Unit 10 CFA SSUSH20

The launch of Sputnik I represents the beginning of which of the following?

• the Cold War

• the Space Race

• the Marshall Plan

• the Chinese Communist Revolution

The Marshall Plan was intended to help European nations rebuild their economies after World War II.

What is the BEST explanation for how it also escalated the Cold War?

• The Marshall Plan angered the Soviet Union because it offered no help for communist nations.

• The Soviet Union saw the Marshall Plan as an attempt by the United States to gain influence in Eastern Europe.

• The United States became angry when the Marshall Plan did not persuade Eastern European nations to reject communism.

• The Marshall Plan forced more European nations to choose between an alliance with the United States or an alliance with the Soviet Union.

Which effect of the Sputnik launch on American society did the Soviet Union find undesirable?

• It caused many Americans to panic over the possible use of atomic weapons.

• It increased the American public’s fear that there were Soviet spies among them.

• It caused many Americans to want an immediate truce with the Soviet Union.

• It increased the American public’s interest in science and technology education.

What unintended consequence did the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act share with the G.I. Bill?

• They both contributed to the creation of modern suburbia.

• They both made it easier for the Civil Rights movement to begin.

• They both contributed to an increase in leisure time for the middle class.

• They both helped the United States restore its economy after World War II.

Read the text from Executive Order 9981 and answer the question.

Who issued this executive order in 1948, effectively desegregating the US Armed Forces?

• President Harry S. Truman

• President Franklin D. Roosevelt

• President Dwight D. Eisenhower

• President Lyndon B. Johnson

Read the quotation from George C. Marshall and answer the question.

In this quotation, Marshall is describing the justification for

• expanding federal power in the New Deal.

• rebuilding postwar Western Europe.

• establishing the Bracero labor program.

• intervening in Latin American politics.

Look at the map. Which of the following is NOT represented by the thick line running through the center of the map?

• a military buffer zone between previously warring nations

• the artificial border between North Korea and South Korea

• a barrier that held steady throughout the twentieth century

• the dividing line between communist and democratic territories

What TWO developments did the creation of the Interstate Highway System lead to?

• environmental conservation

• the growth of suburbs

• improved commerce

• population growth

• food shortages