Unit 6 Test Review

Which of the following statements best explains the Cold War?

• A state of tension between the United States and Germany following World War II.
• A state of tension between United States and the Soviet Union without actual fighting.
• Fighting between Communist in North Korea and Free South Korea.
• Fighting between Cuba and the United States over missiles.

What best describes the motivation of the US during the Cold War?

• Efforts to decrease the national debt
• Major events in the global arms race
• Positions of American presidential candidates
• Attempts to stop the spread of communism

What helped gained workers new benefits after World War II?

• Marching on industries
• Merging labor unions
• Giving in to big industry
• Being unorganized

Germany was divided among the Allies at the end of the war. Which country did not agree to allow Germany to remain united?

• France
• United States
• Soviet Union (USSR)
• Great Britain

What did the GI Bill of Rights do after WWII?

• Soldiers would be required to have a college education to serve their country.
• The government would provide educational opportunities for solidiers.
• The postal service would be run by the military.
• The military would protect the rights of all students.

Americans who were born between 1946 and 1964 were known as —

• Generation X
• Baby Boomers
• Silent Generations
• Millennials

What program offered Western European countries over $12 billion to stop the spread of communism?

• The 38th Parallel
• The Berlin Airlift
• The Iron Curtain
• The Marshall Plan

The American economy following World War II can best be classified by —

• the bear market
• stagnation
• prosperity
• recession

President Truman’s Secretary of State George Marshall created a plan to help Europe. What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

• Give aid to Western Europe to increase political ties with the Communist Eastern Europe.
• Give aid to lessen the danger of Western Europe falling to Communism.
• Give aid to Eastern European countries trying to have a Revolution.
• Give aid to Eastern Europe to aid the Soviet Union.

What was the result of the conflict in which South Korea and the United States resisted Chinese and North Korean aggression?

• Victory for South Korea
• North Korea surrendered to South Korea
• The Korean Conflict ended in stalemate
• Victory for Communist Chinese