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Postwar America and the Early Cold War
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1
The American policy for dealing with communism was?
Containment
Nuclear Attacks
Isolation
Flexible Response
2
How did the United States respond to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in the late 1940s?
The Berlin Convoy
The Berlin Express
The Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Experiment
3
What did the GI Bill NOT provide to returning soldiers?
Jobs
Money to start a business
Money for college
Money for mortgages
4
This senator held a "witch hunt" in the early 1950's to root out communism in the USA
Johnson
McCarthy
Nixon
Kennedy
5
What was NOT a part of new mass media in the 1950s?
Television westerns and comedies
Rock and Roll
Television sports
Radio programs
6
The last country to test a nuclear weapon and is a "wild card" on the world stage?
North Korea
Kandashian
Iran
Israel
7
This plan gave billions in aid to Europe to stave off communism post WWII
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Eisenhower Doctrine
Johnson Plan
8
How many countries have nuclear weapons today?
0
2
12
9
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The US increased science and math education after the Soviets launched this into space...
Spudnik II
Explorer I
A dog
Sputnik
10
Which of the following was not a way that the cold war was "fought"?
Arms Race
Supporting allied countries with money
Space Race
USA & USSR firing missiles at one another
11
George Kennan was the author of the containment policy.
True
False
12
Which of the following areas was NOT a success in terms of containment?
Turkey
Vietnam
Greece
Japan
13
What was the name of President Eisenhower's 1950s foreign policy?
Peace Corp
Flexible Response
Massive Retaliation
Truman Doctrine
14
Which committee in Congress was established to investigate communist activities after WW2?
Ways and Means Committee
House Communist Activities Committee
Communist Hunters Committee
House Un-American Activities Committee
15
This event was the greatest threat to peace since WW2 and almost resulted in thermonuclear war
The Berlin Airlift
The launch of Sputnik
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Vietnam War
16
What was the name of the first satellite launched into space?
Explorer I
Steve
Spudknick
Sputnik
17
This treaty included the United States, Canada, Britain, France and Turkey to combat the USSR
SEATO
Allied Powers
NATO
Warsaw Pact
18
How did Senator McCarthy begin his witch hunts during the 2nd Red Scare?
By saying the US State Dept was full of communists.
By claiming the President was a communist.
By claiming communists had eaten his peanut butter.
By saying the army was full of communists.
19
Which of the following were not a cause of the growth of suburbs?
Highways
GI Bill
Television
Prefabricated homes
20
What does HUAC stand for?
House Unusual Activities Committee
Huey's Ugly Alligator Committee
House Un-American Activities Committee
House Unlikely American-Activities Commitee
21
These spies were executed for selling atomic secrets to the Soviets
The Jeffersons
The Jetsons
The Rosenbergs
The Gergarins
22
This idea kept the two superpowers from destroying each other
MADD (Mother's Against Destruction)
MAD(Mutually Assured Destruction)
MAD (Machines Against Dublin)
MAD (Magazines Against Death)
23
Which of the following was NOT a cause of American Abundance during the 1950s?
GI Bill
Consumerism
Arms Race
Rising incomes
24
The space race was won with the landing of man on....
Mars by Mr. Bleh
the Moon by the USSR
the Moon by the USA
Pluto by Disney
25
Who won the Korean War?
Neither side, it was a stalemate
China
South Korea
North Korea
