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Question 1

Truman benefitted from voters who came of age in World War II, because those voters wanted to __________.
 
  A) avoid another war at all costs
  B) greatly expand the size and scope of the military
  C) provide Europe with substantial financial assistance
  D) maintain post-war prosperity

Question 2

Why was Henry Wallace critical of the United States' increased militarization?
 
  A) He believed it was a distraction from addressing poverty and racism.
  B) He was a pacifist who believed the country was too aggressive.
  C) He was a veteran who experienced the horrors of war first-hand.
  D) He believed that the end of World War II required all countries to decrease their militaries.

Question 3

Third-party presidential candidate Henry Wallace believed that __________.
 
  A) U.S. foreign policy was instigating the Cold War
  B) civil rights should not be a national political issue
  C) progressive reforms were ruining the country
  D) big business should have more power in the American economy

Question 4

Third-party presidential candidate Strom Thurmond left the Democratic Party because of his __________.
 
  A) belief that the Soviet threat was not a serious concern
  B) contention that the party had abandoned organized labor
  C) opposition to civil rights reforms raised by party members
  D) dislike of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question 5

After the war, middle-class Americans overwhelmingly expressed the desire to __________.
 
  A) assure peace by developing close relations with the Soviet Union
  B) have small families and live in remote, rural areas
  C) establish prosperity after 15 years of depression and war
  D) include socialist policies in the national political agenda



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Answer 1

Answer: D

Answer 2

Answer: A

Answer 3

Answer: A

Answer 4

Answer: C

Answer 5

Answer: C




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