Who were the Rosenbergs?

A couple accused of being communists

What motivated the United States to provide aid for South Korea?

Mao Zedong's communist victory in China

Who was arrested for shooting JFK?

Lee Harvey Oswald, but he never stood trial

What was the Cold War?

The period of intense rivalry between the U.S. and U.S.S.R

What was the Bay of Pigs invasion?

The U.S. attempt to overthrow and remove Castro from Cuba

Who was Joseph McCarthy?

US Senator that falsely accused many of being communist

How did the Interstate Highway Act change society?

Boosted travel and vacation industries

What is the best description of the Marshall Plan of 1947?

A plan to give economic aid to western European countries

Why did consumerism return after WWII and had did it affect the economy?

Economy boomed when consumer goods were produced and people had money.

What was the result of the Korean War?

North and South Korea remain as 2 separate countries

What three countries occupied West Germany and West Berlin after WWII?

France, United States, Great Britain

What did the Soviet Union do about the Berlin Crisis?

Blockaded West Berlin from the rest of the world

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1
The Soviet Union's development of their own atomic bomb contributed to the beginning of what?
The creation of the Berlin Wall
The Manhatten Project
Japanese Internment camps
The Arms Race
2
Who were the Rosenbergs?
The writers of a popular child care book
Celebrity WWII veterans
Vietnam war spies for the U.S.
A couple accused of being communists
3
What was the name of the failed CIA mission to overthrow Castro?
Bay of Pigs
Rainbow of Unicorns
Pond of Fish
Gulf of Donkeys
4
What was the first satellite in space named and what country launched it?
Sputnik, USSR
Explorer, USSR
Sputnik, China
Explorer, USA
5
The Korean War reflected what American Cold War policy?
Capitalism
Consumerism
Containment
The Truman Doctrine
6
What nation was NOT involved in the Korean War?
North Korea
The United States
China
Japan
7
The idea that if one nation fell to communism, other nations nearby would fall as well
Capitalism
Domino Theory
Quadratic Formula
"Mutually Assured Destruction"
8
What motivated the United States to provide aid for South Korea?
South Korea threatened to wage war on Britan
North Korea attacked U.S. military bases
NATO policies required U.S. involvement
Mao Zedong's communist victory in China
9
Who was arrested for shooting JFK?
Lee Harvey Oswald, but he never stood trial
Jack Ruby, but he escaped before the trial
Jack Ruby, and he was convicted
Lee Harvey Oswald, and he was convicted
10
What did Elvis Presley help initiate?
The classical music rage
The medley mashup phase
The new rock craze
The rap music movement
11
Which U.S. president pledged to help other countries fight against communism?
Kennedy
Truman
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
12
Who brought communism to Cuba?
Castro
Ho Chi Minh
Stalin
Mao ZeDong
13
What was the primary goal of the space program in the 1960s?
Successfully get a human into orbit around the Moon
Find that puppy the Soviets launched into space
Land a man on the Moon
Discover life on Mars
14
What was the Cold War?
The period of intense rivalry between the U.S. and U.S.S.R
The fight over Native American reservation grounds
The American colonist's battle against Britain for freedom
A war involving the Alied and Axis powers
15
What was the Bay of Pigs invasion?
A world war II military invasion on Nazi Germany
The infiltration of communist spies in the U.S. government
The U.S. attempt to overthrow and remove Castro from Cuba
The incident that brought the United States into Vietnam
16
After World War II, the United States and Soviet Union arose as what?
Alliances
Communist nations
Superpowers
Democratic nations
17
Who was Joseph McCarthy?
US Senator that sold secrets to the Soviets
General in Korea fired by Truman
US Senator that falsely accused many of being communist
General in Korea who bombed China
18
How did the Interstate Highway Act change society?
Alienated certain ethnic groups from others
Boosted travel and vacation industries
It replaced the need for boats in the United States
Limited people's ability to travel from place to place
19
The competition to develop weapons of mass destruction
Deterrent
Domino theory
Arms race
Containment
20
What communist alliance was formed to counter NATO?
Soviet Superfriends
USSR United
Warsaw Pact
Moscow Alliance
21
What is the best description of the Marshall Plan of 1947?
A plan to send troops to Anti-communist forces in China
A plan to remove communists from U.S. government posts
A plan to give economic aid to western European countries
A plan to defeat the Soviet Union in the Arms Race
22
The action Americans were to do in the event of the Atomic Bomb
Remain still
Duck and cover
Panic
Stop, drop, and roll
23
Why did consumerism return after WWII and had did it affect the economy?
Economy fell into a recession, people didn't spend $ on new products.
Economy boomed when consumer goods were produced and people had money.
Economy maintained as people did not spend any more.
Economy boomed overseas due to trade, but not in the US.
24
What was the result of the Korean War?
South Korean won and united the country under a democracy
Korea no longer exists
North Korea won and united the nation under communism
North and South Korea remain as 2 separate countries
25
Where was JFK when he was assassinated?
New York, NY
Dallas, TX
San Antonio, TX
Washington D.C.
26
Who coined the phrase the "Iron Curtain?"
Richard Nixon
Vladimir Lenin
John F. Kennedy
Winston Churchill
27
Who did JFK negotiate with during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Putin
Stalin
Khrushchev
Yeltson
28
What three countries occupied West Germany and West Berlin after WWII?
Germany, USSR, France
USSR, Great Britain, United States
France, United States, Great Britain
Japan, Italy, Germany
29
Who was the leader of Communist China?
Xi Jinping
Mao Zedong
Kim Jong Un
Ho Chi Minh
30
What did the Soviet Union do about the Berlin Crisis?
Initiated a democratic government in Berlin
Encouraged it's people to flee Germany
Blockaded West Berlin from the rest of the world
End their reign of communism

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