Topic 7: Postwar America

Which event initiated the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union?

• The Soviet Union placed rockets in Cuba
• The Soviet Union launched Sputnik
• President Kennedy announced U.S. plans to land on the moon
• U.S. test pilot Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier

Which action was a direct response of the United States to growing communistthreats in Greece and Turkey in the years following the Second World War?

• Implementing the Marshall Plan
• Creating the United Nations
• Establishing NATO
• Proclaiming the Truman Doctrine

Why did the United States conduct the Berlin Airlift?

• To provide supplies to all of West Germany
• To evacuate wounded soldiers from East Berlin
• To transport supplies to a blockaded West Berlin
• To send East German refugees to other countries

How did the United States act to reduce the influence of communism and improve the economic strength of free market nations in Europe after the Second World War?

• NASA enacted a space program to protect European nations from Soviet attack.
• The Berlin Airlift brought food, fuel, and money to democratic nations across Europe.
• The Marshall Plan extended financial aid to friendly European nations rebuilding afterthe destruction of the war.
• The Roosevelt Corollary proclaimed the United States the chief protector ofdemocracy and guaranteed American protection of European democratic nations.

The movement of people out of American urban areas after the Second World War led to

• more jobs being created, decreased traffic, and more businesses in urban areas
• suburban sprawl, increased traffic, and a decrease of green spaces bordering the cities
• more individualized homes being built, the growth of the suburbs, and more jobsbeing created
• renovation of urban areas, growth of the suburbs, and the loss of green spaces bordering the cities

Which U.S. government action provided funding for veterans of the Second WorldWar in order to create a better educated and more productive workforce?

• Passage of the G.I. Bill
• Establishment of the Peace Corps
• Passage of the National Defense Education Act
• Establishment of the Department of Veterans Affairs

The rise in the Sunbelt’s political power was primarily due to a concurrent rise in

• defense industry spending.
• the national highway system.
• suburban housing developments.
• population migration.

The Beatniks' attitudes and appearance was

• the product of poverty and illiteracy.
• meant to imitate hippie culture.
• a sign of their conservative politics.
• a reaction against postwar conformity and materialism.

Which military alliance of North American and Western European nations pledged in 1949 that all member nations would come to the aid of any member attacked by an outside enemy?

• Warsaw Pact
• Marshall Plan
• United Nations
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Which action of Joseph McCarthy contributed to increased Cold War anxieties?

• He abused his power by helping Castro in Cuba.
• He was a strong advocate of increased military spending.
• He led a Congressional committee investigating suspected communists.
• He angered Chinese communists for refusing to follow Truman's orders duringthe Korean War.