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Cold War and the 1950s
Cold War and the 1950s
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1
The government act that send many returning veterans to college was
22nd Amendment.
the Servicemen's Readjustment Act (GI Bill).
Dynamic Conservatism.
Military Industrial Complex.
2
The Berlin Airlift involved
the US dropping supplies into democratic West Berlin.
the Soviets dropping supplies into communist West Berlin.
the US dropping supplies into communist West Berlin.
the Soviets dropping supplies into communist East Berlin.
3
Many whites moved from the ___ to the ___ in the 1950s.
country; suburbs
suburbs; cities
cities; suburbs
cities; country
4
The Korean War began when China invaded the Korean peninsula.
False
True
5
Jonas Salk is best known for creating a vaccine for ___.
boogie-woogie fever
polio
the common cold
tuberculosis
6
After the bravery of African Americans during WW2, president ___ integrated the military.
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Truman
Roosevelt
7
The hero of the Pacific in WW2, ___, commanded US forces during the Korean War, but was fired.
Captain Crunch
General Omar Bradley
General Douglas MacArthur
General Dwight Eisenhower
8
The purpose of ___ was to create a group whose members would defend other nations in the group.
Satellite nations
UN
NATO
Truman Doctrine
9
The creation of NASA stemmed from the
first Soviet nuclear test.
launch of Sputnik.
Red Scare.
Cuban Missile Crisis.
10
The goal of both the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan was to wipe Communism out completely.
False
True
11
___ was the investigation into possible Communist spies in the government and Hollywood.
The Fair Deal
Containment
Subversion
McCarthyism
12
The 1950s saw a boom of all of the following except
housing.
unemployment.
the economy.
babies.
13
Rock and roll created a ____ between kids and parents in the 1950s.
beat movement
poverty line
iron curtain
generation gap
14
Wartime rationing and post-war money led to a massive increase in ___ in the 1950s.
consumerism
perjury
brinkmanship
subversion
15
The return of thousands of veterans from WW2 led to the development of the
suburbs.
restaurant franchises.
inner city mass transit system.
Highway Act of 1956.