Cold War/Post War America Exam- 2015/16
Name: _______________________________________________
(1 pt.) Date: __________
Choose the letter of the best answer. (3 pts. each)
____ 1. The 38th parallel became an important dividing line between
A. Korea and China.
B. North and South China.
C. North and South Korea.
D. China and Taiwan (Formosa).
____ 2. Of the following participants in the Korean War, which fought on the side of the
Communists?
A. China
B. South Korea
C. the United States
D. the United Nations
____ 3. General Douglas MacArthur argued that the Korean War
A. was not a vital American interest.
B. should be limited to Korea.
C. should be extended into a war against China.
D. should be extended into a war against the Soviet Union.
____ 4. Who was forced to retreat to Taiwan (Formosa)?
A. the Korean Nationalists
B. the Korean Communists
C. the Chinese Nationalists
D. the Chinese Communists
Choose the letter of the best answer. (3 pts. each)
____ 5. The main goal of the ___ was to stop the spread of communism.
A. Truman Doctrine
B. Marshall Plan
C. iron curtain
D. Warsaw Pact
____ 6. The Soviet Union set up the ___ in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany.
A. iron curtain
B. Berlin airlift
C. Berlin blockade
D. German Democratic Republic
____ 7. ___ is best known for investigating communism in the film industry.
A. The CIA
B. The UN
C. HUAC
D. NATO
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____ 8. ___ was the leader of the Communists in China.
A. Chiang Kai-shek
B. Mao Zedong
C. Syngman Rhee
D. Kim Il Sung
____ 9. The ___ appeared to be winning the Korean War until China actively entered the conflict.
A. Communists
B. Nationalists
C. South Koreans
D. North Koreans
____ 10. To label someone's activities as ___ would be to suggest that the person is making
unsupported accusations.
A. brinkmanship
B. Containment
C. McCarthyism
D. infiltration
Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer. (3 pts. each)
____ 11. Which country was the northernmost NATO member in 1955?
A. Sweden
B. Norway
C. Great Britain
D. Greece
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____ 12. Which Warsaw Pact country was isolated from other Warsaw Pact countries?
A. Portugal
B. Ireland
C. Albania
D. Norway
____ 13. Which body of water was not bordered by a nonaligned country?
A. Baltic Sea
B. Atlantic Ocean
C. Mediterranean Sea
D. Black Sea
____ 14. How many countries shown on the map belonged to the Warsaw Pact?
A. six
B. Seven
C. eight
D. nine
____ 15. Which three NATO countries border Warsaw Pact countries?
A. Turkey,Greece, Denmark
B. Turkey,Greece, West Germany
C. Greece, Italy, Denmark
D. Greece, Turkey,Italy
Choose the letter of the best answer. (3 pts. each)
____ 16. In a capitalist system,
A. the state controls economic activity.
B. private citizens control economic activity.
C. elected officials control economic activity.
D. the dictator controls economic activity.
____ 17. The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was to
A. promote free elections in Europe.
B. restrict the spread of communism.
C. force Germany to pay war reparations.
D. maintain international peace through the UN.
____ 18. The Soviet blockade of West Berlin was a response to
A. the Marshall Plan.
B. the formation of NATO.
C. efforts by Western nations to divide Germany.
D. efforts by Western nations to reunify Germany.
____ 19. One of the benefits that the GI Bill of Rights offered to returning veterans was ___.
A. counseling
B. low-interest loans
C. free homes
D. government jobs
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____ 20. President Truman threatened to ___ striking workers to prevent strikes from crippling the
nation.
A. arrest
B. Sue
C. draft
D. deport
____ 21. During the 1950s, ___ jobs declined.
A. manufacturing
B. advertising
C. communications
D. service
____ 22. The vast majority of new homes in the 1950s were built in the ___ .
A. big cities
B. suburbs
C. small cities
D. rural areas
____ 23. With more money to spend and an increased number of products to buy, ___ became an
American way of life.
A. consumerism
B. social conformity
C. planned obsolescence
D. a 40-hour work week
____ 24. The expression of nonconformity by ___ developed into the beat movement.
A. college students
B. artists and poets
C. teenagers
D. rock 'n' roll performers
____ 25. Most ___ enjoyed the prosperity of the postwar period.
A. Latinos
B. African Americans
C. white Americans
D. Mexican Americans
____ 26. All
A.
B.
C.
D.
of the following contributed to the economic recovery after the war except
consumer demand.
labor strikes.
the Cold War.
the Marshall Plan.
____ 27. The first politician to skillfully use the new medium of television was
A. Harry S. Truman.
B. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
C. Richard M. Nixon.
D. Adlai Stevenson.
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____ 28. The dramatic increase in car ownership in the 1950s contributed to all of the following
except
A. noise pollution.
B. the Interstate Highway Act.
C. decreased usage of national parks.
D. the widening gap between the middle class and the poor.
____ 29. In the 1950s, both the beat movement and rock 'n' roll were viewed as forms of
A. harmless entertainment.
B. rebellion.
C. African-American culture.
D. mainstream American values.
Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer. (3 pts. each)
____ 30. During which year was the gap between defense spending and human resources
spending the narrowest?
A. 1945
B. 1950
C. 1955
D. 1965
____ 31. Which category shows a steady increase in spending in the early 1960s?
A. defense
B. other functions
C. human resources
D. both human resources and other functions
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____ 32. How is the end of World War II reflected in the graph?
A. Human resources spending stabilized.
B. Defense spending decreased.
C. Spending on science and technology decreased.
D. Defense spending increased.
____ 33. Which of these statements is supported by the graph?
A. When defense spending increases, spending in the other categories tends to
decrease.
B. When human resource spending increases, spending in the "other functions" category
decreases.
C. From 1945 to 1965, the government consistently spent the least amount of money in
the "other functions" category.
D. When defense spending increases, so does human resources spending.
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Answer Sheet
1.
C. North and South Korea.
2.
A. China
3.
C. should be extended into a war against China.
4.
C. the Chinese Nationalists
5.
A. Truman Doctrine
6.
C. Berlin blockade
7.
C. HUAC
8.
B. Mao Zedong
9.
C. South Koreans
10. C. McCarthyism
11. B. Norway
12. C. Albania
13. D. Black Sea
14. C. eight
15. B. Turkey,Greece, West Germany
16. B. private citizens control economic activity.
17. B. restrict the spread of communism.
18. D. efforts by Western nations to reunify Germany.
19. B. low-interest loans
20. C. draft
21. A. manufacturing
22. B. suburbs
23. A. consumerism
24. B. artists and poets
25. C. white Americans
26. B. labor strikes.
27. C. Richard M. Nixon.
28. C. decreased usage of national parks.
29. B. rebellion.
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30. B. 1950
31. D. both human resources and other functions
32. B. Defense spending decreased.
33. A. When defense spending increases, spending in the other categories tends to decrease.
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Standards Summary: All Standards In Test
NCSS II
Time, Continuity, and Change. Human beings seek to understand their
historic roots and to locate themselves in time. Such understanding
involves knowing what things were like in the past and how things change
and develop-allowing us to develop historic perspective and answer
important questions about our current condition.
NCSS IIIb
create, interpret, use, and synthesize information from various
representations of the earth, such as maps, globes, and photographs;
NCSS IIIf
describe and compare how people create places that reflect culture,
human needs, government policy, and current values and ideals as they
design and build specialized buildings, neighborhoods, shopping centers,
urban centers, industrial parks, and the like;
NCSS IIIg
examine, interpret, and analyze physical and cultural patterns and their
interactions, such as land use, settlement patterns, cultural transmission of
customs and ideas, and ecosystem changes;
NCSS IX
Global Connections. The realities of global interdependence require
understanding of the increasingly important and diverse global
connections among world societies before there can be analysis leading to
the development of possible solutions to persisting and emerging global
issues.
NCSS IXb
explain conditions and motivations that contribute to conflict, cooperation,
and interdependence among groups, societies, and nations;
NCSS IXf
describe and evaluate the role of international and multinational
organizations in the global arena;
NCSS Ia
analyze and explain the ways groups, societies, and cultures address
human needs and concerns;
NCSS Ic
apply an understanding of culture as an integrated whole that explains the
functions and interactions of language, literature, the arts, traditions,
beliefs and values, and behavior patterns
NCSS Id
compare and analyze societal patterns for preserving and transmitting
culture while adapting to environmental or social change;
NCSS VIIIa
identify and describe both current and historical examples of the
interaction and interdependence of science, technology, and society in a
variety of cultural settings;
NCSS VIIa
explain how the scarcity of productive resources (human, capital,
technological, and natural) requires the development of economic systems
to make decisions about how goods and services are to be produced and
distributed;
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NCSS VIId
describe relationships among the various economic institutions that
comprise economic systems such as households, business firms, banks,
government agencies, labor unions, and corporations;
NCSS VIIg
compare basic economic systems according to how rules and procedure
deal with demand, supply, prices, the role of government, banks, labor and
labor unions, savings and investments, and capital;
NCSS VIc
analyze and explain ideas and mechanisms to meet needs and wants of
citizens, regulate territory, manage conflict, establish order and security,
and balance competing conceptions of a just society;
NCSS VIi
evaluate the extent to which governments achieve their stated ideals and
policies at home and abroad;
NCSS Va
apply concepts such as role, status, and social class in describing the
connections and interactions of individuals, groups, and institutions in
society;
NCSS Xa
explain the origins and interpret the continuing influence of key ideals of
the democratic republican form of government, such as individual human
dignity, liberty, justice, equality, and the rule of law;
NCSS Xc
locate, access, analyze, organize, synthesize, evaluate, and apply
information about selected public issues-identifying, describing, and
evaluating multiple points of view;
WA US1.2.3c
Identify and analyze major concepts, people, and events in the 20th
century U.S. History including: WW II, the Cold War, and International
Relations (1939-Present)
WA US1.2.3d
Identify and analyze major concepts, people, and events in the 20th
century U.S. History including: Post-World War II domestic, political, social,
and economic issues (1945-present).
WA WH1.2.3c
Identify and analyze major concepts, people, and events in world history
from 1600 to the present including: Causes and consequences of WW1 and
WWII (1870-1989).
WA WH1.2.3e
Identify and analyze major concepts, people, and events in world history
from 1600 to the present including: Challenges to democracy and human
rights (1900-present)
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