| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| African Americans made up around __ % of the population of the USA | 10 | 80%
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| The Korean war cost __% of the US GDP | 14 | 80%
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| Inflation rate in 1945\46 was __% | 25 | 80%
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| By 1950, how much had unemployment risen by? | 5% | 80%
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| __ million tones of supplies flown in during the 324 day Berlin airlift | 1.5 | 60%
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| The Marshall Plan gave $__ billion to european countries to rebuild | 17 | 60%
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| Sales of ____ increased from 2.1 million to 7.9 million in 9 years as a result of the baby boom | Cars | 60%
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| What was the headline of the Chicago Tribune that was a famous wrong prediction? | Dewey Defeats Truman | 60%
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| Scheme set up by Roosevelt that aimed to help returning soldiers but didn't apply to African Americans | GI bill | 60%
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| George Kennan's letter to US secretary of state James Byrnes that inspired the Truman Doctrine was the ____ ________ | Long Telegram | 60%
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| Who was elected as leader of South Korea? | Syngman Rhee | 60%
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| Truman asked for $___ million assistance for Greece and Turkey | 400 | 40%
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| By 1945, the USA had __ % of the worlds income | 42 | 40%
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| Of the 12 million soldiers returning, how many were initially demobalised? | 9 million | 40%
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| Instead of supporting Vietnamese independance, Truman supported the ______ empire | French | 40%
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| The US banned communists from government posts in _____ | Japan | 40%
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| British economist whose economic policy inspired much of the democrat economic policies | John Maynard Keynes | 40%
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| What were the 2 main civil rights groups in Truman's presidancy? | NAACP/CORE | 40%
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| 18 of the 32 presidents prior to Truman had come from the _____ _______ states | North Eastern | 40%
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| The number of US military deaths in WW2 | 400,000 | 20%
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| When was the first successful nuclear test in the soviet union? | August 1949 | 20%
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| Country whose fall to Communism inspired congress to pass the Marshall Plan | Czechoslovakia | 20%
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| What campaign did explicitly linked victory over the Nazis to Racism at home? | Double V | 20%
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| This act of 1952 made it easier to migrate from Asia to the USA | Immigration and Nationality Act | 20%
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| The Morgan v Virginia ruled that segregation on what? | Interstate buses | 20%
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| The top secret security policy document that suggested an increase in defence spending in order to carry out the policy of containment | NSC-68 | 20%
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| The Smith v Allwright case ruled African Americans in Texas to vote in what? | Primaries | 20%
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| What was the name of the report released by the presidents commitee on civil rights which was a scathing attack on all forms discriminaton? | To secure these rights | 20%
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| Date that the Berlin blockade was installed | 25th March 1948 | 0%
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| The house Un-American Activities Committee was formed to monitor what? | Extremist groups | 0%
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