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During the period between World Wars I and II, which general foreign policy was followed by the United States?

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isolationism

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What was an immediate effect of the attack on Pearl Harbor? Options: Japan declaring a Non-Aggression Pact with the United States, US ending their policy of isolationism, Discrimination of German-Americans, Soviet Union formally declaring war against the United States

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US ending their policy of isolationism

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President Harry Truman justified using atomic bombs on Japan in 1945 on the grounds that the early ending of the war would save significant number of lives.

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early ending of the war would save significant number of lives

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During World War II, which of the following would be an example of one of the greatest civil liberties violations in American History? internment of Japanese Americans, use of a military draft, rationing of scarce commodities, employment of women in factories

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internment of Japanese Americans

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Which of the following is a result of the wartime mobilization of the homefront? Increased consumption of wartime goods, employment of women in factory jobs, boycotting of the draft and large protest, the american economy exported less to foreign countries

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employment of women in factory jobs

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The Cold War can be described best as

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the long standing hostility between the US and USSR

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Which of the following events is an example of the United States victory over communism in the 1940’s? Warsaw Pact, Creation of the United Nations, Berlin Airlift, Nuremberg Trials

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Berlin Airlift

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Which situation resulted from Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s search for Communists within the US during the 1950s?

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the reputations of many people were ruined by false accusations

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What is most significant about the baby boom in America?

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it created the largest generation in American history

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A key to defusing the Cuban Missile Crisis ended up being Kennedy’s secret agreement to dismantle U.S. missiles in Turkey that were aimed at the Soviet Union.

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Kennedy’s secret agreement to dismantle U.S. missiles in Turkey that were aimed at the Soviet Union