Final Exam AMH2020 Multiple Choice

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Why did American policymakers agree to spend billions of dollars on the economic recovery of Europe under the Marshall Plan?

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They were afraid that otherwise, western European nations might fall under Soviet influence.

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Between 1946 and 1960, the American gross national product

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more than doubled, and wages increased.

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Where did the turning point of World War II in the European Eastern Theater occur?

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Stalingrad

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Emerging from World War II, what was the only nation that could rival the United States?

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the Soviet Union

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The Internet expanded the flow of information more radically than any invention since the printing press.

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expanded the flow of information more radically than any invention since the printing press.

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Which of the following formed part of the conservative agenda? a. a willingness to raise taxes, b. increasing government involvement in the people’s lives, c. the advancement of limited individual freedom, d. a strong critique of the welfare state, e. the determination to stop the international crusade against communism

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a strong critique of the welfare state

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The Great Society

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included new health care, education, and urban development initiatives paid for with federal funds.

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The “Iron Curtain”

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was a term used in reference to the division between the capitalist West and the communist East.

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How did the role of the national government change during the war?

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It grew and created several federal agencies to regulate the war effort.

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The Montgomery Bus Boycott was sparked when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man.

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was sparked when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man.