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The Beginning of the Cold War
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1
U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles first announces the doctrine of ______
mass retaliation
the Marshall plan
Big Stick diplomacy
containment
2
What was created in response to Sputnik, the first satellite?
The Central Intelligence Agency
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
The National Defense Act
3
What communist leader overthrew Cuba in 1959?
Fulgencio Batista
Pablo Escobar
Ho Chi Mihn
Fidel Castro
4
The Cold War espionage was between what 2 agencies?
Stasi vs FBI
KGB vs CIA
KGB vs FBI
Gestapo vs CIA
5
What is the largest public works project in American history that built 41,000 miles of roads?
Fair Deal Act
Taft- Hartley Act
Interstate Highway Act
G.I. Bill
6
Which Cold War president ended segregation in the military & federal government?
Truman
Kennedy
Johnson
Eisenhower
7
What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
to contain communism
to keep imperial powers at bay
to recreate the Japanese government
massive aid program to rebuild Europe
8
Which statement does the G.I. Bill not do for American veterans?
create jobs for veterans
Buy homes & businesses
college tuition
Loans & Pensions
9
The generation growing up during the Cold War is nicknamed
The Silent Generation
Millennials
The "Cold Warriors"
The "Duck and Cover" generation
10
McCarthyism spread a red scare by
creating the CIA
endorsing the Truman Doctrine
endorsing the use of unfair allegations and investigations
executing the Rosenbergs for espionage
11
What married couple was found guilty of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union?
Rosenbergs
Khrushchevs
Hiss'
Pontecorvos
12
What was the impact of TV in the 1950s?
TV became the center of consumer culture.
TV could show sports
TV could show political news
TV killed the radio
13
What legislative program attempted to improve living conditions, such as higher minimum wage?
The New Deal
The Marshall Plan
The Square Deal
The Fair Deal
14
Middle-class flight to the suburbs only worsened ______, such as inadequate services and schools
the political strife
racial tensions
the economy
inner-city problems
15
Rock'n'Roll commonly became known as "race" music, but who was its icon in the 1950s?
Elvis Presley
Chuck Berry
The Beatles
Ray Charles
16
What war was fought mostly between the US and China, and ended in a stalemate that still exists today?
The Phillipino War
The Vietnam War
The Chinese Civil War
The Korean War
17
What major country became communist in 1949 after a long civil war?
Cuba
China
Korea
Russia
18
After the Suez Crisis, the US announced the use of force to help any Middle Eastern country, which is called _____
The Marshall Plan
The Truman Doctrine
The Eisenhower Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine
19
What is the name of the policy by the United States to stop the spread of Communism?
Containment
The Marshall Plan
Monroe Doctrine
Big Stick
20
What congressional act during the early cold war reduced the strength of unions?
The Interstate Highway Act
Smoot–Hawley Act
Taft-Hartley Act
The G.I. Bill
21
What was the "Iron Curtain Speech?"
It warned the world about Hitler
It warned the world about fascism
it warned the world about capitalism
It warned the world about Stalin
22
What communist leader created the country of North Vietnam after he overthrew the French colonists?
Ho Chi Mihn
Mao Zedong
Fidel Castro
Kim Il-sung
23
What was the Berlin Airlift?
The western allies sending tons of supplies by airplane flights
The western allies sending troops to blockade Berlin
The communist blockade of Germany
The communists sending tons of supplies by airplane flights
24
What was the significance of the Berlin Airlift?
The airlift caused a missile crisis
The airlift made Truman create the Containment policy
The airlift marked a rise in tensions between the West and the Soviets
The airlift marked the beginning of the Korean War
25
What helped the baby boom in the 1950s & 60s?
Improvement in living standards in the US
The end of the Korean War
The end of the Vietnam War
Medical science improved increasing the survival rate of babies.
26
The G.I. Bill helped the boom in the creation of ________
building the suburbs
more affordable insurance for veterans
new colleges
building new businesses
27
What is the name of the first satellite in space?
Apollo
Columbia
Sputnik
Challenger
28
The rise of ____________ led to the rise of theme parks and the suburbs
Capitalist culture
TV culture
car culture
Disney culture
29
What was Khrushchev's "Secret Speech" about?
calls for acceleration of the nuclear arms race
calls for a doctrine of "peaceful coexistence"
calls for placing missiles in Cuba
calls for war between the US & Russia
30
TV shows in the 1950s, such as
Leave it to Beaver
, showed the perception of _________
the end of communism
the perfect society
the end of Jim Crow Laws
the perfect American family
