B - PRACTICE TEST: U.S. History II Midterm

Which of the following was NOT a major source of disagreement between the Soviet Union and the United States between 1945 and 50?

• Establishment of communist governments in Eastern Europe

• Establishment of capitalist governments in Western Europe

• Establishment of US-led democracy in Japan

• Establishment of the Warsaw Pact

The Nationalists were defeated in the civil war in China largely because:

• American provided them no financial and military aid

• Only peasants and factory workers supported them

• The Soviets provided military aid to the communists

• They lost the support of the Chinese people

The first Soviet Rocket that made it to space terrified the USA because:

• Soviets showed they had better tech

• They could use this to nuke the USA

• both of the above

• none of the above

How did the Eisenhower administration view the role of Africa and Asia in the Cold War?

• mainly as a source of raw materials

• as a testbed for American civil rights

• as vital to maintaining the balance of power

• as an unimportant distraction from Europe

In his farewell address in January of 1951, President Eisenhower warned the American people about the dangers of:

• hysterical anti-communism

• the spread of global pacifism

• too powerful a military-industrial complex

• continued racism in the United States

This initiative by the federal government helped WW2 vets pay for college.

• US First

• Title 9

• GI Bill

• PL-142

John F Kennedy made an attractive presidential candidate in the 1960 election for all the following reasons EXCEPT

• his family wealth and personal charisma

• his past accomplishments as a handsome war hero

• his promise to continue the policies of the 1950s

• his relative youth and appeal to younger voters

When does Japan surrender, ending World War II?

• 12 January 1950

• 25 June 1950

• 14 August 1945

• 27 July 1953

When do truce talks between South Korea and North Korea begin?

• 14 March 1951

• 11 April 1951

• 10 July 1951

• 4 Nov 1952

When is the cease-fire that ends the Korean War signed?

• 14 August 1945

• 12 January 1950

• 5 March 1953

• 27 July 1953