Post-World War II History Quiz

What was the purpose of the G.I. Bill of Rights?

• To provide military funding for future wars

• To help pay for returning soldiers to attend college and vocational schools

• To establish new government positions for veterans

• To increase the number of soldiers in the army

During which conference did the allies agree to form the United Nations?

• Potsdam Conference

• Yalta Conference

• Berlin Conference

• Geneva Conference

Who was one of the delegates to the first United Nations Conference?

• Winston Churchill

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Mary McLeod Bethune

• Joseph Stalin

What action did President Truman take to strengthen the economies and governments of Western Europe?

• He initiated the Berlin Airlift

• He passed the Marshall Plan

• He launched the first satellite

• He started the second Red Scare

What was the result of the Soviet Union's blockade of West Berlin?

• The United Nations intervened militarily

• The Berlin Wall was constructed

• President Truman agreed to airlift supplies for nearly a year

• West Berlin surrendered to the communists

What parallel marked the division of North and South Korea after the war?

• 17th parallel

• 38th parallel

• 49th parallel

• 45th parallel

What demographic change occurred in the United States during the 1950s?

• The Baby Boom generation

• The Great Migration

• The Dust Bowl migration

• The Silent Generation

What was Sputnik?

• The first manned spacecraft

• The first US satellite

• The first animal sent to space

• The first ever satellite

What was the main reason for the rapid growth of Florida's population in the 1960s?

• The influx of Cuban immigrants

• The building of Space Race facilities

• The assassination of President Kennedy

• The Vietnam War

In 1961, who invaded Cuba at the Bay of Pigs?

• Cubans from Miami with CIA assistance

• Soviet troops

• American soldiers

• Vietnamese forces