AH2 NCFE Review-- Unit 5

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What was the outcome of the civil war in China?

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The Communists, led by Mao Zedong, defeated the Nationalists.

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Why was the conflict between the United States and Soviet Union described as the Cold War?

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The two countries did not engage each other directly in combat.

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Which of the following does NOT demonstrate the rise in the 'automobile culture' in the United States during the post-war era? Options: the growth of drive-in movies, the emergence of motels, the movement of Americans away from the suburbs, the passage of the Federal Highways Act

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the movement of Americans away from the suburbs

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Senator Joseph McCarthy first rose to prominence by

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charging that dozens of known Communists were working within the U.S. State Department.

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What was the Eisenhower Doctrine?

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the pledge that the U.S. would use force to help any Middle Eastern country threatened by communism

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In 1948, many southern Democrats split from the party and formed a third party (the Dixiecrats) because

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President Truman took a strong stand for civil rights and integrated the military.

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All of the following are reasons why the Korean War ended in a stalemate EXCEPT: Joseph Stalin's death in 1953 meant the Soviet Union did not have a definitive leader; Eisenhower threatened to use atomic weaponry; both the communist and non-communist forces had been going back and forth for 3 years.

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the two sides formed a united country.

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Which of the following does NOT demonstrate the increased role of religion in the 1950s? Options: the re-emergence of the Ku Klux Klan. , the addition of the words 'under God' to the Pledge of Allegiance. , the passage of P.L. 84-140, which added the words 'in God we trust' to all paper money. , Hollywood movies such as The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur were released.

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the re-emergence of the Ku Klux Klan.

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In order to keep control of West Berlin after the Soviet Union blockaded it, the U.S., France and Britain

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operated a massive airlift to bring in needed supplies for over a year.

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Passed over Truman's veto, the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 was a Republican attempt to curb the power of what group?

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labor unions