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Q 1/24
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Americans feared that the end of World War II would bring:
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Renewed Racial Tensions
A staggering round of deflation
A new surge in isolationist feelings
A return of the Depression
Q 2/24
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The Taft-Hartley Act delivered a major blow to labor by:
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Creating a serious inflationary spiral.
Outlawing strikes by public employees
Allowing states to outlaw the “closed” (forced-union) shops.
Forbidding union organizers to enter workplaces.
24 questions
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Americans feared that the end of World War II would bring:
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The Taft-Hartley Act delivered a major blow to labor by:
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Much of the prosperity of the 1950’s and 1960’s rested on:
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Post-World War II American workers made spectacular gains in productivity owing to:
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Since 1945, population in the United States has grown most in the:
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The continued growth of the suburbs led to:
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The baby-boom generation is now creating a problem by
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Harry Truman possessed all the following personal characteristics except:
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The origins of the Cold War lay in a fundamental disagreement between the United States and the Soviet Union over postwar arrangements in:
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When the Soviet Union denied the United States, Britain and France access to Berlin in 1948, President Truman responded by:
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The postwar policies adopted by the Truman administration toward the Soviet Union were based on the assumption that the Soviet Union was inherently:
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Under the Truman doctrine, the United States pledged to
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President Truman’s Marshall Plan called for:
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The United States participation in NATO
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Jaing Jieshi (aka Chaing Kai Shek) and the Nationalist government lost the Chinese civil war to the communists and Mao Ze-dong mainly because:
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Following World War II, Nazi War criminals were tried in public trials held in:
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Who was the “prominent New Dealer and distinguished member of the eastern establishment” Government figure which was charged by Richard Nixon and the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) with being a communist agent in 1948?
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President Truman’s domestic welfare legislative plan was dubbed the:
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President Truman’s action upon hearing of the invasion of South Korea illustrated his commitment to a foreign policy of:
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Which military action was associated with the Korean War?
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President Harry Truman relived General Douglas MacArthur from command of the United Nations troops in Korea when:
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Extra Credit: The Soviets countered NATO with their own cold war alliance. What was the name of the Soviet version of NATO?
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Extra credit: When Truman was president, the United States Senate was controlled by this political party:
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Extra credit: The Marshall plan, was named after George Marshall, who held this position in Truman’s administration: