Topic 7: Postwar America

Topic 7: Postwar America

10th - 11th Grade

12 Qs

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Topic 7: Postwar America

Topic 7: Postwar America

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10th - 11th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

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