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CPUSH Unit 14: The Cold War
CPUSH Unit 14: The Cold War
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The cold war
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1
Zionism was instrumental in the creation of
Israel
South Vietnam
Cuba
South Korea
2
Blacklists were secret lists that contained the names of suspected
Communists
Fascists
Anarchists
Nazis
3
Joe Welch embarrassed Joe McCarthy when McCarthy decided to look for communists in
The Army
The Media
The State Department
Hollywood
4
Alan Freed "created" rock n' roll by
Recording new songs for white artists
Hosting a tv show
Hiring black musicians
Renaming R N' B music
5
Philo Farnsworth was the teenager who gets credit for the creation of
Television
Nuclear Energy
Computers
Penicillin
6
A conglomerate is a big business that
Makes more money than the government
Sell the rights to their name
Owns many small businesses
Uses the best technologies
7
Eastern European nations dependent on the Russians for protection and money were known as
Red nations
Satellite nations
Dependent nations
Colonial nations
8
Jackie Robinson desegregated
The Army
The Montgomery Bus System
Baseball
Education
9
Richard Nixon claimed in a televised speech that the only campaign gift he ever accepted was
A bike for his daughter
A puppy
None - he never accepted any gifts
A pony
10
The concept of Brinksmanship said that the leaders of the country had to be willing to
Attack first
Destroy the world
Seek allies and help
Find better technology
11
For more than twenty years, this country was also called China
Burma
Formosa
Saipan
Taiwan
12
The major difference between Yalta and Potsdam was the fact that at Potsdam
The Nazis had been defeated already
FDR was still president
The US had the atomic bomb
Stalin had taken over
13
Which company was instrumental in the creation of transistors?
Systel systems
Microsoft
IBM
Bell laboratories
14
Brown v. Board of Education overturned the case of
Scott v. Sanford
Shenk v. US
Korematsu v. US
Plessy v. Ferguson
15
Who coined the term "iron curtain"?
Roosevelt
Truman
Churchill
Atlee
16
The term beatnik originally meant
A prostitute
A hustler or thief
An addict or junkie
A communist
17
Douglas MacArthur was fired because
He wanted to conquer North Korea
He wanted to nuke Russia
He offended the Japanese
He wanted to invade China
18
The United Nations was the replacement for
The Union of Nations
The League of Nations
The Guild of Nations
The Alliance of Nations
19
Sputnik?
Was a Russian satellite sent into orbit
Was a Russian monkey sent to space
Was the Russian's new weapon
Was the Russian plan to invade Berlin
20
Nuclear Warfare carries with it the acronym
NWA
MAD
BFG
MIG
21
Who was effected by the "problem that has no name?"
Veterans
Immigrants
Minorities
Women
22
Harry Truman dramatically defeated Thomas Dewey in the election of
1952
1946
1950
1948
23
Ray Kroc was instrumental in the creation of franchises when he helped to popularize
Burger King
McDonald's
Dairy Queen
Pizza Hut
24
To keep Western Europe from becoming communist, the US used
The Truman Doctrine
The Eisenhower Principle
The Marshall Plan
The Roosevelt Corollary
25
Levittown houses were designed to be all of the following EXCEPT
Large
Easy to make
Cheap
Identical
26
The concept behind containment was that communism would die out if
It was met with a superior force
It was denied military power
It was exposed to the world
It could not spread
27
For the goal of collective security, the Russians created
NATO
Warsaw Pact
The Atlantic Charter
The Moscow Pact
28
Joseph McCarthy was a US Senator from which state?
Wisconsin
Iowa
Michigan
Wyoming
29
The Rosenbergs were executed because they planned to
Sabatage the Space Race
Help steal plans for the Atomic Bomb
Assassinate the President
Spy on the US Army for Russia
30
Jonas Salk helped to invent a vaccine for which disease?
Polio
Rubella
Mumps
Measles