APUSH Period 8 (with excerpts)

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This 1950s era bomb shelter most accurately reflects which of the following? Fear of being bombed was part of the daily lives of ordinary Americans.

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Fear of being bombed was part of the daily lives of ordinary Americans.

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The image most directly reflects which of the following views? The United States needed to contain communism., Both the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in brinksmanship tactics during the Cold War., Americans used bomb shelters to showcase their buying prowess as consumers., “Mutually Assured Destruction” was an ever-present reality for most Americans.

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“Mutually Assured Destruction” was an ever-present reality for most Americans.

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Which one of the following would be most likely to support the continued development of larger and even more powerful bombs after 1945? J. Robert Oppenheimer, Henry Wallace, Harry Truman, Albert Einstein

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Harry Truman

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The division of Korea at the 38th parallel most directly reflects which of the following? Options: the Soviet and U.S. agreement on a temporary division between the communist North and the capitalist South, preparation for the installation of a Soviet military base, the farthest Chinese advance during the Korean War, the constantly shifting border between the two Koreas

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the Soviet and U.S. agreement on a temporary division between the communist North and the capitalist South

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The image is most clearly an example of which one of the following contradictions? The war was conducted under UN auspices, but U.S. and Korean troops did most of the fighting. The Chinese were major players in the conflict, although they never actually invaded Korea. The North Koreans began by invading, but fought defensively throughout the rest of the war. The South Koreans began by invading, but fought defensively throughout the rest of the war.

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The war was conducted under UN auspices, but U.S. and Korean troops did most of the fighting.

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Which of the following was a direct effect of the Korean War? the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, General Douglas MacArthur’s removal from military command, victory for the United Nations and South Korea, a boost for “Give 'Em Hell” Harry Truman in the polls

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General Douglas MacArthur’s removal from military command

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This image of Sputnik, the space satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, serves as evidence of which of the following? The Soviet Union was providing a higher quality of life for its citizens in comparison to standards in the U.S., The Soviet Union had employed spy planes to steal American technology., The Soviet Union hoped to gain supremacy in space technology., The Soviet Union was committed to unmanned spacecraft.

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The Soviet Union hoped to gain supremacy in space technology.

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Why could Americans’ panic about the launch of Sputnik I be considered excessive?

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As a result of U-2 plane surveillance, President Eisenhower knew that the U.S. was actually far ahead in missile development.

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Which of the following was an immediate response to the Sputnik launch? Options: Richard Nixon’s decision to run for the presidency in 1960, the resignation of the director of the CIA, the creation of a new federal agency and expanded funding for education, a call for a joint Soviet-American space program to calm Cold War tensions

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the creation of a new federal agency and expanded funding for education

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The illustration most directly reflects which of the following? the large number of registered African American voters in every Southern state before the passage of the Voting Rights Act, the lack of voting rights in the South for African Americans prior to the passage of the Voting Rights Act, the negligible effect of the Voting Rights Act in most states of the South, the low level of discrimination against African Americans in the states of the Deep South

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the lack of voting rights in the South for African Americans prior to the passage of the Voting Rights Act