Who was Joseph McCarthy?

US Senator that falsely accused many of being communist

What was the Bay of Pigs invasion?

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

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

Mao Zedong's communist victory in China

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

A plan to give economic aid to western European countries

What did the Soviet Union do about the Berlin Crisis?

Blockaded West Berlin from the rest of the world

What was the result of the Korean War?

North and South Korea remain as 2 separate countries

How did the Interstate Highway Act change society?

Boosted travel and vacation industries

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

Who were the Rosenbergs?

A couple accused of being communists

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

France, United States, Great Britain

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

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

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

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