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Chapter 27: The Cold War Era

Self-Check Quizzes

1
The "Big Three"–Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin–met at __________ to discuss the postwar world.
A)Reykjavik
B)Yalta
C)Potsdam
D)Cairo
2
The United States gave economic aid to Europe as part of the __________.
A)Kennan Plan
B)Yalta Agreement
C)United Nations Relief Effort
D)Marshall Plan
3
In 1949 the United States and its allies formed a mutual defense agreement called __________.
A)NATO
B)the Warsaw Pact
C)the London Agreement
D)the New York Alliance
4
The __________ limited the actions workers could take against their employers.
A)Gramm-Rudman Bill
B)Taft-Hartley Act
C)Anti-Strike Bill
D)Warner-Washington Proposal
5
At the end of World War II the Korean Peninsula was divided at the __________ parallel.
A)25th
B)38th
C)42nd
D)44th
6
The commander of the UN forces in Korea was __________.
A)Dwight Eisenhower
B)George Patton
C)John J. Pershing
D)Douglas MacArthur
7
The 1950s in America saw a ____, or a very high birthrate.
A)birth boom
B)boomerang
C)baby boom
D)baby bust
8
A region where military forces cannot enter is called __________.
A)a demilitarized zone
B)no man's land
C)buffer state
D)a wasteland
9
A group of writers called ___ had sharp criticisms of 1950s America.
A)the Affluent Society
B)the Beats
C)HUAC
D)Hollywood Ten
10
Appalachia suffered from poverty because of the decline of ____.
A)family farms
B)welfare
C)automation
D)the coal industry
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