Ch. 12 Early Years of the Cold War

The G.I. Bill of Rights offered benefits to veterans such as

• money for school, loans for houses, farms, and businesses.

• exemption from rationing food and gasoline.

• guaranteed acceptance into state universities and colleges.

The original purpose of the United Nations was to

• resolve conflicts.

• prevent hunger.

• give disaster relief.

President Truman sent U.S. military forces to South Korea to

• give South Korean troops cover and support.

• take over fighting from the North Korean troops.

• defend U.S. diplomats against the South Korean army.

The federal government began an urban renewal program mainly to

• improve city services and urban housing in the 1950s.

• discourage families from moving to the suburbs in the 1950s.

• encourage community owned urban businesses in the 1950s.

Some American women were discouraged during the postwar years because

• society seemed to assume that a woman's primary role was as a wife and mother.

• there were not enough jobs for them and the men.

• people expected them to go to college regardless of their career goals.

Musicians such as Elvis Presley helped ________ music become popular during the 1950s.

• rock'n'roll

• jazz

• country

One of the first decisions made by the United Nations was to

• divide Palestine into separate Arab and Jewish states.

• officially condemn the 1949 war.

• protest the division of Palestine.

The term Cold War came to be used to describe the

• struggle for global power between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

• conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbors.

• resentment toward Germany that lingered following WWII.

Major gains early on by the UN forces in Korea were undermined when

• China sent hundreds of thousands of troops to join the North Korean army.

• illness forced General MacArthur to resign his command of UN forces.

• President Truman fired General MacArthur for disrespect of authority.

Dwight D. Eisenhower said the first task of his administration would be to

• end the Korean War.

• build a hydrogen bomb.

• put a stop to inflation.