US History Test Review

Cold War

• A period of intense tension between the United States and the Soviet Union

• A conflict fought by the United States and North Vietnamese forces

• A battles fought between the Nationalist and Communist forces in China

• Tension between Cuba and the United States following WWII

The reason that the Inner cities declined was because...

• The government was too focused on larger public workers to pay attention
• The largest tax revenue groups had moved to the suburbs
• Overall there were massive cuts to welfare programs at this point
• They didn't decline until later in the century

The region of Appalachia lost many of its jobs due to...

• Increased government oversight
• Development of new energy sources
• New technologies making coal mining less labor intensive
• The coal mines ran dry and stopped producing coal

Large amounts of African Americans migrated to what region seeking employment opportunities?

• North
• South
• East
• West

The cycle of poverty in the inner city was worsened by the government's policy of what?

• Limiting affordable housing to those that only make a certain amount
• Tearing down single family homes to build apartment complexes
• Reducing the amount of public transportation within the cities
• Forcing larger groups of population to move into the city

Immediately following WW2 there was plenty of confidence in the economy and its ability to transfer to a peacetime footing

• True
• False

Workers who saved their money during the war were key in creating an economic boom following the war

• True
• False

Funds given by the GI bill were able to be used for all of the following EXCEPT

• Starting a business
• Buying a House
• Buying a car
• Going to college

Truman was widely expected to win the election of 1948

• True
• False

Despite the US and Soviet Union squaring off during the Cold War in a range of areas, the two nations never declared a formal war

• True
• False