Cold War America, 1950–1959 Chapter 28 MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. All of the following countries were physically devastated during World War II EXCEPT: a. Great Britain. d. the United States. b. France. e. Germany. c. Japan. ANS: D DIF: Difficult REF: Page 1041 OBJ: 1 TOP: Postwar Prosperity (II.a.) MSC: Applying 2. The First Indochina War ended when the French suffered a major defeat at: a. Dien Bien Phu. d. Taipei. b. Hanoi. e. Khe Sanh. c. Saigon. ANS: A DIF: Difficult REF: Page 1063 OBJ: 6 TOP: Indochina (V.d.) MSC: Analyzing 3. The postwar economic boom was fueled mainly by: a. a massive government jobs program. b. new inventions. c. cold war–related military spending. d. the work of the American population. e. trade with Europe and Japan. ANS: C DIF: Difficult REF: Page 1041 OBJ: 1 TOP: Postwar Prosperity (II.a.) MSC: Applying 4. After the war, Americans were most eager to: a. purchase. d. pursue education. b. save. e. work overtime. c. travel. ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: Page 1041 OBJ: 1 TOP: The Consumer Culture (II.b.) MSC: Remembering 5. A very important reason for passage of the GI Bill was to: a. keep men in the military beyond their term of enlistment. b. surplus funds in the federal budget. c. help Roosevelt get reelected. d. prevent the return of the Depression. e. create a bureaucracy to administer it. ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: Page 1042 OBJ: 1 TOP: The Consumer Culture (II.b.) MSC: Analyzing 6. Since the nineteenth century, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia had been ruled by: a. China. d. Britain. b. Japan. e. themselves. c. France. ANS: C DIF: Difficult REF: Page 1063 OBJ: 6 TOP: Indochina (V.d.) MSC: Remembering
Chapter 28 Cold War America, 1950–1959 MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. All of the following countries were physically devastated during World War II EXCEPT: a. Great Britain. d. the United States. b. France. e. Germany. c. Japan. ANS: D DIF: Difficult REF: Page 1041 OBJ: 1 TOP: Postwar Prosperity (II.a.) MSC: Applying 2. The First Indochina War ended when the French suffered a major defeat at: a. Dien Bien Phu. d. Taipei. b. Hanoi. e. Khe Sanh. c. Saigon. ANS: A DIF: Difficult REF: Page 1063 OBJ: 6 TOP: Indochina (V.d.) MSC: Analyzing 3. The postwar economic boom was fueled mainly by: a. a massive government jobs program. b. new inventions. c. cold war–related military spending. d. the work of the American population. e. trade with Europe and Japan. ANS: C DIF: Difficult REF: Page 1041 OBJ: 1 TOP: Postwar Prosperity (II.a.) MSC: Applying 4. After the war, Americans were most eager to: a. purchase. d. pursue education. b. save. e. work overtime. c. travel. ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: Page 1041 OBJ: 1 TOP: The Consumer Culture (II.b.) MSC: Remembering 5. A very important reason for passage of the GI Bill was to: a. keep men in the military beyond their term of enlistment. b. surplus funds in the federal budget. c. help Roosevelt get reelected. d. prevent the return of the Depression. e. create a bureaucracy to administer it. ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: Page 1042 OBJ: 1 TOP: The Consumer Culture (II.b.) MSC: Analyzing 6. Since the nineteenth century, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia had been ruled by: a. China. d. Britain. b. Japan. e. themselves. c. France. ANS: C DIF: Difficult REF: Page 1063 OBJ: 6 TOP: Indochina (V.d.) MSC: Remembering