Why did Minorities have a hard time after WWII?

They were excluded from jobs and to move to suburbs

What is the Arms Race?

Nations compete for power through buildup of weapons, especially nuclear.

Who won the Korean War?

Neither side, it was a stalemate

The cold war "containment" means?

use many strategies to stop the spread of communism

Which was NOT an effect of the post WW2 baby boom?

Many women returned to jobs in manufacturing

The GI Bill of Rights was created with the intention of

Providing veterans with home loans and college funding

Why did the Cold War develop after WWII?

Communist Soviets dominated Eastern Europe

What did the Marshall Plan do?

Provided Billions of Dollars for rebuilding Europe

What does conformity mean?

Behavior in accordance with socially accepted conventions or standards.

What is Brinkmanship?

willingness go to brink of war force other side to back down

Mutually Assured Destruction....

Prevented the USSR and the US from using atomic bombs on each other

What does the Iron Curtain represent?

Division between communist Eastern Europe and Western Europe

What prompted the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) to target the “Hollywood Ten”?

Fear of communist infiltration within the American entertainment industry

What WAS the Blacklist?

A document listing suspected communists or sympathizers.

Military-Industrial Complex

Military establishment & industries producing arms/military materials

What is Collective Security?

Nations sharing the job of protecting one another

How did the United States respond to the launch of Sputnik I in 1957 by the Soviet Union?

By increasing funding for math and science education

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1
Why did Minorities have a hard time after WWII?
They were excluded from jobs and to move to suburbs
Many could only live in Suburbs and in factory jobs
They were too busy working to move to new suburbs
Many still lived in the countryside
2
What is the Arms Race?
How long it takes a military to use up all of its weapons.
When soldiers compare themselves with the soldiers of another military.
A competition between soldiers in one military.
Nations compete for power through buildup of weapons, especially nuclear.
3
Which of the following was not a challenge to 1950s conformity?
Beatniks
The Civil Rights Movement
Elvis Presley and Rock and Roll
Women as housewives
4
Who won the Korean War?
Neither side, it was a stalemate
North Korea
South Korea
Japan
5
The cold war "containment" means?
use many strategies to stop the spread of communism
attack communist countries
to place missiles as close to the USSR as possible
promote the spread of communism
6
What was the Berlin airlift a response to?
German development of the atomic bomb
construction of the Berlin wall
reunification of East and West Germany
Soviet blockade of West Berlin
7
Which was NOT an effect of the post WW2 baby boom?
Many women returned to jobs in manufacturing
Increased demand for housing
Expansion of population into suburban areas
The creation of the federal highway system
8
The Interstate Highway System was created for the following reasons except
expand urban centers
evacuate cities in the event of a nuclear attack
encourage travel
allow easy access to the suburbs
9
The GI Bill of Rights was created with the intention of
Allowing women to serve in all US armed forces
Providing veterans with home loans and college funding
Protecting US soldiers from War Crime prosecution
Permanently desegregating of the US military
10
Why did the Cold War develop after WWII?
US nuked Japan
No one believed in global warming
Communist Soviets dominated Eastern Europe
Nazis took over France
11
What crime did the Rosenbergs allegedly commit?
bomb-making
fraud
spying
murder
12
What did the Marshall Plan do?
Allowed all refugees to live in America
broke apart Germany
Provided Billions of Dollars for rebuilding Europe
Built a wall in Berlin
13
What does conformity mean?
Success in life
Relying on one's sense of self; having confidence in one's ideas + opinions
Behavior in accordance with socially accepted conventions or standards.
I can be myself even if I am in a huge crowd of people
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What is Brinkmanship?
creation of mutual defense alliance b/w SU, China, Korea
willingness to use secret CIA missions to get rid of enemies
creation of mutual defense alliance b/w US, Britain, France
willingness go to brink of war force other side to back down
15
Mutually Assured Destruction....
Helped other countries create their own atomic bombs
Prevented the USSR and the US from using atomic bombs on each other
Pushed the USSR and the US to use atomic bombs
None of the above
16
What does the Iron Curtain represent?
Division between communist Eastern Europe and Western Europe
Peace had spread throughout Europe
Militaries of Western Europe were too powerful.
European nations needed to build more factories
17
What prompted the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) to target the “Hollywood Ten”?
Growing anxiety related to the economic effects of the Great Depression
political pressure from racial groups regarding civil rights legislation
Fear of communist infiltration within the American entertainment industry
Support for American isolationism in the years leading up to World War II
18
What WAS the Blacklist?
A grocery list with black ink spilled on it.
A list the Soviets had of all of their American supporters
A modern TV show
A document listing suspected communists or sympathizers.
19
The purpose of both NATO and the Warsaw Pact is to
establish a military alliance
eliminate political corruption
discourage religious toleration
promote economic self sufficiency
20
How did the Korean War end?
a unified Communist Korea
Korea became a demilitarized zoned
divided as in pre-war status
The countries both became Capitalist
21
Truman’s Fair Deal aimed to
extend the New Deal’s goals
revoke most New Deal programs
greatly shrink the federal government
appeal to conservative Republicans
22
Military-Industrial Complex
Military establishment & industries producing arms/military materials
No nuclear weapons tests in atmosphere, outer space, & under water.
Segregation by law
Competition b/t the space programs of the US & the Soviet Union
23
What is Collective Security?
The goal of having nations sharing many policies and laws
Nations sharing the job of protecting one another
The goal of having nations having their economies connected
The goals and aspirations of the complete nation
24
What was blamed for the teenage rebellion in the 1950s?
Fashion
Movies
Rock and Roll
Dancing
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How did the United States respond to the launch of Sputnik I in 1957 by the Soviet Union?
By implementing the Marshall Plan
By increasing health care benefits and pensions for the military
By increasing funding for math and science education
By joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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