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Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put up a wall to keep our people in, to keep them from leaving us. The speaker most likely made this speech during which of the following conflicts?

  1. World War I

  2. World War II

  3. Cold War

  4. Korean War

  5. Vietnam War


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Cold War- The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union with its satellite states, and the United States with its allies after World War II.

The GI Bill of Rights altered U.S. society by _______.

  1. Admitting women to the U.S. military and naval academies

  2. Making it possible for millions of veterans to attend college

  3. Integrating the armed forces

  4. Guaranteeing civilian employment to all veterans

  5. Creating the U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Making it possible for millions of veterans to attend college.

Which of the following is a classic American novel of adolescent rebellion?

  1. Moby-Dickby Herman Melville

  2. The Catcher in the Ryeby J. D. Salinger

  3. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

  4. My ntonia by Willa Cather

  5. The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Catcher in the Ryeby J. D. Salinger.

The Potsdam Conference was convened in July 1945 so that _______.

  1. Allied leaders could decide how to handle postwar Germany

  2. Allied leaders could determine how to handle the occupation of Japan

  3. The Soviet Union and the United States could decide how to divide China

  4. Plans could be made for the Soviet Union to invade Japan

  5. Japan and the United States could draw up a peace agreement


Correct Option: A

I have here in my hand a list of 205 that were known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping the policy of the state department. This statement began a brief period in U.S. history that became known for ______.

  1. Reform

  2. Reconstruction

  3. McCarthyism

  4. Watergate

  5. Reaganomics


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. The term refers to U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy  and has its origins in the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting from the late 1940s through the 1950s.

The scriptwriters known as the "Hollywood Ten" were blacklisted by the movie industry because they ________.

  1. Failed to win awards for their studio producers

  2. Made public speeches urging people to vote for third-party presidential candidates

  3. Accused several people in the movie industry of being Communist Party members

  4. Refused to answer questions asked by the House Un-American Activities Committee

  5. Tried to organize a screenwriters' union in Hollywood


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The scriptwriters known as the "Hollywood Ten" were blacklisted by the movie industry because they refused to answer questions asked by the House Un-American Activities Committee.

Which of the following is a nickname for the gener ation born between 1945 and 1965?

  1. The lost generation

  2. The beat generation

  3. The baby boom generation

  4. The peace generation

  5. Generation X


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The baby boom generation.

The spread of Communism was stopped by NATO primarily in ____________.

  1. Asia

  2. Europe

  3. South America

  4. Africa

  5. The Middle East


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The spread of Communism was stopped by NATO primarily in Europe United States and its allies to prevent the spread of communism. As a component of the Cold War, this policy was a response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to increase communist influence in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, Africa, Vietnam, and Latin America.

The reaction by Western Europe to the Berlin blockade was the ___________.

  1. Invasion of East Germany

  2. Threat to increase nuclear arms

  3. Use of spy satellites

  4. Boycott of Soviet goods

  5. Berlin airlift


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The reaction by Western Europe to the Berlin blockade was the Berlin airlift.

For Western Europe, the Marshall Plan provided ____________.

  1. Military assistance

  2. Cultural links

  3. Technology

  4. Economic aid

  5. Medical goods and equipment


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was an American initiative passed in 1948 to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $12 billion (nearly $100 billion in 2016 US dollars) in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II.