Chapter 18 & 19

Question 1

What were the countries the Soviet Union kept after WWII (and made them communist)?

Accepted Answer

none of the above

Question 2

What 1960 event led to the cancellation of a peace meeting between the US & USSR?

Accepted Answer

U-2 shot down

Question 3

The US and it Allies responded to the Soviet Union blocking access to West Berlin by...

Accepted Answer

the Berlin Airlift

Question 4

Who would have looked at the results of the Korean War as a failure to get rid of communism?

Accepted Answer

General MacArthur

Question 5

This said the US would not allow the Middle East to become communist.

Accepted Answer

Eisenhower Doctrine

Question 6

Writers/artists unhappy with the conformity of 1950s were called...

Accepted Answer

None of the above

Question 7

George Kennan came up with...

Accepted Answer

Containment

Question 8

Cheap housing after WWII led to...

Accepted Answer

none of the above

Question 9

What led to increased education spending in the US?

Accepted Answer

Sputnik

Question 10

What happened to cities in the 1950s?

Accepted Answer

White Flight

Question 11

What people were blacklisted because they refused to cooperate w/ communist investigations?

Accepted Answer

Hollywood Ten

Question 12

Who was accused of being a communist:?

Accepted Answer

Alger Hiss, Many people in Hollywood, The Rosenbergs

Question 13

Where did the United States use the CIA to install pro-American dictators?

Accepted Answer

Guatemala & Iran

Question 14

The Truman Doctrine...

Accepted Answer

prevented Greece & Turkey from becoming communist

Question 15

Who did the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) investigate?

Accepted Answer

Movie Industry

Question 16

Who wanted to use atomic weapons during the Korean War?

Accepted Answer

General MacArthur

Question 17

How did President Truman upset Southern Democrats?

Accepted Answer

Desegregated the military

Question 18

What is the cartoonist saying?

Accepted Answer

It's wrong to violate rights

Question 19

People that didn't want to conform to 1950s American culture were called...

Accepted Answer

Beatniks

Question 20

The dividing line between North and South Korea is the...

Accepted Answer

38th Parallel

Question 21

The United States & its allies in Western Europe created...

Accepted Answer

NATO

Question 22

The Marshall Plan...

Accepted Answer

gave money to the countries of Western Europe

Question 23

What alliance did Nikita Kruschev make with the satellite nations?

Accepted Answer

Warsaw Pact

Question 24

Who became President right after Truman?

Accepted Answer

Dwight Eisenhower

Question 25

Pres. Eisenhower supported the Civil Rights movement in...

Accepted Answer

the Little Rock 9

Question 26

Who won the Chinese Civil War in 1949?

Accepted Answer

Mao Zedong & the communists

Question 27

What American accused people of communism with no proof.

Accepted Answer

Senator Joseph McCarthy

Question 28

What did President Truman do to make sure communists weren't going to take over America?

Accepted Answer

made Loyalty Review Boards

Question 29

What country helped North Korea during the Korean War?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 30

Where was the Truman Doctrine first implemented?

Accepted Answer

Greece and Turkey

Question 31

What U.S. politician said that there were communists in the government?

Accepted Answer

None of the above

Question 32

President Eisenhower & Secretary of State Dulles thought the way to prevent a nuclear was by...

Accepted Answer

following brinksmanship

Question 33

How did Pres. Truman and Gen. MacArthur disagree about the Korean War?

Accepted Answer

MacArthur wanted to nuke China, Truman didn't

Question 34

What Cold War event led to more spending on education in America?

Accepted Answer

sputnik launch

Chapter 18 & 19

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Chapter 18 & 19

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