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Early Cold War & 1950s
Early Cold War & 1950s
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1950s test Review #1950s #coldwar #civilrights
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1
The Senator who started the 1950s Red Scare with a list of communists in the government.
Kennedy
Hoover
McCarthy
Thurmond
2
The government committee behind the Hollywood Blacklist of the 1950s was...
HUAC
FBI
Loyalty Review Program
United Nations
3
For what crime were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg found guilty and put to death?
espionage
perjury
tax evasion
grand theft auto
4
Which government agency carried out covert operations during the Cold War?
NSA
MJK
FBI
CIA
5
Who nicknamed the divide between East and West Germany the "Iron Curtain"?
Churchill
Stalin
Truman
FDR
6
What was the result of the Korean War?
Victory for West Korea
USA and South Korea victory
USSR and North Korea victory
containment of communism
7
Who was Senator McCarthy investigating that led to his decline in popularity?
Army
State Department
ACLU
Senate
8
What was Jonas Salk famous for?
Launching Sputnik
The first Jonas brother
Developing the polio vaccine
Being the Rosenbergs lawyer
9
The Berlin Airlift provided food and supplies to the citizens of...
West Berlin
all of Berlin
Oldenburg
East Berlin
10
What bill gave financial and educational aid to soldiers returning from WW II?
Plessy Bill
G.I. Bill
Civil Rights Act
Dolla' dolla' bill ya'll
11
What foreign policy theory was used to defend containment as the best policy for the Cold War?
Domino Theory
Dice Theory
Monopoly Theory
Yahtzee Theory
12
What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
Prevent Germany from becoming a world power
Help Western Europe recover from the destruction of WW II
Punish the Soviet Union
To divide Korea into communist and democratic sectors
13
The space race began in 1957 when the USSR launched _______, the first man made satellite.
Apollo
Sputnik
Challenger
U2
14
The policy of the US to keep communism where it already exists and keep it from spreading.
brinksmanship
containment
berlin wall
NATO
15
What group was famously blacklisted for refusing to testify in front of HUAC?
Radio Ten
Hollywood Ten
Automobile Ten
Chicago Ten
16
During the 1950s, many Americans moved out of the cities and into...
the coast lines
campgrounds
the suburbs
the countryside
17
Which of the following leaders supported using nuclear weapons in the Korean War?
Truman
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Dulles
18
Who was the commander of UN troops in South Korea?
Patton
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Nimitz
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What was the purpose of NATO?
To fight to eliminate communism from the world
To defeat the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact
mutual defense of Western Europe and North America
Free trade among member nations
