How did the Marshall Plan help stabilize Europe after World War II?
Provided financial aid and supplies to countries suffering after the war.
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Levittowns were...
Suburbs featuring affordable homes.
100
How did television affect the John F. Kennedy/Richard Nixon presidential debates in 1960?
It made the physical apperance of the candidates an important factor for viewers.
100
Sputnik concerned leaders in the United States because...
Soviet could now spy on America and that America was behind in the Space Race.
100
The British established the Virginia Company in order to...
establish settlemtnets on the coast of North America.
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President Truman's order to integrate the U.S. Military was improtant because it...
Sent a message that integration was going to be a goal on a national level.
200
How has technology like the computer affected American life in the United States?
Americans can access information more freely and quickly.
200
Why did the American-sponsored Anti-Castro forces invade Cuba form the Bay of Pigs?
Was near an important airfield.
200
The Berlin airlift, Korean War, and Bay of Pigs were all actions taken by the United States in an attempt to...
defeat communism.
200
What role did France play in the American Revolution?
It allied itself with the revolutinaries in order to weaken Britain.
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The term "cold war" refers to...
the distrust between the United States and USSR that many feared would lead to actual war in the years following WWII.
300
Businesses can store and share information more quickly in modern society because of...
development of the computer.
300
What role did the U.S. government play in the Bay of Pigs invasion of 1961?
It funded and trained the invading forces but didn't assist in the fighting.
300
Mao Zedong concerned leaders in the United States because he was...
a communist revolutionary who ultimately took over China.
300
Shays' Rebellion was an indication that the central government was too weak under which document?
Articles of Confederation
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How did the spread of communism after World War II aid in Joseph McCarthy's rise to prominence?
He exploited the public's hysteria and held show trials to boost his own political career.
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A U.S. army soldier returning home after WWII to find that he could get a loan and buy an affordable new home in the suburbs would MOST LIKELY owe a debt of gratitude to...
the GI Bill and William Levitt
400
The Cuban Missile Crisis involved a standoff between Russia and the United States concerning...
Nuclear Weapons
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Competition with the USSR during the "space race" was beneficial to the United States becuase it...
led to increase investments in math and science education.
400
What president is responsible for the Louisiana Pruchase?
Thomas Jefferson
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During the Cold War, America's Containment Policy was primarily trying to limit communism's spread to which geographhic areas?
Eastern Europe and Asia
500
What is the relationship between the baby boom and the Interstate Highway Act?
The baby boom increased the number of people living in suburbs, which increase the demand for highways.
500
Fidel Castro concerned which American president the most?
John F. Kennedy
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Who assassinated John F. Kennedy?
Lee Harvey Oswald
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How did the Northwest Ordinance lead to the creation of new states?
It allowed western territories to apply for statehoood once they reached a certain size.