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Cold War for 5th Grade
A town on the outskirts of a large city
What is McCarthyism?
Cold War for 5th Grade
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What is McCarthyism?
Killing the president
A fatal disease
Idea of fear that “communist spies” were trying to invade
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A town on the outskirts of a large city
What is a city
What is a suburb
What is rural
3
What was one effect of American consumerism?
expanding of service industries to meet consumer needs
The failure of banks
The Great Depression
4
What is the Berlin Wall?
This was a place where the art form of graffiti began
This was a wall around a concentration camp
When this was torn downCommunism began to decrease in Europe
5
Because of this, people began to spend more time indoors instead of on their front porches
air conditioning
iced tea
rocking chairs
6
What became a symbol of the differences between the Soviet Union and western democracies?
The Red Cross
The Berlin Wall
McCarthyism
7
Availability of what two things contributed to the growth of suburbs?
Tv's and Radios
Automobiles and Highway Systems
Hotels and Vacations
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Why did the US help both Korea and South Vietnam in those wars?
they wanted to prove how powerful we were
containment policy
they like war
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What is the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty?
This was signed as a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis
This was to regulate oil prices.
This was to solve world problems.
10
What is the caption of this political cartoon?
"Help!"
“Let’s Get a Lock for This Thing”
"Look out for those Commies!"
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Which form of Mass Media was NOT invented in the 1950’s?
Television
Radios
cell phones
Movies
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What became a popular hangout spot for teenagers during this time?
drive in theaters and restaurants
gravatopia and skyzone
parking lots and shopping malls
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The space race had 3 main effects on the United States. Which is NOT one of those effects.
Development of consumer technology
The spread of communism
Need for excellent education system
Unifying force for American industry
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Which new technology was NOT invented during the 1950’s?
New Jet Engines
the light bulb
Air Conditioning and Improved Telephone Service
3. Better Cars (Automatic Transmission) and More Televisions
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What happened after America pulled our troops from Vietnam?
South Vietnam became a democracy
South Vietnam surrendered and Vietnam became Communist
America became communist
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What is the United Nations?
Their job was to fight communism.
Their job was to find peaceful solutions to world problems.
Their job was to lower the price of oil.
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The impact of mass media after WWII led to this…(tell at least 2 things!)
Slavery and Sharecropping
Automobiles and Houses
Rock & Roll music, television, advertised goods
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What genre of music became popular during the 1950’s?
Rap
Rock and Roll
Country
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As these were developed, people began to move to them on the outskirts of cities.
farms
suburbs
rural areas
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What was a way in which new technology changed life for Americans?
more people began using commercial airlines
cars now had navigation installed
the ipad was invented
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What does OPEC stand for?
Organization of Poodle Existing Calmly
Organization of People Exiting Countries
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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What is a service industry?
An industry that provides services rather than goods
An industry that provides goods and services
An industry that provides goods rather than services
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What is commute?
To travel from a suburb to a city and back
To share news over a form of media
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Why are the years after WWII sometimes called the “boom years”?
It was a time of economic growth and for the country
There was a famous song called The Boom Years
There were lots of "booms" from bombs going off
