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Cold War and the 1950s
Cold War and the 1950s
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1
What was the Berlin Airlift a response to?
German development of the atomic bomb
construction of the Berlin Wall
reunification of East and West Germany
Soviet Blockade of West Berlin
2
The first satellite launched into space was
Sputnik
Apollo II
Discovery
NCC-1701
3
The Baby Boom caused:
both red and blue
growth of the suburbs
increased deforestation
decrease in population
4
Polio is:
can be prevented with a vaccine
was cured by Jonas Salk
A childhood disease
All of these
5
All of the following are true about Rock and Roll EXCEPT
It was a form a counterculture
mainly listened to by adults over the age of 30
increased the cultural divide between generations
artists were of diverse backgrounds
6
Who investigated communism in the film industry during McCarthyism?
HUAC
NATO
the CIA
the UN
7
How did the U.S. respond to the Soviet Union's first explosion of the Atomic Bomb?
by exploding a hydrogen bomb
by asking for a treaty to stop nuclear development
by firing satellites into space
By forming NATO
8
What was the indirect conflict between the USSR and the U.S. called during the 1950s?
Space Race
Berlin Airlift
Cold War
Truman Doctrine
9
The G.I. Bill provides ___________ to ____________ for education
Money to Veterans
Job training to teens
Homes to the elderly
Money to single mothers
10
The primary goal of the Marshall Plan was to prevent the Spread of Communism in
Africa
Europe
North America
Asia
11
Which of the following was NOT a member of NATO
France
Britain
United States
USSR
12
What were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg convicted of treason?
containing Communism
aiding the launch of Sputnik
destroying U.S. plans for the Hydrogen Bomb
telling the Russians how to make Atom Bombs
13
What did the Soviet Union do to try and keep the West from reunifying Germany?
A Soviet blockade of West Berlin
an embargo on wheat to NATO nations
an atomic bomb
construction of the Berlin Wall
14
After World War II, Germany was split in four parts by the U.S., Great Britain, France and
Soviet Union
Spain
Germany
Italy
15
What are the border nations around the USSR called?
Satellite Nations
States
Stalin's Wall
Iron Curtain
16
Many Americans moved to the ______________ in the 1950s.
Siberian Work Camps
Suburbs
Farms
Cities
17
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) provided _______ _______ against Communism.
isolationism
appeasement
free trade
collective security
18
(
Process of Elimination
) The Cold War alliance between the USSR & its allies during was called
United Nations
NATO
Warsaw Pact
League of Nations
19
All of the following are American reactions to the Cold War EXCEPT
McCarthy's Red Scare
Eisenhower's Interstate Highways
Increased spending on Science and Math
the Baby Boom
20
What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?
Deliver Poland to the West
Jumpstart Europe's Economy
Stop the USSR from spreading Democracy
Stop the spread of Communism
21
The 38th Parallel became an important dividing line between
China and Taiwan
Korea and China
North and South Korea
North and South China
22
Since the 1950s, the false and unsupported accusations of a person's actions is now called?
containment
brinkmanship
McCarthyism
infiltration