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Why did the United States demobilize so rapidly at the end of World War II?
 
  A) Americans were eager to see the soldiers come home quickly.
  B) President Roosevelt wanted to cut defense spending by 50 percent.
  C) The nation's business leaders pressured Congress to solve a crippling labor shortage.
  D) European nations threatened United Nations action if American troops weren't off their soil immediately.
  E) Congress was worried that if the servicemen stayed in Europe any longer they would develop a lust for killing.

Question 2

Which of these statements about literature in the 1950s is correct?
 
  A) Novelists were primarily concerned with societal problems such as poverty, racism, and labor exploitation.
  B) Almost no literature of lasting value was written during this complacent, conformist decade.
  C) Most 1950s literature celebrated America's good life of cars, televisions, and suburban homes.
  D) Southern, black, and Jewish writers produced much of the decade's most outstanding literature.
  E) The decade saw the emergence of lesbian and gay fiction as an acceptable and commercially successful genre.



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Answer to Question 1

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