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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -George F. Kennan

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The prosperity of the postwar decades paved the way for all of the following social transformations except

A) the civil rights movement.
B) new welfare programs like Medicare.
C) America's international leadership.
D) the migration of people to the North.
E) increased opportunity to move up economically.

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Since 1945, population in the United States has grown most rapidly in the

Was the Cold War inevitable? Why or why not? If so, at what point in the early post-World War II years did the Cold War become inevitable? What steps, if any, the United States and/or the Soviet Union could have taken to avoid the outbreak of the Cold War? ​

By 1960, the proportion of Americans who lived in areas classified as metropolitan suburbs was approximately

Locate the following places in Eastern and Central Europe by reference number on the map: ​​ Europe in the Early Post-World War II Period, c. 1945 -____ Bulgaria

Do you think that the Nazi and Japanese leaders should have been tried for war crimes even though their crimes were not clearly defined as such before the war began? Why or why not?

The NSC-68 document reflected the American belief

Which of the following were not among the key decisions made by Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill at the Yalta Conference?

Identify the factors that produced the anticommunist witch hunt, including the outrageous and ruthless actions and government purges connected to Senator Joseph McCarthy, after World War II. List some of its most important short- and long-term consequences for government and nongovernment institutions and Americans who were victims of McCarthyism and the overall postwar anticommunist witch hunt.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Servicemen's Readjustment Act (GI Bill)

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Reinhold Niebuhr

Locate the following placesin East Asia by reference number on the map: Asia, Africa, Australia, Japan, and the Soviet Union in the Early Post-World War II World, c. 1945 ​ ​ -____ South Sakhalin Island

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Truman Doctrine

Harry Truman possessed all of the following personal characteristics except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Frostbelt

Evaluate the geo-political and militarytrade-offs at the Yalta conference in 1945. Should Roosevelt's concessions and agreements concerning Poland, the Balkans, and China be considered political sellouts to the Soviet Union? Why or why not? ​

In early 1945, the United States was extremely eager to secure the Soviet Union's participation in the projected invasion of Japan because

Explain the United States' tremendous success story in postwar Japan versus its failure in China. Who was responsible for the fall of China to the communists? Did American postwar foreign policy toward Nationalist China and its leader Jiang Jieshi play a crucial role in the fall of China? Alternatively, were the keys to the "loss of China" to be found in the shortcomings of the Nationalist government and the political and military strength of Mao Zedong and his communist armies?

Normally, divisions or a split in a major political party spells certain defeat for its presidential candidate. President Harry Truman was able to overcome a three-way Democratic split in 1948, What explains his surprising underdog victory? Would Truman have won against any Republicanopponent besides Thomas Dewey?