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Cold War and Post WWII Domestic
Cold War and Post WWII Domestic
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A review of the Cold War Unit
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The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union after WWII was called the...
Vietnam War
Cold War
Hot War
WWII
2
To stop Communism from spreading the US and its allies used the strategy of ______
Extermination
Hide and Seek
Containment
Guerrilla Warfare
3
Choose the answer that best describes the image to the left:
A physical barrier dividing East and West Germany
A wall surrounding all of Berlin
imaginary line that divided Communist Europe and Free Europe
The border between Poland and Russia
4
Harry Truman coined this term to limit the spread of communism.
Iron Curtain
Wild Fire Theory
Containment Theory
Multiply Theory
5
What did Roosevelt's GI Bill do for WWII veterans?
Gave them US citizenship when they returned
Gave them benefits when they returned
Gave them medals of honor
Forced them to pay high war debts
6
President Truman fired this General during the Korean War
Eisenhower
Sherman
MacArthur
Lemay
7
What did the Marshall Plan do?
broke apart Germany
Built a wall in Berlin
Allowed all refugees to live in America
Provided Billions of Dollars for rebuilding Europe
8
The international organization created after WWII to prevent future wars
League of Nations
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
Action League NOW
9
What happened to Germany after WWII?
Divided amongst the Allied Powers
Gained total control of Europe
Paid High War Debts
Nuclear Attack
10
After WWII, Japan became a
Broken Nation divided by allied powers
Radiation Hot zone where no human could live
Monarchy and Ally of China
Democratic Nation and Ally of the United States
11
The US feared the spread of Communism because...
It made people sick
It was like Fascism and could cause WWIII
It weakened the economy in America
Democracy would spread
12
This foreign policy event was the most embarrassing during Eisenhower's Administration:
U2 Incident
Start of Korean War
Start of Cuban Missile Crisis
Hungarian Revolt
13
The alliance that promised to prevent the spread of communism
NATO
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
League of Nations
14
The innovation that MOST LIKELY caused the pictured town to deteriorate is:
Transcontinental Railroads
Interstate Highways
Steamship
Air Travel by Jet
15
After the Soviet Union cut off access to West Berlin, how did the Allies help?
Berlin Airlift-supplies were brought to West Berlin by plane
Supplies were carried in through a series of tunnels
Communist leaders gave them all homes and jobs
They were each given Marshall Checks.
16
Operation AJAX occurred in the country; the CIA plotted a coup and installed a royal dictator:
Guatamela
North Vietnam
Cuba
Iran
17
Wars between smaller countries fighting for the larger superpowers
Distraction Wars
Star Wars
Proxy Wars
Battles
18
The Korean war was between_________ and ______ vs _______ and ______ which ended in a stalemate
North Korea and China vs South Korea and the US
Soviet Union and Korea Vs the US and Vietnam
North and South Korea Vs the US and the Soviet Union
Germany and Austro Hungary VS US and Great Britan
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This was the belief that if one country fell to communism, the rest would follow
MAD Theory
Domino Theory
Restraint Theory
Containment Theory
20
The border of North and South Korea loosely follows what map feature?
35th Parallel
Yangtze River
Yalu River
38th Parallel
21
The Truman Doctrine offered aid to any country fighting communism, especially these 2 countries
Turkey and the Ukraine
Iran and Greece
Germany and Japan
Greece and Turkey
22
How did the Eisenhower Doctrine differ from the Truman Doctrine?
Eisenhower Doctrine expanded it to include the Middle East
Eisenhower Doctrine expanded it to include China and Korea
Eisenhower Doctrine expanded it to include South American
Eisenhower Doctrine expanded it to include South Africa
23
This Supreme Court case marked the end of segregation in public schools:
Plessy v. Ferguson
Gideon v. Wainwright
Miranda v. Arizona
Brown v. Board Education
24
This group of students' entry into school forced Eisenhower to call out the US Army:
Three Musketeers
Memphis 8
Birmingham 7
Little Rock 9
25
This Senator went on a Witch Hunt for communists during the 1950's:
Nixon
Cohn
McCain
McCarthy
26
Eisenhower warned against THIS during his Farewell Address
Political parties
Soviet Expansion
Foreign Entaglements
Military-Industrial Complex
27
Truman's economic Deal, which increased the minimum wage, is know as:
Raw Deal
Fair Deal
New Deal
Square Deal
28
This medium transformed the U.S. in the 1950's, showing how conservative U.S. values were:
Movies
Radio
Television
Novels
29
This was the first satellite launched into the space by the Soviets
Stalin One
Russian One
Sputnik
Leika
30
Which proxy war ended in a stalemate with the country split at the 38th parallel?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs
Korean War
Vietnam War
31
All of the following Countries became communist after WW II
EXCEPT FOR:
North Vietnam
China
Cuba
Iran
32
IN 1954, this phrase was added to the Pledge of Allegiance:
One Nation
Indivisible
With Liberty and Justice for All
Under God
33
Jack Kerouac was the lead author of what literary movement?
Romanticism
Conservativism
Beatniks
Realists
34
Which countries were superpowers during in the Cold War?
Soviet Union and Germany
Soviet Union and Japan
Korea and Vietnam
Soviet Union and United States
35
A pact created to protect the gains of the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
NATO
NAACP
36
Society in the 1950's caused the following changes by the end of the decade
EXCEPT FOR:
Rejection of conformist society
Increase in Juvenile Delinquency
Acceptance of traditional family structures
Spiritual Liberation
37
This refers to an unstable country, with a single export, with no middle class and mostly poor:
Ghost Country
House of Cards
Kangaroo Court
Banana Republic
38
Economically, this innovation brought the focus from downtown to areas located further away:
Shipping Hubs
Internet Shopping
Shopping Mall
Walmart
39
What is the best title for this map?
Europe during the Cold War
Europe during the Great Depression
Vietnam during the Cold War
Europe after the Cold War
40
All of the following music styles appeared in the 1950's
EXCEPT FOR:
Classic Pop/Crooners
Disco
Doo Wop
Rock and Roll