Postwar United States

What happened to many Eastern European countries after WWII?

• They were occupied by the United States military.

• They became satellite states controlled by the Soviet Union.

• They joined the alliance that opposed communist expansion.

• They received aid through the Marshall Plan to help their economies.

What did Winston Churchill describe as an "iron curtain?"

• the movement of military forces during World War II

• the political impact of communism in the United States

• the threat of a communist takeover in Greece and Turkey

• the border between Western Europe and Eastern Europe

The Marshall Plan succeeded in providing

• military aid to Eastern Europe.

• economic aid to Western Europe.

• increased political stability in the United States.

• support for the struggling nations of Eastern Europe.

Stalin's attempt to blockade Berlin failed largely as a result of

• the Berlin airlift.

• the Marshall Plan

• collective security.

• inadequate resources.

Which Cold War event first suggested that Soviet military power might be on par with that of the United States?

• The Soviet Union established the policy of brinkmanship.

• The Soviet Union launched a satellite into an orbit of Earth.

• The U.S. discovered that the Soviet Union had set off an atomic bomb.

• The U.S. learned that the Soviet Union had developed a hydrogen bomb.

Which term describes John Foster Dulles' threat to use extreme force in response to communist aggression?

• the space race

• the domino effect

• massive retaliation

• mutually assured destruction

How did President Eisenhower respond to the Suez Crisis?

• He supported Europe's effort to seize control of the Suez Canal.

• He consulted with Nasser and resolved to send military aid to Egypt.

• He offered to fund Nasser's project to construct a dam on the Nile River.

• He criticized Britain and France and refused to supply them with U.S. oil.

At the end of World War II, many American soldiers were afraid of

• demobilization

• inflation

• readjustment

• unemployment

What caused a shift in representation in Congress?

• migration to warmer regions

• high inflation of the price of goods

• the return of soldiers from World War II

• the number of women in the labor force

What role did women play in keeping more families in the middle class?

• Women are credited with having created the boom in the information industry.

• Many of the earliest franchise businesses were owned and operated solely by women.

• Many families remained in the middle class because of the paychecks earned by women.

• Women developed technologies that helped farms produce more food with fewer workers.