All of the Following Is Characteristic of the United States

question 22

Multiple Choice

All of the following is characteristic of the United States in the 1950s EXCEPT

• A)an economic boom.
• B)confidence in the American way of life.
• C)an intensification of the "Red Scare."
• D)the collapse of labor unions.
• E)a commitment to the traditions of the New Deal.

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Definitions:

Midway Island

is a small U.S. territory in the Pacific Ocean, historically significant as a site of a pivotal naval battle between the United States and Japan during World War II.

Guadalcanal

The location of a significant campaign during World War II where Allied forces battled Japanese troops for control of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific.

Chiang Kai-Shek

A Chinese political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975, both in mainland China and later in Taiwan.

Red Army

The army and the air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, and after 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), before it was replaced by the Soviet Army.