AH2 NCFE Review-- Unit 5

What was the outcome of the civil war in China?

• The Nationalists claimed victory and China never became Communist.

• The Communists, led by Mao Zedong, defeated the Nationalists.

• Because of the funding received from the United States, Jiang Jieshi defeated the Communists.

• The conflict moved to Taiwan, where Jiang Jieshi was victorious.

Why was the conflict between the United States and Soviet Union described as the Cold War?

• The two countries did not engage each other directly in combat.

• The Soviet Union has a very cold climate.

• The war was fought mainly in the winter months.

• It was not very significant or important.

Which of the following does NOT demonstrate the rise in the 'automobile culture' in the United States during the post-war era?

• the growth of drive-in movies

• the emergence of motels

• the movement of Americans away from the suburbs

• the passage of the Federal Highways Act

Senator Joseph McCarthy first rose to prominence by

• revealing that the Rosenbergs were passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.

• charging that there was extensive communist influence in Hollywood and the media.

• mobilizing Republicans to demand stronger anticommunist foreign policy in East Asia.

• charging that dozens of known Communists were working within the U.S. State Department.

What was the Eisenhower Doctrine?

• the pledge that the U.S. would liberate all the countries behind the iron curtain

• the pledge that the U.S. would use force to help any Middle Eastern country threatened by communism

• the pledge that the U.S. would recognize the People's Republic of China

• the U.S.' pledge to not support Britain, France and Israel on their invasion of Egypt

In 1948, many southern Democrats split from the party and formed a third party (the Dixiecrats) because

• China had fallen to communism.

• they opposed American membership in the United Nations.

• President Truman took a strong stand for civil rights and integrated the military.

• they found the Republican candidate, Thomas Dewey, more sympathetic to their conservative ideology.

All of the following are reasons why the Korean War ended in a stalemate EXCEPT

• Joseph Stalin's death in 1953 meant the Soviet Union did not have a definitive leader.

• Eisenhower threatened to use atomic weaponry.

• the two sides formed a united country.

• both the communist and non-communist forces had been going back and forth for 3 years.

Which of the following does NOT demonstrate the increased role of religion in the 1950s?

• the re-emergence of the Ku Klux Klan.

• the addition of the words 'under God' to the Pledge of Allegiance.

• the passage of P.L. 84-140, which added the words 'in God we trust' to all paper money.

• Hollywood movies such as The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur were released.

In order to keep control of West Berlin after the Soviet Union blockaded it, the U.S., France and Britain

• went to the United Nations and demanded control of East Germany.

• operated a massive airlift to bring in needed supplies for over a year.

• set up a blockade of their own, cutting off East Berlin from the Soviets.

• threatened to section off the city with troops and tanks.

Passed over Truman's veto, the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 was a Republican attempt to curb the power of what group?

• civil rights activists

• large corporations

• labor unions

• veterans' organizations