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- 1. According to the economic policies of John Maynard Keynes, a government
- can best combat depression by:
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- (A) imposing high tariffs
- (B) balancing the budget
- (C) confiscating the profits of big business
- (D) spending more liberally
- (E) reducing the national debt
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- (D) Keynes recommended deficit spending to stimulate the economy and counteract
- depression. His economic theories influenced New Deal policies.
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- 2. The United States declared war on Japan immediately after the:
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- (A) Munich Agreement
- (B) invasion of Poland
- (C) surrender of France
- (D) start of air raids on England
- (E) attack on Pearl Harbor
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- (E) The United States declared war on Japan and entered World War II after
- Japan attacked the American base at Pearl Harbor.
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- 3. The Second World War affected the American economy by causing:
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- (A) a decline in federal spending
- (B) a rise in employment
- (C) a decline in the birth rate
- (D) an end to internal migration
- (E) an embargo on imports and exports
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- (B) World War II provided more jobs, which led to a decrease in unemployment.
- Federal spending rose during the war.
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- 4. The Vichy government during World War II best describes:
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- (A) German army officers who governed France
- (B) the French government in exile
- (C) the French government that collaborated with German occupying forces
- (D) the French Resistance during Nazi occupation
- (E) French diplomats in Germany
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- (C) The Vichy government was the French government of occupied France during
- World War II.
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- 5. The Refugee Relief Act was passed in 1953 in order to aid refugees from:
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- (A) Fascism
- (B) Communism
- (C) Japan
- (D) Korea
- (E) Indochina
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- (B) The Refugee Relief Act was an emergency immigration bill that provided
- entry into the United States for European refugees from Communism, regardless
- of previous immigration quotas.
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- 6. The 1954 SEATO agreement can be most accurately described as:
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- (A) a treaty to end the Korean War
- (B) a call for the reunification of Korea
- (C) a mutual defense pact signed by the United States and Asian nations
- (D) a pact among nations who favored unilateral disarmament
- (E) an international agreement to maintain freedom of the seas
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- (C) SEATO is a mutual defense pact signed by the United States and the nations
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- 7. The majority of Cabinet positions during the Eisenhower administrations
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- (A) Defense Department officials
- (B) female campaign workers
- (C) former New Deal lawyers
- (D) former army officers
- (E) businessmen
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- (E) The Eisenhower administration appointed businessmen to many Cabinet posts
- and other major federal jobs.
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- 8. The 1954 Geneva Convention Conference provided for:
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- (A) the separation of India and Pakistan
- (B) the division of East and West Germany
- (C) the temporary division of Korea
- (D) the temporary division of Vietnam
- (E) rules of conduct to be followed by prisoners of war
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- (D) The Geneva Convention provided for the temporary division of Vietnam and
- elections to reunify the nation in 1956. Neither of these took place.
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- 9. All of the following novels were written during the 1950s EXCEPT:
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- (A) ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac
- (B) THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J. D. Salinger
- (C) THE MAN IN THE GREY FLANNEL SUIT by Sloan Wilson
- (D) THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- (E) CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller
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- (D) THE GREAT GATSBY was written before the 1950s.
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