Benchmark 3

At the end of World War I, many new democracies were established in Europe. In the years between World War I and World War II, what happened to most of these democracies?

• They were replaced by dictatorships. They were torn apart by civil wars.

• They were torn apart by civil wars.

• They became Communist.

• They thrived.

When did Britain and France adopt a policy of appeasement toward Germany?

• before the war began

• when they declared war

• when the United States declared war

• after France was invaded and divided

The Supreme Commander of U.S. forces in Europe during World War II was

• George Patton. ll.

• Dwight D. Eisenhower.

• Douglas MacArthur.

• George Marshall.

The GI Bill of Rights made it possible for

• African Americans to serve in combat positions.

• soldiers to take short leaves from fighting.

• veterans to attend college for free.

• enlisted men to receive officer training.

The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was to

• promote free elections in Europe.

• restrict the spread of communism.

• force Germany to pay war reparations.

• maintain international peace through the UN.

When an armistice was signed ending the Korean War

• North and South Korea were still divided along the 38th parallel.

• a communist government was established in South Korea.

• communist fears in the United States were lifted.

• China gained control of the entire peninsula.

Accusations that communism was widely present in the U.S. government and military were made by

• Douglas MacArthur.

• Joseph McCarthy.

• John Foster Dulles.

• Alger Hiss.

American interest in developing a hydrogen bomb intensified when

• the policy of containment failed in China.

• the Soviet Union launched a space satellite.

• the Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb.

• the Soviet Union exploded a hydrogen bomb

All of the following were early effects of the conversion from a wartime to a peacetime economy except

• inflation.

• increased unemployment.

• decreased wages.

• the supply of goods exceeding demand.

The dramatic increase in car ownership in the 1950s contributed to all of the following except

• noise pollution.

• the Interstate Highway Act.

• decreased usage of national parks.

• the widening gap between the middle class and the poor