4th 6 weeks Exam

Select TWO benefits of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act (G.I. Bill) for veterans.

• college & vocational training

• minimum wage jobs

• free health care

• food stamps

• low-interest loans

What was the significance of the Baby Boom?

• increased birth rate led to economic prosperity

• decreased consumption led to higher unemployment

• decline in agricultural production

• increase in inflation led to migration into urban centers

What was the goal of the Marshall Plan?

• to rebuild Western Europe to prevent the spread of communism

• to prevent future wars

• to rebuild the Soviet Union

• to convert U.S. factories to peacetime production

Developing conventional and nuclear weapons to gain superiority over countries

• Peace negotiation
• Disarmament
• Military alliance
• Arms race

Who did the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) target after WWII?

• suspected communists

• suspected Nazis

• suspected terrorists

• members of the music industry

What Cold War foreign policy explained U.S. involvement in the Korean War?

• Containment

• desegregation

• McCarthyism

• isolationism

What was the outcome of the Korean War?

• North & South Korea divided

• North & South Korea united under communism

• China took control of Korea

• the U.S. established a united democratic Korea

How did JFK respond to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• launched air strikes

• invasion of Cuba

• blockade of Cuba

• he did nothing

President Johnson's War on Poverty; included programs like the Food Stamp Act, Housing & Urban Development Act, & the Child Nutrition Act

• Great Society

• New Frontier

• Fair Deal

• New Deal

What was the significance of the Supreme Court's ruling in Miranda v. Arizona?

• criminal defendants have a right to know their rights

• illegally obtained evidence cannot be used against criminal defendants

• the state must provide a lawyer for criminal defendants that cannot afford one

• Mexican Americans formed a separate class that was entitled to protection