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Duplicate of 1950s and Early Cold War Review
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Review for the test over the 1950s and the first years of the Cold War.
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1
The policy that gave $400 million to Greece and Turkey in 1947 was named after which President?
Eisenhower
Nixon
Kennedy
Truman
2
According to "The Other America" each of the following groups were living in poverty EXCEPT
Native Americans
middle-class men
African Americans
Children
3
What was the first space satellite launched by the Soviet Union called?
U-2
Sputnik
NASA
Apollo 13
4
According to Michael Harrington's book, how many people lived in poverty in the 50s?
100,000
100,000,000
40,000,000
40,000
5
The availability of which of the following helped Americans to live the dream of the 1950s?
asssembly line jobs
birth control
Credit cards
Divorce lawyers
6
Economic system where individuals own businesses and people are encouraged to compete
Communism
Democracy
Capitalism
Totalitarianism
7
Finish this 1950s quote. "Boys and girls, when you see a flash..."
Die
Run like hell
Make peace with your god
Duck and cover
8
Which statement about the economy of the 50s is accurate?
The government cut defense spending
Average prices were half of those in the 1920s
Taxes were higher than they were during WWII
Average income was twice what is was in the 1920s
9
This couple was executed for giving secrets of the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union
The McCarthys
The Commies
The Rosenbergs
The Roosevelts
10
Name of the suburban town created in 1957 that featured low cost housing for the middle class
Pleasantville
Levittown
Long Island
Suburbia
11
"A vast wasteland of conformity" was what one critic called this 1950s trend
communism
the suburbs
popular music
popular movies
12
Which 50s group rebelled against conformity and challenged traditions with poetry and drug use?
Hippies
Punks
Beatniks
Generation Y
13
Economic and political system where the government has total control over people's lives
Liberalism
Democracy
Communism
Capitalism
14
US broke a Soviet blockade and got supplies to citizens in part of Germany's capital during the
Berlin Rescue
Munich Convoy
Munich Pact
Berlin Airlift
15
This Cold War conflict began and ended with what country divided along the 38th parallel?
Germany
Turkey
Korea
Vietnam
16
American plan to help Europe by giving them money ($13 billion) to stop the spread of communism
Monetary Plan
Marshall Plan
Warsaw Pact
Monroe Doctrine
17
Competition for global power and influence between the US and Soviet Union after WWII
Korean War
Cold War
Hot War
WWIII
18
All of the following were "weapons" used during the Cold War EXCEPT which one?
propaganda
atomic bomb
threats
money
19
During the 50s, products marketed as "New and Improved" were part of what economic trend?
Planned Obsolescence
Planned Products
Product Obsolescence
Product Conformity
20
Name of US policy to stop the spread of communism around the world
Enclosure
Confinement
Iron Curtain
Containment
21
In the 50s, some people rebelled against the American Dream through all of the following EXCEPT
buying houses in the suburbs
rock 'n' roll
clothing
abstract art
22
Government organization that encouraged citizens to prepare for nuclear war in the 50s
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
House Un-American Activities Committee
War Preparation Board
23
What is the term to explain the post-WWII population explosion?
Baby Boom
Generation X
People Production
Over Population
24
Wisconsin Senator who held a communist "witch hunt" during the 1950s.
Joseph McCarthy
General MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
25
A big "loss" for America in the Cold War happened when this country became communist in 1949
South Korea
China
Soviet Union
Cuba
26
The image below best represents what trend of the 1950s?
rebelling against the American Dream
move from blue collar to white collar jobs
acceptance of conformity
move to the suburbs
27
Author Michael Harrington call poverty in the 1950s "Invisible" for all the following reasons
EXCEPT
It didn't really exist
It was easy for most people to avoid seeing it
It was not shown on television
the government didn't acknowledge it
28
This group investigated the influence of communism in Hollywood movies.
HUD
HUAC
WPA
WUNP
29
All of the following INCREASED during the 1950s EXCEPT which one?
Home ownership
Marriage rates
Unemployment
Television viewers
30
Which of the following improvements in the 50s made the American Dream more accessible?
More apartments in the cities
Interstate highway system
Higher interest rates on bank loans
Increase in "blue collar" jobs
