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Which of these is NOT true of the Interstate Highway System:
A. upgraded the white shield highway system
B. was inspired by the Germany autobahn
C. was not pitched to Congress as a Cold War defense measure
D. was proposed by Dwight Eisenhower
E. was the largest public works project in US History
C.
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At what battle did the Japanese lose four of their valuable aircraft carriers? This made it the turning point in the Pacific War
Midway
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All of the following describe the goals of what policy by President Truman:
--provide money for the rebuilding of European economies
--create markets strong enough to buy US consumer goods
--make Western European countries less vulnerable to Communist influence
Marshall Plan
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What kind of contracts were used to encourage quick conversion from consumer to war goods during WWII?
cost-plus contracts
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Thousands of African American soldiers joined the war effort in WWII because of what campaign that promised victory over racism abroad and at home?
Double-V campaign
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One of the military problems facing the US in WWII was that the Japanese had superior tactics using what kind of ship?
aircraft carriers
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The Stimson Doctrine and the Nye Committee report both show that many Americans were committed to what goal in the early 1930's?
The US should remain an isolationist country despite acts of aggression in the world
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Truman helped create what country after WWII as part of his containment policy?
West Germany
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The "Spirit of Geneva" was the atmosphere of potential peace that developed between Eisenhower and Kruschev in the 1950's. It was ruined when Eisenhower lied about what 1960 event?
U-2 incident
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What two leaders did not trust one another and therefore contributed greatly to early Cold War tensions?
Truman and Stalin
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What was the Berlin Blockade and how did Truman respond?
Stalin cut off ground access to the city so Truman organized a year-long relief mission by air called the Berlin Airlift
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"grunt and groin" and "unfit for family viewing"
These quotes describe the performances of which musician who was popular with 1950's youth?
Elvis Presley
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--air conditioning
--government defense contracts
--cheaper labor
--immigration
The list above describes reasons for the movement of Americans to what part of the country beginning in the 1950's?
Sun Belt
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What action did the US government take against Japanese Americans during WWII because of security concerns?
internment
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Based on statistics that we studied in class and the context of this picture, these women are probably working in what war industry?
aviation
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What strategy did President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill agree to in the Atlantic Charter?
"Germany First"
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--recommended a massive build-up of the US military to deter Soviet aggression.
--was an in-depth study of US Cold War policies
--came after Truman was accused of “losing Asia” to Communism.
All of these describe what document that Truman used to justify tripling the US defense budget?
NSC-68
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"Massive Resistance" refers to Southern leaders determining that they would not uphold:
the Brown v Board decision
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When we built Levittown, we heard the song "Little Boxes." Based on its lyrics, what was the singer making fun of regarding suburban communities like Levittown?
"Little Boxes on the hillside, Little Boxes made of ticky-tacky
Little Boxes on the hillside, Little Boxes all the same"
conformity
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Complete this comparison list:
Consumer goods popular?
1920's yes 1950's yes
Car culture back again?
1920's yes 1950's yes
New form of music popular with youth:
1920's--jazz 1950's--???
rock 'n' roll
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cheap, mass-produced, affordable starter homes
This was the business model of which figure from this unit?
William Levitt (Levittown)
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•meat
•sugar
•silk
•coffee
All of these were ___________ during WWII.
rationed
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What made the Neutrality Act of 1939 different than the previous neutrality acts?
It ALLOWED the sale of weapons to warring countries whereas the others were all bans.
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Alamogordo (test)
Hiroshima (target)
Nagasaki (target)
These locations have what in common?
all were sites of a nuclear detonation
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African American distinctiveness and pride and less emphasis on cooperation with whites to achieve equality--these describe the goals of what movement within the Civil Rights Movement?
Black Power
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Americans began doing "duck and cover" drills and building bomb shelters in their backyards after what new type of bomb was developed in 1952?
H-bomb
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Tuskegee Airmen and "Red Ball Express" are two examples of what group's service in WWII?
African Americans
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What did Stalin repeatedly demand that FDR and Churchill open during the early years of WWII?
a second front
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What 1965 event marked a turning point in the Civil Rights movement, showing that African Americans had become frustrated and violent in response to poverty and inequality? This event led to a decline in white sympathy for the movement.
Watts Riots
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Because they were usually the primary decision-maker and consumer in American homes in the 1950's, to whom were most advertisements directed during the decade?
housewives
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What did Henry Ford manufacture during WWII rather than cars?
bombers
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Lend-Lease allowed the sale of weapons to countries "vital to the nation's defense". This included what countries?
China, Soviet Union, Britain, France
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"Rosie the Riveter" tried to encourage women to:
take jobs in war industries
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Who are the Civil Rights leaders associated with the Black Power movement?
X and Carmichael
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What achievement of the CRM followed the March on Washington?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
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What group was committed to ensuring that the US did not get involved in WWII before the attack on Pearl Harbor?
America First Committee
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Why did the US use island-hopping as a strategy in WWII?
the Japanese had dug in on 100's of islands in the Pacific and this strategy would allow them to save lives and resources by ignoring the most heavily-defended ones
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•Soviet nuclear test
•North Korea invades South Korea
•China becomes Communist
The events above all occurred in 1949 and led to President Truman being called:
"soft on Communism"
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What were the three causes of the Baby Boom?
--"sweetheart effect"
--government promoted having a family
--the economy was prospering
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--can't sell weapons to belligerent nations
--can't loan money to belligerent nations
--can't join either side in the Spanish Civil War
These all describe behaviors prohibited by what series of laws from the 1930's?
Neutrality Acts
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What are the five origins of the Civil Rights movement?
Till lynching; Brown v Board; Truman integrated the military; Jackie Robinson; television
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US capitalism/democracy vs Soviet communism/govt control
These describe the philosophies at the heart of what post-WWII rivalry?
Cold War
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Describe Eisenhower's "massive retaliation" policy in the Cold War
the US would respond to ANY Soviet aggression in the world w/ a full, retaliatory strike using our nuclear arsenal
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How was the Korean War resolved?
armistice (end to fighting) but no treaty
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What was the largest naval battle in history and saw the first use of kamikaze attacks by the Japanese?
Leyte Gulf