1. The correct answer here is the option D. The war with the Japan has cost the United States much. Even though they were winning the loss of life was huge and the advancement was going poorly. The Japanese fought the US tooth and nail for the smallest part of territory. President Truman thought that the invasion of the main Japanese islands would lead to even greater loses and thus authorized the use of nuclear weapons.
2.The correct answer here is A. The Great Depression hit the United States hard. Both the public and the banks were in much trouble. People feared for their money and they rushed to withdraw their moneys from the banks which they feared would close and as a result people would lose their money. This move was damaging for the economy as the more people withdrew their money the more damage was being caused. In order to restore the faith in the banking system, Roosevelt proclaimed a banking holiday and thus prevented further bankruptcy of the banks and restored peoples faith in them as people, after the holiday, deposited most of the money back.
3.The correct answer here is C. After the World War II, the world was divided between two opposite philosophies and government systems, the democratic system and the communist system. At the eastern part of Europe and the world more and more countries were becoming communist societies under the influence of the Soviet Union. That is what Churchill called the Iron Curtain and the loss of freedom in those countries.
4. The correct answer here is C. When you use borrowed money in order to obtain financial purchases you are buying on margin. With this you pay the margin with the money borrowed from either a bank or a broker. In other words this refers to the dawn payment or the initial payment to the broker for the thing you are buying.
5.The correct answer here is D. The countries in the Eastern Europe were under the Iron Curtain, which i mentioned above, and their governments were not independent but were controlled indirectly by the Soviet Union. There were called the puppet government because the Soviet Union was pulling their strings.
6. The correct answer here is C. In the 1950s there was a great automobile revolution. Many families and individuals were able to afford a car and thus they had greater freedom of movement. They no longer had to live in the cramped city centers and could own a house and a yard in the suburbs and still be able to get to work.
