Question 1
Levittown was a __________.
A) toxic waste disposal site
B) decaying industrial center
C) mixed-race community
D) suburban housing development
Question 2
Why did Truman fire General MacArthur?
A) MacArthur grew increasingly insubordinate.
B) MacArthur wanted the U.S. to withdraw from Korea.
C) MacArthur was genuinely incompetent.
D) Truman had a personal dislike for MacArthur.
Question 3
How did General MacArthur turn the tide of the Korean War?
A) by using nuclear weapons against China
B) by invading China and destroying North Koreas base of support
C) by strategically bombing Soviet military targets along North Koreas borders
D) by directing an amphibious assault on Inchon and landing fresh troops
Question 4
After Japans defeat in 1945, __________.
A) Soviet and U.S. forces each occupied half of Korea
B) the Soviets demanded a say in the Japanese government
C) Soviet and U.S. forces each occupied half of Vietnam
D) the United States abandoned Korea to its fate
Question 5
Korea was a colony of __________ between 1910 and 1945.
A) Japan
B) China
C) Britain
D) the Soviet Union
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