The American consumer economy began to grow dramatically as soon as the war ended, during the years 1945 to 1950. 
	False

The postwar economic boom was fueled by military spending and cheap energy.
	True

Labor unions continued to grow rapidly in the industrial factories throughout the 1940s and 1950s.
	False

The economic and population growth of the Sunbelt occurred because the South relied less than the North did on federal government spending for its economic well-being.
	False

After World War II, American big cities became heavily populated with minorities, while most whites lived in the suburbs.
	True

Government policies sometimes encouraged residential segregation in the cities and new suburbs.
	True.

Harry S. Truman brought extensive experience and confidence to the presidency he assumed in April 1945.
	False

The growing Cold War broke down the strong bonds of trust and common ideals that America and Russia had shared as World War II allies.
	False

The Western Allies pushed to establish a separate nation of West Germany, while the Russians wanted to restore a unified German state.
	False

The Truman Doctrine was initiated in response to threatened Soviet gains in Iran and Afghanistan.
	False

The Marshall Plan was developed primarily as a response to the possible Soviet military invasion of Western Europe.
	False

The fundamental purpose of NATO was to end the historical feuds among the European nations of Britain, France, Italy, and Germany.
	False

The postwar hunt for communist subversion was supposedly aimed at rooting out American communists from positions in government and teaching.
	True

Truman defeated Dewey in 1948 partly because of the deep splits within the Republican party that year.
	False

Truman fired General MacArthur because MacArthur wanted to expand the Korean War into China.
	True

(A)Besides giving educational benefits to returning veterans, the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (the GI Bill of Rights) was partly intended to
A.	prevent returning soldiers from flooding the job market
B.	provide the colleges with a new source of income
C.	keep the GIs’ military skills in high readiness for the Cold War
D.	help to slow down the inflationary economy that developed at the end of World War II


(D) Among the greatest beneficiaries of the post-World War II economic “boom” were
A.	the industrial inner cities
B.	farm laborers
C.	labor unions
D.	women

(B) Among the causes of the long postwar economic expansion were
A.	foreign investment and international trade
B.	military spending and cheap energy
C.	labor’s wage restraint and the growing number of small businesses
D.	government economic planning and investment


(D) The two regions that gained most in population and new industry in the postwar economic expansion were
A.	the Northwest and New England
B.	the Northeast and South
C.	the Midwest and West
D.	the South and West

(D) The federal government played a large role in the growth of the Sunbelt through
A.	federal subsidies to southern and western agriculture
B.	its policies supported civil rights and equal opportunity for minorities 
C.	housing loans to veterans
D.	its financial support of the aerospace and defense industries
(A) Among the federal policies that contributed to the postwar migration from the cities to the suburbs were
A.	housing-mortgage tax deductions and federally built highways
B.	public housing and Social Security
C.	military and public-works spending
D.	direct subsidies to suburban homebuilders


(C) The postwar “baby-boom” population expansion contributed to
A.	the sharp rise in elementary school enrollments in the 1970s.
B.	the strains on the Social Security system in the 1950s
C.	the popular “youth culture” of the 1960s.
D.	the expanding job opportunities of the 1980s.

(B) Among President Harry Truman’s most valuable qualities as a leader were
A.	his considerable experience in international affairs
B.	his personal courage, authenticity, and sense of responsibility for big decisions
C.	his intolerance of pettiness or corruption among his subordinates
D.	his patience and willingness to compromise with honest critics


	
(B) The primary reason that Franklin Roosevelt made concessions to Stalin at the Yalta Conference was that
A.	he sympathized with the Soviet need to dominate Eastern Europe
B.	he wanted the Soviet Union to enter the war against Japans
C.	he wanted the Soviets to agree to American domination of Central American and the Caribbean
D.	he was afraid of a postwar confrontation with the Soviet Union over China

(D) Before World War II, both the United States and the Soviet Union
A.	had competed with Germany for the role of leading power in Europe
B.	had concentrated on practical achievements rather than ideological issues
C.	had attempted to build powerful armies and navies in order to gain global power
D.	had been largely inward-looking and isolated from international affairs