Unit 7 - MOST MISSED QUESTIONS

1. Q5. Which of the following is NOT an example of the trend of affluence of the postwar era?

• 1. ‘White Flight’ from the cities to the suburbs

• 1. The shifting of blue-collar jobs to the service sector

• 1. Government restrictions on the types of strikes and power of labor unions

• 1. Racial discrimination that resulted in a large wage gap

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1. Q10.Americans prepared for an “eventual” atomic bomb attack in all the following ways EXCEPT

• 1. Building personal and community bomb shelters

• 1. Practicing “duck and cover” drills in schools

• 1. Training Civil Defense workers to organize community safety plans

• 1. Building “doomsday” bunkers to protect against the post-bomb anarchy that would occur

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1. Q13. The mood of the “Beat Generation” is best reflected in which of the following

• 1. Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible

• 1. J.D Salinger’s, Catcher in the Rye

• 1. Jack Kerouac’s, On the Road

• Betty Friedan’s, The Feminine Mystique

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Q18. The event in the political cartoon above resulted in which of the following?

• 1. The scandal of the U-2 Incident

• 1. The beginning of the arms race

• 1. The creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

• 1. The creation of the National Security Council (NSC) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

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Q19. A similarity between the Red Scares of the 1920’s and the 1950’s was that during each period

• 1. Thousands of American citizens were tried for treason

• 1. The Communist party gained many members in the U.S.

• 1. Many government employees were convicted of giving secrets to the Soviet Union

• 1. The civil liberties of American citizens were threatened

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Q27. The rapid growth in personal income in the decade after WWII contributed to

• 1. A decrease in the birthrate

• 1. A rise in the use of credit cards

• 1. Expansion of the middle class

• 1. Shortages in the supply of consumer goods

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Q28. President Truman aided the cause of civil rights by

• 1. Integrating the public schools

• 1. Ordering non-discrimination in all defense contracts

• 1. Desegregating the armed forces

• 1. Integrating restaurants, movie theaters, and interstate travel

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Q35. All of the following were proposed elements of Truman’s Fair Deal EXCEPT

• 1. Anti-communist loyalty reviews

• 1. Civil rights legislation

• 1. National health insurance

• 1. Extension of Social Security benefits

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1. Q36. The Central Intelligence Agency

• 1. Was established in response to the U-2 incident

• 1. Was created to track Communists and sympathizers within the United States

• 1. Failed to protect the United States against subversion within the federal government

• 1. Was highly active in covert operations against the Soviets

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Q40. “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.” 

Which of the following is Winston Churchill referring to in this speech from 1946?

• 1. The division of Germany and Berlin after WWII

• 1. The building of the Berlin Wall

• 1. Soviet domination of Eastern Europe

• 1. The totalitarian regime of Joseph Stalin

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