclusion of the Yalta Conference in 1945, basic disagreements remained on
the government of Poland, the unification of Germany, war reparations to the Soviet Union
In 1947, the first target of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was
the movie industry
All of the following statements regarding poverty in America during the 1950s are true EXCEPT
the percentage of the population living in poverty rise during the decade
In 1957, the effort to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas required
the presence of federal troops to enforce court orders
During the 1950s, the popularity in the United States of suburban living was partly explained by
the social importance placed on family, a desire for racial segregation, a desire for privacy, security, and space for consumer goods
In 1948, the Americans for Democratic Action
tried to draft Dwight Eisenhower for president
In the early 20th century, the vaccine which raised the most safety concerns in the United States was for the prevention of
tuberculosis
The correct chronological order for developments in electronic technology is
vacuum tube, transistor, integrated circuit
Following World War II, the great majority of working American women
wanted to keep working
Between 1947-1950, Marshall Plan aid
was offered to the Soviet Union
During 1946-1947, the American economy
was plagued by serious inflation
After World War II, in Korea, the government of Syngman Rhee
was pro-western
In his 1950 book, The Lonely Crowd, sociologist David Riesman argued that Americans
were increasingly less likely to judge themselves on the basis of their own values, were increasingly interested in winning approval in their jobs and from their community, were increasingly more likely to be "other-directed"
In 1960, the city in the United States with the largest Mexican-American population was
Los Angeles
In 1951, President Harry Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur of command because
MacArthur publicly criticized President Truman's policy in North Korea
The National Security Act of 1947 created the
National Security Council Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense
In 1961, the first American to be launched into space was
Alan Shepard
As a result of the Korean War, the
American public believed there was something wrong with the United States
In late 1943, at the Teheran Conference
Franklin Roosevelt promised an Anglo-American second front within six months
All of the following statements regarding the HUAC investigation of Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers are true EXCEPT
Hiss was convicted of espionage
The popular "beat" novel On the Road (1957) was written by
Jack Kerouac