Chapters 24-25 Quiz Review

According to the US, what was the cause of the Cold War?

• the Soviet Union's explosion of an atomic bomb and later a hydrogen bomb.

• Stalin's refusal to allow Eastern European countries to participate in the Marshall Plan.

• Stalin's refusal to allow the countries of Eastern Europe to determine their own independent governments

• The Soviet Union's bombing of the Lusitania.

Why did Britain's economy struggle in the post-WWII years?

• The United States no longer traded with Great Britain after WWII.

• British society was seriously divided over the nation's international role in controlling the economy.

• It had tremendous budget deficits and a collapsing domestic economy.

• The country spent too much money in its anti-communist crusade.

Which of the following was a long-term consequence of the Korean War?

• The war convinced Americans of the difficulty of fighting wars in East Asia.

• The war ended the American military-industrial complex.

• It established a precedent of avoiding atomic weapons in future Cold War conflicts.

• It established the precedent that the president was the commander-in-chief.

Why did the Congress override Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act in 1946?

• To limit the power of unions after a wave of srikes.

• To increase funding for American anticommunist efforts

• To provide more financial relief for struggling families

• To provide low-interest housing loans to returning veterans.

Which of the following occurred during the Cuban missile crisis?

• The United States and the Soviet Union came closer to nuclear war than at any other time.

• President Kennedy worked quietly through diplomatic channels to resolve the problem

• Khrushchev ordered a quarantine of American shipments headed for Cuba.

• Khrushchev used television to alert the world to the crisis.

Which of the following statements describes post–World War II America?

• Suburbs welcomed blacks and Latinos.

• City life flourished at the expense of the suburbs.

• Consensus replaced youthful rebelliousness.

• Americans enjoyed the highest standard of living in the world.

Which of the following elements was part of the Bretton Woods system?

• The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

• A limiting of American capital

• The International Monetary Fund (IMF)

• A monetary supply with the British notes as a benchmark c.

The Affluent Society (1958) was one of the most influential books about the U.S. economy in the twentieth century because it

• declared “one-third of the nation” to be poorly paid, poorly educated, and poorly housed.

• promoted the ideal of the self-made man

• closely studied the lifestyle of the wealthy.

• argued that the poor had been neglected by economists and politicians.

Elvis Presley, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Charlie Parker were all associated with

• cultural rebellion.

• self-expression in painting.

• “hot” bebop jazz

• the Beat generation.

What was the term 'iron curtain' used to describe the division of?

• North and South Vietnam

• East and West Asia

• North and South Korea

• East and West Europe