APUSH Ch. 25&26 Reading Quiz

Refer to Figure 25.1- Which one of the following best reflected the policies advocated in the above excerpt?

• The proposal to militarily roll back Communism in Eastern Europe

• General MacArthur’s criticism of the concept of limited wars

• The Truman Doctrine of aid to Greece and Turkey

• George Marshall’s negotiations to end the Chinese civil war

Refer to Figure 25.1- Which of the following actions would best implement the goals and strategy of George Kennan?

• Offering economic aid to Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union

• Using the US Army to invade East Germany and liberate West Berlin

• Reorganizing all military services under the Department of Defense

• Using economic aid to black the appeal of Communism in Western Europe

Refer to Figure 25.1- To implement the policies based on this excerpt, the United States for the first time had to

• Create permanent peacetime alliances with other nations

• Turn over the command of US troops to foreign nations

• Employ spies to gather information on foreign governments

• Get involved in civil wars and nation building

Refer to Figure 25.2- Levittown is most closely associated with which of the following?

• The baby boom that occurred after World War II

• The mass production of affordable suburban housing

• The impact of the G.I. Bill of Rights on economic development

• The focus of women after World War II on full time homemaking

Refer to Figure 25.2- Which of the following best explains the dramatic increase in personal ownership of homes after World War II?

• Americans were marrying younger and having larger families

• Second incomes of married women helped to finance home purchases

• Mortgages were at low rates, government-insured, and tax deductible

• Population was shifting to the Southern and Western states

Refer to Figure 25.3- Which of the following actions is an example of a Fair Deal reform that would best support the passage that “problems were ignored, programs shelved”?

• Establishing a committee on civil rights

• Passing national health care insurance

• Outlawing the practice of closed shop

• Limiting individuals to two terms as president

Refer to Figure 25.3- Which of the following coalitions provided the strongest opposition to Truman’s domestic programs?

• Republicans and Roosevelt Democrats

• Antiwar Progressives and Republicans

• Dixiecrats and the members of the Progressive party

• Republicans and southern Democrats

Refer to Figure 25.3- Which of the following most advanced liberal domestic policies during the Truman administration?

• The ratification of the 22^nd Amendment

• The executive order ending racial discrimination in the military

• The passage of the Taft-Hartley Act to outlaw closed shops

• The successful implementation of wage and price controls

Refer to Figure 25.4- Which of the following would most likely support the recommendations of this excerpt?

• Building more suburban shopping centers

• Increasing the sales of televisions

• Creating the National Aeronautic and Space Administration

• Expanding tax breaks for American corporations

Refer to Figure 25.4- Which of the following took the most criticism after the shocking success of Russia’s Sputnik?

• American educational system

• United States Air Force

• Television programming

• United States Congress