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What is capitalism?
Which was not one of the problems of the 1950s?
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A history quiz on the Cold War
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Which was not one of the problems of the 1950s?
Expensive homes
Inner city deterioration
Lack of health care in Appalachia
Poor working conditions for Mexicans in the Bracero program
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What is capitalism?
economic system with mostly government control
economic system with individual ownership
economic system of anarchy
economic system with group ownership
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What is massive retaliation?
Any attack will be followed by a massive military response
Communism can stay where it is, but can't expand any further
threatening use of nuclear weapons to avoid nuclear war
Once one country becomes communist, others will follow
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T/F The use of covert action by US agencies was to spread communism
True
False
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The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) mostly investigated which group?
Hollywood
Newspapers
FBI agents
Radio personas
6
How did the Red Scare start?
A soviet worker defected from Canada
McCarthy was accused of being a communist
The Rosenbergs were discovered as spies
There were bloody riots
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What is socialism?
economic system of anarchy
economic system with mostly government control
economic system with group ownership
economic system with individual ownership
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What was the effect of the Truman Doctrine?
Rearming of Germany
A pledge to fight communism
Help Germany make a new gov
Help western Europe recover after WWII
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Why was NATO formed?
Spreading democracy
Settling disputes
Mutual defense
Free trade
10
The Iron Curtain divided _____ from ______
USSR, Soviet Bloc States
China, Taiwan
East Berlin, West Berlin
Capitalist Western Europe, Communist Eastern Europe
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What is containment?
Any attack will be followed by a massive military response
threatening use of nuclear weapons to avoid nuclear war
Communism can stay where it is, but can't expand any further
Once one country becomes communist, others will follow
12
Which is in chronological order?
Korean War begins, 1st US atomic bomb, End of WWII
End of WWII, 1st US atomic bomb, Korean War begins
1st US atomic bomb, End of WWII, Korean War begins
1st US atomic bomb, Korean war begins, WWII ends
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T/F All of Korea became communist after the Korean War
False
True
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Why didn't the US and the USSR get along?
US disapproved of Stalin's governing methods
US and USSR are different races who can't get along
Capitalism and Communism are not very compatible economicly
Both were world superpowers and wanted to be the top power
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What is brinkmanship?
threatening use of nuclear weapons to avoid nuclear war
Technological competition between the US and the USSR
Once one country becomes communist, others will follow
Any attack will be followed by a massive military response
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T/F China became communist after their Revolution/Civil War
True
False
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McCarthy's action that contributed to the communist witch hunt was
Saying there were spies in the US army
Killing communists
Urging the HUAC to hold open hearings
Saying he has a list of communists
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The GI bill resulted in
low interest loans to buy homes
more jobs in business
more military careers
movement into the inner city
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What is the Domino Theory?
Communism can stay where it is, but can't expand any further
threatening use of nuclear weapons to avoid nuclear war
Once one country becomes communist, others will follow
Any attack will be followed by a massive military response
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What is communism?
economic system with group ownership
economic system of anarchy
economic system with mostly government control
economic system with individual ownership
21
What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
Punish Germany for WWII
Help Germany make a new gov
Help western Europe recover after WWII
Keep communist countries weak
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Suburbs symbolized what?
Life during wartime
The American Dream
GI Bill
Departure from traditional values
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T/F The Soviet government did NOT control most aspects of people's lives
True
False
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The US became involved in the Korean War because
Korea declared war on the US
US policy was to stop the spread of communism
Korea was a protectorate of the US
The USS Maine was sunk
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African Americans in urban centers in the 1950s often
moved to rural areas in the South
remained stuck in low paying jobs
sent children to suburban schools
had good medical care
