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1950s review- Kline
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1950s Cold War focusing on domestic and foreign events as well as some pop culture
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1
After NATO was established, what did the USSR form as their defensive alliance?
Warsaw Pact
The UN
Isis
SEATO
2
Which rock and roller was not allowed to be shown below the waist on the Ed Sullivan show?
Bruce Springsteen
Kanye West
Elvis Presley
Bill Haley
3
Truman was president when we started the Korean War, who was when we "ended" it?
Nixon
Kennedy
MacArthur
Eisenhower
4
How did the Marshall Plan contain communism?
It gave Western Europe aid to rebuild
It aided South Korea
It gave Eastern Europe aid to rebuild
It started an alliance against communism
5
What invention became widely available in the 1950s, known as the "boob tube"?
Television
Tube tops
Sonic
Toaster oven
6
The hysteria of the Red Scare allowed the government to strip many civil liberties
False
True
7
The U.S. Went to Korea to contain communism. Were we successful?
What would Kim Jong Un say?
You bet we were!
Nope, not at all
We nuked 'em, right?
8
Which person capitalized on that fear to run a smear campaign against the State Dept and Army?
McCarthy
Eisenhower
Truman
MacArthur
9
This 1950s movie starring James Dean symbolized juvenile delinquency on the rise in the 1950s:
Grease
Rebel without a Cause
On the Waterfront
Dude, where's my car?
10
Why were the South Koreans at a disadvantage to the North Koreans when the war started?
North Koreans had Kim Jong Un
North Korean had the atomic bomb
North Koreans had help of USSR
South Koreans only had Canada for support
11
Which country became communist in 1949, and therefore a major ally of the Russians?
The U.S.
Japan
China
N. Korea
12
Middle class white suburbia helped reinforce the idea of conformity of the 1950s
False
True
13
The Truman Doctrine made America more isolationist after getting involved in WW II
False
True
14
What bill was started to aid veterans returning from war?
The Thank You bill
The draft
The Bill Clinton
The GI bill
15
Russia developing a bomb, and China becoming Communist in 1949, led to a wave of fear called?
The Red Scare
Pyromania
This is scary, man!
The Manhattan Project
16
One of the biggest things to result from the Yalta conference was the creation of:
SEATO
Warsaw Pact
NATO
The UN
17
What caused the need for the Berlin Airlift?
The people of Berlin needed candy, man!
The USSR had built the Wall to starve West Berliners
The Germans were starving the people of Berlin
The USSR had blockaded West Berlin
18
This man was President through much of the 1950s and named a doctrine after himself
Obama
Eisenhower
JFK
Truman
19
This person was fired for insubordination in the Korean War
Ridgway
McCarthy
MacArthur
Truman
20
An effect of the Soviets launching Sputnik was:
The U.S.launching the first dog in space
America pushing to go to Mars
More attention in school on math & science
The creation of the FBI
21
What system was developed in the 1950s that helped many people move to the suburbs?
The airplane system
The carpool system
The subway system
The highway system
22
Which Hollywood movie capitalized on that fear of Communists lurking everywhere?
My Mother is a Martian
Hollywood 10
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
The Seven Year Itch
23
The 1950s saw a huge increase in the number of:
Union strikes
Shopping malls shutting down
Children being born
Divorces being granted
24
There are still American POW's missing from the Korean war
True
False
25
A huge stride toward integration took place in 1954 with this Supreme Court case:
Miranda V. Arizona
Brown V. Board of Education
Plessy V. Ferguson
Vernonia V. Acton
