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Cold War 1950s-1960s
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1
The Cold War was a competitive conflict between which two countries?
US and USSR
US and Vietnam
US and China
China and USSR
2
Kennedy's sister created a program that would become the Special Olympics
False
True
3
What was the name of the program Kennedy started that sent Americans to help developing countries?
Peace Corps
Teach for America
Doctors without Borders
Peace Volunteers
4
What system developed alongside suburbs that allowed people to commute?
Medicare
First computer
Highway system
Polio vaccine
5
Miranda rights are read to you when _________.
you enter a courtroom.
you get arrested.
you go to vote.
6
Khruschev built what in Berlin that became a symbolic representation of the Cold War?
Berlin Wall
Nuremberg Wall
Munich Wall
German Wall
7
The general assembly meant to preserve world peace
Warsaw Pact
All of the above
NATO
UN
8
This Great Society Program gave health insurance to the elderly.
Medicaid
Medicare
9
Phrase coined by Churchill to describe Soviet policy in Eastern Europe
Steel Wall
Iron Curtain
Berlin Blockade
Steel Wheels
10
Who led a number of different "witch hunts" to find communists within America?
Jim Doyle
Richard Nixon
Scott Walker
Joseph McCarthy
11
Military alliance developed in 1949 to fight the spread of Communism
USSR
NATO
Warsaw Pact
12
Gave WW2 veterans many benefits
GI bill of rights
Medicaid
Obamacare
Medicare
13
The Declaration of Liberated Europe was created to
Make Germany pay for the war
Stop the spread of communism
Stop the spread of capitalism
Allow each country to choose their government
14
What was the communist equivalent of NATO?
Russia Pact
Krakow Pact
Moscow Pact
Warsaw Pact
15
To end the blockade, Khruschev agreed to remove missiles from Cuba if Kennedy removed missiles from __________.
Turkey
Britain
Puerto Rico
Philippines
16
The fear, distrust, and panic of anything associated with the Soviet Union.
USSR Scare
Red Scare
Communism Scare
Blue Scare
17
LBJ declared war on poverty and implemented many new programs, all part of his _______________.
Affluent Society
Great Society
Prosperous Society
Camelot Society
18
Which one was not a famous 1950s Rock and Roll singer?
Elvis Presley
Bob Dylan
Chuck Berry
Little Richard
19
What was the most popular TV show during the 1950s?
I Love Lucy
The Andy Griffith Show
Drake and Josh
Leave it to Beaver
20
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union at the end of WWII?
Stalin
Khruschev
Nicholas II
Lenin
21
Name of the couple accused and executed for espionage in 1953?
Rosenbergs
McCarthys
Kennedys
22
The name of the conference that planned the end of WWII and divided Germany?
Yalta Conference
Versailles Conference
Tehran Conference
Casablanca Conference
23
Book by Arthur Miller comparing the Salem witch trials to the McCarthy hearings
Animal House
16 Candles
The Crucible
Catch 22
24
In the 1950’s many people moved where?
Inner Cities
Apartment Buildings
Suburbs
Countryside
25
1948 Truman authorizes planes to fly over E. Germany & drop supplies into the capital city
the Hamburg Quarantine
the Dresden Crisis
the Munich Incident
Berlin Airlift
26
Name of the cartoon turtle used to demonstrate a technique ofprotection against the A-bomb
Theodore
MiSHELL
Bert
Michelangelo
27
One of the first decisions for the UN was declaring the Holocaust a genocide.
False
True
28
The Bay of Pigs was a successful invasion that set up a capitalist government.
True
False
29
Truman’s policy to prevent the spread of Communism was called what?
Utopianism
Containment
Brinkmanship
Flexible Response
30
What replaced the radio in the 1950’s?
Morse Code
the Internet
TV
Telegrams
31
The Warren Court Reforms focused on changing rights concerning what two issues?
Freedom of speech and Due process
Reapportionment and Due process
All three options
Freedom of speech and reapportionment
32
NATO stands for ______ _______ _________ Organization
National Atlantic Treaty
North Atlantic Treaty
North Atlantic Trade
National Association Trade
33
What was Eisenhower's approach to combating communism?
Flexible Response
Containment
Neutrality
Brinkmanship
34
The political system of the US is capitalism.
False
True
35
USSR controlled West Berlin and the US controlled East Berlin
True
False
36
This Great Society program gave health insurance to citizens living below the poverty line.
Medicaid
Medicare
37
Who were the first two presidents to have TV ad campaigns for their presidencies?
Truman and Nixon
Truman and Eisenhower
Eisenhower and Kennedy
Truman and Kennedy
38
The US Govt. encouraged citizens to construct one of these during the Cold War in the 1950's
Bomb Shelter
Tree Fort
Indoor Plumbing
Solar Panels
39
The party owns & controls property & the means of production/ makes all decisions
Agnosticism
Populism
Communism
Capitalism
40
Who was the first country to put a man on the moon?
USSR
US
41
True of false: a number of conspiracy theories have developed in the aftermath of the Kennedy assassination.
False
True
42
"I like _______"
Nixon
Ike
Kennedy
Johnson
43
What was the purpose of the House Un-American Committee?
To stop the spread of communism
To set up immigration quotas
All of the above
To root out Americans spying for the USSR
44
The Bay of Pigs invasion occurred in what country in an American attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro?
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Cuba
Guam
45
Why was the 1960 election a turning point in political campaigns?
First radio broadcast election
First televised presidential debate
First ad campaigns
46
American Population increase of the 1950s
boom box
baby boom
sonic boom
47
Who was Gail Havorsen?
The Candy bomber
Creator of the UN
Advocate against the Berlin Wall
Soviet premier in the 1950s
48
What does MAD stand for?
Mutually Assured Detonation
Mutually Assured Damage
None of the above
Mutually Assured Destruction
49
Who was the first country to send a man into space?
USSR
US
50
Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
Buzz Aldrin
Michael Collins
Neil Armstrong
John Glenn
51
What year did the Soviet Union achieve nuclear weapon capabilities, which launched the nuclear arms race?
1949
Never
1945
1959
52
What Communist dictator took over Cuba and established ties with the USSR in 1959?
Mussolini
Fidel Castro
Francisco Franco
Hirohito Tojo
53
Name of the drill practiced by students at school to protect themselves from the Atomicbomb
Duck n Cover
Run Away!
Stop, Drop, and Roll
54
Kennedy was the first _____________ president.
Quaker
Christian
Methodist
Catholic
55
What was Kennedy's policy for approaching the Cold War?
Containment
Detente
Brinkmanship
Flexible Response
56
Name the plan that sent $13Billion in aid to European nations for economic recovery after WWII?
Virginia Plan
Marshall Plan
New Jersey Plan
Quarantine Plan
57
Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, and the Warren Commission argued that who was responsible?
the CIA
Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby
Fidel Castro
58
A crisis that lasted 13 days and ended through diplomacy.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Korean Missile Crisis
Russian Missile Crisis
Colombian Missile Crisis
59
What was the name given to the 1950s by economist Galbraith that described this era of prosperity?
Great Society
Prosperous Society
Affluent Society
60
What did parents refer to as the “devil’s music” in the 1950’s?
Rock n’ Roll
Country
Rap
Waltz
