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1
Sen. Joseph McCarthy tried to find ________ in the government, military, Hollywood, etc.
Fascists
Republicans
Democrats
Communists
2
What were women expected to do in the 1950s?
Work in factories
Be entrepreneurs
Work as nurses
Be stay-at-home wives
3
Truman ended the Berlin Blockade...
with an airlift
with a carlift
with a boatlift
with a bomblift
4
What do we call the time of GREAT FEAR of communism threatening to destroy our way of life?
Red Scare
Green Scare
Blue Scare
Yellow Scare
5
What was the outcome of the Korean War?
North Korea took over territory in South Korea
It remained divided as it was before the war
It was united under communism
It was united under democracy
6
Military alliance of the Soviets and Eastern Europe, created in response to NATO
Warsaw Pact
Satellite States
NATO
United Nations
7
What U.S. Senator led "witch hunts" for communist threats that could be infiltrating America?
Joseph McCarthy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Harry Truman
8
A new peace-keeping organization after WWII...
United Nations
League of Nations
NATO
Warsaw Pact
9
The U.S. & the Soviet Union were hesitant to be involved in a direct military conflict....
U.S. wanted to be isolationists
b/c they were afraid of nuclear war/global destruction
Too soon after WWII
b/c they liked each other
10
How was the containment of communism achieved?
Both economic and military aid
Only economic aid
Only military aid
11
What helped European nations recover ECONOMICALLY ($13 Billion)?
Containment
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Eisenhower Doctrine
12
Used to prevent communism specifically in the Middle East
Containment
Truman Doctrine
Eisenhower Doctrine
Marshall Plan
13
Which country was divided into four zones of occupation at the Yalta Conference?
Italy
Soviet Union
Germany
Japan
14
After the communist takeover in China, the U.S. put greater efforts into protecting...
The rest of America
The rest of Europe
The rest of Asia
The rest of Africa
15
Country (close to America) became communist & the US gov. was planning to overthrow its leader?
Mexico
China
Korea
Cuba
16
What helped contribute most to the growth of suburbia in America during the 1950s?
more mobility in the cities
less mobility in neighborhoods
more mobility with cars
less mobility with highways
17
What do we call the countries in Eastern Europe that Stalin "influenced" after WWII?
Satellites
Communist Countries
Warsaw countries
Space Satellites
18
Military alliance of the U.S., Canada, and Western Europe that relied on collective security?
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
NATO
League of Nations
19
First used in Greece & Turkey as a way to prevent communism from spreading...
Eisenhower Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
Nuclear War
Isolationism
20
In what types of places do radical governments spread?
Rich, developed nations
Poor, devastated nations
21
Who said the famous "iron curtain" quote?
Truman
FDR
Churchill
Stalin
22
Most of the Eastern European countries in the late 1940s had become...
Supported by the United States
Politically Unstable
Democratic countries
Satellite Nations
23
What incident led to "peaceful coexistence" coming to an end?
Massive Retaliation
Cuban Missile Crisis
Brinkmanship
U-2 Spy Plane Incident
24
Which military alliance operated with collective security?
Allied Powers
NAFTA
NATO
United Nations
25
The U.S. responded to the successful launching of Sputnik by...
building nuclear arsenals
putting money in the Arts
putting money into math and science
building a better spaceship
26
The GI Bill helped which group of Americans?
Politicians
Communists
Veterans
Low-income families
27
Provided financial aid to any countries rebuilding after WWII to prevent communist influences
Truman Doctrine
Eisenhower Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Containment
28
Who was fired for speaking out against Truman's desire for a "limited war" in Korea?
Eisenhower
McCarthy
MacArthur
Stalin
29
What aspect of the policies of the Truman Doctrine and the Eisenhower Doctrine have in common?
They both took place in the 1950s
They were both promoting higher minimum wages
They were both trying to contain communism
They were both named after presidents
30
How is our foreign policy different after WWII than it was in WWI?
We've been isolationists since the 1950s
We were focusing on actively containing communism anywhere
Neutrality has always been our foreign policy
We've been less involved with world events since the 1950s
31
One of the first examples of containment took place in...
Greece & Turkey
Korea & Vietnam
Most of Eastern Europe
Most of Western Europe
32
What means keeping communism from spreading outside its existing borders?
Eisenhower Doctrine
Containment
Communist Blockers
Truman Doctrine
33
Experienced a civil war - U.S. backed nationalists but the communists still won and took over?
Korea
China
Germany
Vietnam
34
Both the Red Scare & McCarthyism were about targeting people that were...
promoting capitalism
Anti-American
promoting republics
Anti-communists
35
Sputnik caused Americans to be afraid....
that Soviets were winning Space Race
that Soviets were winning the Arms Race
36
Soviet Union gained political control in Eastern Europe by creating.....
democratic nations
fascist nations
Sputnik
Satellite States
37
Allies do this when the Soviet influence expands in Europe at the beginning of the Cold War?
Appeal to the United Nations
Appeal to the League of Nations
form Warsaw Pact
form NATO
38
US blamed this for Soviets moving ahead in Space Race after successful launching of Sputnik?
NASA
U.S. economy
U.S. military
U.S. education
