CFA #4 Review

(US.54) Which U.S. President ordered persons of Japanese ancestry to be relocated from their homes on the west coast of the United States in early-1942?

• Eisenhower

• Hoover

• Roosevelt

• Truman

(US.60) The purpose of the Soviet blockade of Berlin (1948-1949) was to

• force West Germany to become communist.

• force the US to end the Truman Doctrine.

• prevent Easterners from going to the West.

• cause the Western sector of Berlin to surrender to Soviet forces

(US.61) Which nation experienced a communist revolution in the years immediately following World War II?

• Afghanistan

• China

• Japan

• Russia

(US.62) Which of these most accurately represents the outcome of the Korean War?

• South Korea won.

• North Korea won.

• the United States won.

• Containment was successful.

(US.55) While World War II raged outside of the United States, attempts were made in the U.S. to support the war effort by

• rationing consumer goods such as food and gas.

• decreasing taxes to encourage civilian consumption.

• people giving up their homes to house soldiers stationed in that area.

• relocating persons of Italian-American descent living on the east coast.

(US.62) The location shown in the picture is significant because the Thirty-Eighth Parallel marked the

• border between North Korea and China.

• location of the capital of North Korea.

• dividing line between North and South Korea.

• main trade route between North and South Korea.

(US.64) America responded to the launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957 by

• boycotting the 1958 summer Olympics.

• deploying military forces to eastern Europe.

• creating NASA and passing the National Defense Education Act.

• increasing government funding for the Navy's nuclear submarine program.

(US.53) What is the overall purpose of this Executive Order issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt?

• to integrate the armed services

• to end segregation in the south

• to ban discrimination in defense industry jobs

• to allow African Americans to be drafted into the military

(US.63) The "Domino Theory" during the post-World War II era held that

• the youth of the United States were quickly losing their moral foundation.

• if one country were to fall to communist control, countries around it would soon fall.

• once humans established a base on the moon, exploration of the planets would quickly follow.

• if one southern state would repeal its segregation laws, states around it would soon do the same.

(US.65) The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 was a confrontation between

• Cuba and Venezuela.

• the Soviet Union and Cuba.

• Cuba and the Dominican Republic.

• the United States and the Soviet Union.