History Final True-False

True

The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act was also known as the GI Bill of Rights.

True

Within a few months of the end of World War II, there were strikes and other labor disputes in the steel, coal, and railroad industries.

True

Israel’s creation in 1948was followed immediately by a war with its Arab neighbors.

False

The Fair Deal was President Truman’s name for his approach to foreign policy in the early days of the cold war.

True

At the end of World War II, Korea was divided along the 38th parallel.

False

In the early months of the Korean War, UN forces encountered little resistance until they reached the Chinese border.

True

The GI Bill of Rights provided financial assistance for home loans and college expenses.

True

Rural areas experienced practically no population growth in the 1950s and 1960s.

False

Detroit became known as the capital of black America due to the huge growth of its African American population.

True

Elvis Presley’s first national smash his was "Heartbreak Hotel".

True

Nikita Khrushcheb was Soviet premier while Kennedy was president.

False

Jack Ruby was charged with assassinating President John F. Kennedy, but doubts about his guilt linger.

True

Lyndon Johnson’s domestic program was called the Great Society.

False

Volunteers in Service to America was a group of Republican young people who campaigned for Nixon and other conservative candidates in 1960.

True

Johnson’s Great Society programs helped reduce the number of people living in poverty.

False

By 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. had become a leading spokesman for "black power".

True

The Viet Cong were the rebel army in South Vietnam.

True

The Tet offensive marked a turning point in public support for the war in Vietnam.

True

In 1968, students managed to shut down Columbia University.

True

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) resolved to use its huge oil supplies as a political and economic weapon.

True

Nixon and his White House aides tried to cover up the Watergate break-in.

False

Richard Nixon was impeached for Watergate-related offenses.

True

For pardoning Nixon, President Ford suffered a huge decline in his popularity.

False

When North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam in 1975, U.S. troops were sent back into the region.

False

Within days of the U.S. withdrawal, the cease-fire in Vietnam collapsed.