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40's and 50's Cold War Review
40's and 50's Cold War Review
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1
Beatnik authors:
Promoted traditional values
wrote about independence from conformity
denied our democratic values
encouraged segregation
2
Give the name of the famous FBI Director who abused powers by illegal wiretapping?
Alger Hiss
George Kennan
J Edgar Hoover
Joseph McCarthy
3
At ________ Conference, leaders agreed to free elections in Poland and the mood was optimistic.
Potsdam
Yalta
Tehran
Casablanca
4
Which of the following are examples of Cold War nuclear hysteria?
Fallout shelters
Duck and Cover video
Civil Defense Pamphlets
All of the above
5
At ___Conference, Truman threatened Stalin with a new weapon and finalized divisions of Berlin.
Tehran
Potsdam
Casablanca
Yalta
6
Communism has government owned businesses and economy, democracy has:
Free trade and private property
Free trade and government owned businesses
Government owned business
7
What was a result of the launching of Sputnik?
Communist deportation
Increased Eisenhower's approval rating
American superiority in space
NDEA
8
Give the name of the first mass produced neighborhood built for returning soldiers.
Ford Homes
Levittown
GI Homes
Twelve Oaks
9
Why did the US get involved in the Middle East after WWII?
To contain Soviet influence
To prevent spread of tyrannical dictators
We were against the creation of Israel
All of the above
10
Which event was Soviet Unions response to W.Germany's union of zones/attempt to gain W.Berlin
Berlin Bonfire
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Wall
Berlin Blockade
11
President Eisenhower's Domino Theory was referring to:
The Rosenbergs
Communism in Vietnam
McCarthy hearings
Union conflict
12
Give the name of the spies who gave atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
Julius and Ethel Greenglass
Julius and David Greenglass
Alan Ginsberg
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
13
NATO formed to protect countries fighting communism. As a result the Soviet Union formed
Communist Manifesto
Warsaw Pact
SEATO
USSR
14
Eisenhower's policy of mutual assured destruction (MAD), meant
Containing communism by giving military and monetary aid
Building up our nuclear arsenal and threatening to use them.
ramping up education in math and science
using conventional military tactics and force actual war.
15
What is the significance of rocknroll music emergence in the 50s?
Created gap between parents and teenagers that still exists
Broke down racial barriers
Decreased economic activity in rural areas
Decreased crime in urban areas
16
Name the law passed which helped provide generous loans to veterans to buy homes, go to college
GI Bill
Soldier Act of 1946
Yankee Bill
17
Which of the following was NOT a role of women in the 1950s?
Getting married
Work in white collar jobs
Domestic work
Raising children
