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The Cold War and the 1950s
The Cold War and the 1950s
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Review for exam covering the beginnings of the cold war and society and culture in the 1950s
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1
Which of the following people were executed for passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union?
Alger Hiss
John Foster Dulles
Joseph McCarthy
Ethel Rosenberg
2
What is the name of the policy that the U.S. would aid countries struggling against communism?
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Eisenhower Doctrine
brinksmanship
3
Who formulated the policy of containment?
George Kennan
John Foster Dulles
George Marshall
Dwight Eisenhower
4
Which federal program paid for college for students who wanted to become science teachers?
National Defense Education Act
Marshall Plan
California Master Plan
G.I. Bill
5
Who was the businessman who built mass-produced suburban housing?
William Levitt
Howard Levitt
Jonas Salk
Joseph McCarthy
6
Which of the following programs did Dwight Eisenhower sign into law?
The Interstate Highway Act
The Taft-Hartley Act
The California Master Plan
The Marshall Plan
7
Which of the following countries would NOT have been a member of NATO in 1949?
United States
Luxembourg
Hungary
France
8
Who first spoke of an "iron curtain"?
George Kennan
Winston Churchill
George Marshall
Harry Truman
9
Who did the Democratic Party nominate as their presidential candidate in 1956?
John F. Kennedy
Adlai Stevenson
Henry Wallace
Harry Truman
10
General MacArthur chose what city for a counterattack against North Korea?
Seoul
Inchon
Pyongyang
Pusan
11
Benjamin Spock
wrote a book on nurturing young children
developed a vaccine for polio
wrote On the Road
was James T. Kirk's sidekick in a popular television show
12
In China's civil war, the United States backed
the Nationalists, led by Mao Zedong
the Nationalists, led by Jiang Jieshi
the Communists, led by Mao Zedong
the Communists, led by Jiang Jieshi
13
Congress increased federal funding for education largely because of
the growth of information industries
massive population shifts
the Soviet Union's space program
rising immigration
14
What was the name of the U.S. program that gave massive loans and grants to Western Europe?
Marshall Plan
Eisenhower Doctrine
NATO
Lend Lease
15
In an attempt to gain control over West Berlin, the Soviet Union
operated a massive airlift to bring in needed supplies
demanded control of that section of the city
set up a total blockade of that section of the city
threatened the section of the city with troops and tanks
16
Which of the following men DID NOT run for president in 1948?
Adlai Stevenson
Strom Thurmond
Thomas Dewey
Harry Truman
17
a household consisting of a mother, a father and their children is known as a/an
nuclear family
median family
atomic family
essential family
18
Which of the following people would be most closely associated with Richard Nixon?
Alger Hiss
Dalton Trumbo
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Julius Rosenberg
19
During the Suez Crisis, which of the following countries seized control of the Suez Canal?
Britain, France, and Israel
United States, Britain, and France
Britain, France, and Eqypt
Israel, France, and the Soviet Union
20
Who wrote the Long Telegram?
George Kennan
John Foster Dulles
Douglas MacArthur
Harry Truman
21
What was the name of the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth?
Explorer I
Laika
Cosmos
Sputnik
22
John Foster Dulles, Eisenhower's Secretary of State
disagreed with Ike over the policy of massive retaliation
favored increased military engagements around the world
promoted the policy of brinksmanship
resolved the Suez Crisis peacefully
23
Rock and roll music
was favored by adults
became a symbol of youth culture
developed as a southern alternative to rhythm and blues
grew out of a subversive communist movement
24
Which of the following countries WAS NOT under Soviet control after World War II?
Hungary
Finland
Czechoslovakia
Poland
25
What led to Joseph McCarthy's downfall?
accusing Dwight Eisenhower of being a communist
The broadcast of the Army-McCarthy hearings on television
an inappropriate outburst on the Senate floor
revelations he was a communist himself
