1. Which detail from the article BEST explains the political situation of the world after World War II? A) Happiness could be seen in the street parades, the family reunions and the new babies that filled the country immediately
after the war.
B) By the end of the 1940s, the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union was behind many major government
decisions.
C) There was much racism, sexism and prejudice in postwar America. Yet, women, African-Americans and other minorities also
had opportunities unthinkable in earlier generations,
D) President Harry Truman felt strongly that the United States had to stop other countries from becoming communist.