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The Cold War and the 1950s
The Cold War and the 1950s
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Review for exam covering the beginnings of the cold war and society and culture in the 1950s
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1
Which of the following men DID NOT run for president in 1948?
Thomas Dewey
Strom Thurmond
Harry Truman
Adlai Stevenson
2
Who wrote the Long Telegram?
George Kennan
Harry Truman
Douglas MacArthur
John Foster Dulles
3
What was the name of the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth?
Sputnik
Explorer I
Laika
Cosmos
4
General MacArthur chose what city for a counterattack against North Korea?
Pusan
Pyongyang
Inchon
Seoul
5
Which of the following people were executed for passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union?
Ethel Rosenberg
Alger Hiss
Joseph McCarthy
John Foster Dulles
6
Rock and roll music
developed as a southern alternative to rhythm and blues
became a symbol of youth culture
was favored by adults
grew out of a subversive communist movement
7
What was the name of the U.S. program that gave massive loans and grants to Western Europe?
Eisenhower Doctrine
Lend Lease
Marshall Plan
NATO
8
Which federal program paid for college for students who wanted to become science teachers?
National Defense Education Act
Marshall Plan
G.I. Bill
California Master Plan
9
Congress increased federal funding for education largely because of
the Soviet Union's space program
massive population shifts
the growth of information industries
rising immigration
10
Which of the following countries WAS NOT under Soviet control after World War II?
Finland
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia
11
John Foster Dulles, Eisenhower's Secretary of State
resolved the Suez Crisis peacefully
disagreed with Ike over the policy of massive retaliation
promoted the policy of brinksmanship
favored increased military engagements around the world
12
Who formulated the policy of containment?
Dwight Eisenhower
George Marshall
George Kennan
John Foster Dulles
13
a household consisting of a mother, a father and their children is known as a/an
median family
atomic family
nuclear family
essential family
14
Who did the Democratic Party nominate as their presidential candidate in 1956?
Harry Truman
Henry Wallace
John F. Kennedy
Adlai Stevenson
15
Which of the following countries would NOT have been a member of NATO in 1949?
United States
Hungary
France
Luxembourg
16
Who was the businessman who built mass-produced suburban housing?
Joseph McCarthy
Jonas Salk
Howard Levitt
William Levitt
17
In an attempt to gain control over West Berlin, the Soviet Union
threatened the section of the city with troops and tanks
demanded control of that section of the city
set up a total blockade of that section of the city
operated a massive airlift to bring in needed supplies
18
Which of the following programs did Dwight Eisenhower sign into law?
The Taft-Hartley Act
The Interstate Highway Act
The Marshall Plan
The California Master Plan
19
What is the name of the policy that the U.S. would aid countries struggling against communism?
brinksmanship
Truman Doctrine
Eisenhower Doctrine
Marshall Plan
20
What led to Joseph McCarthy's downfall?
an inappropriate outburst on the Senate floor
accusing Dwight Eisenhower of being a communist
revelations he was a communist himself
The broadcast of the Army-McCarthy hearings on television
21
Who first spoke of an "iron curtain"?
George Marshall
Harry Truman
George Kennan
Winston Churchill
22
Which of the following people would be most closely associated with Richard Nixon?
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Alger Hiss
Dalton Trumbo
Julius Rosenberg
23
During the Suez Crisis, which of the following countries seized control of the Suez Canal?
Britain, France, and Israel
United States, Britain, and France
Britain, France, and Eqypt
Israel, France, and the Soviet Union
24
Benjamin Spock
was James T. Kirk's sidekick in a popular television show
wrote On the Road
developed a vaccine for polio
wrote a book on nurturing young children
25
In China's civil war, the United States backed
the Nationalists, led by Mao Zedong
the Nationalists, led by Jiang Jieshi
the Communists, led by Mao Zedong
the Communists, led by Jiang Jieshi
