Which of the following is most characteristic of the Cold War?

• The growth of nuclear arsenals in the US and Soviet Union

• The expansion of national borders by imperialist European countries

• The implementation of isolationist foreign policies in Great Britain and China

• The rapid industrialization of many Southeast Asian countries

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8.B

Match the following

• McCarthyism

• Population increase after WWII

• Baby Boom

• Free College and better Home loans

• GI Bill of Rights

• Accusing someone of something without evidence

• Suburbs

• Infrastructure development in the 1950s used for evacutation

• Interstate Highway Act

• Cookie cutter neighborhoods outside city

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14.A

17.B

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The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, later renamed the March of Dimes, was established in 1938 and . . . was a grassroots campaign run primarily by volunteers. Over the years, millions of people gave small amounts of money to support both the care of people who got ​ ​ (a)   and research into prevention and treatment. Those contributions financed Jonas Salk, Albert Sabin, and the other researchers who developed the . . . ​ ​ (b)   that children around the world receive today. ​

• polio
• vaccines
• chicken pox
• serum

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27.B

​ (a)   music created a ​ (b)   between generations. The King ​ (c)   was very popular with teenagers, less so with parents. Many Southerners did like this form of music because of its roots in the ​ (d)   community.

• Rock and Roll
• cultural divide
• Elvis Presley
• Jazz
• African American

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25.B

This is a cross-sectional diagram of a major operation ordered by President Harry S. Truman in 1948. The flight pattern illustrated in the diagram was designed to allow an airplane to land every three minutes. Why was this operation undertaken?

• To enable rapid withdrawal of troops from a war-torn city

• To deploy substantial invasion forces

• To provide supplies to a blockaded city

• To rescue thousands of stranded political prisoners

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8.A

residential town or community near a city (a)  

• settlement
• suburb
• metropolitan
• rural

America's relationship with the Soviet Union was called a "Cold War" because the...

• Soviets fought the United States by freezing prices
• the United States fought the Soviet Union during their harsh, cold winter
• Soviet Union and the United States were enemies, but no official war took place
• Soviet Union and United States were developing nuclear weapons using cold fusion

By applying the strategy of containment, the United States hoped to prevent the

• emergence of an economic crisis in Europe
• return of Nazi ideas to postwar Germany
• expansion of the Soviet Union's influence around the world
• spread of nationalism from China to the rest of Asia 

What is an Arms Race?

• When two countries compete to create the best and most weapons 
• When two countries compete to create new colonies
• When two countries compete over resources

What did the 38th parallel divide?

• Korea
• Vietnam
• China
• Japan