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1950s and Early Cold War Review
1950s and Early Cold War Review
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Review for the test over the 1950s and the first years of the Cold War.
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Cold War situation in which the Soviet Premier demanded an apology from the US for spying
Scopes Trial
The Rosenberg trial
U-2 Plane Incident
Use of Sputnik
2
Organization that collects information for the U.S. by using spies
NSA
CIA
DHS
NATO
3
US foreign policy to contain Communism by giving military aid to countries trying to resist it
Enclosure
Iron Curtain
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
4
Ike's policy of being willing to push the US to the brink of nuclear war to stop communism
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Fire First
Brinkmanship
Marshall Plan
5
Which leader was
not
at Potsdam in the
SUMMER of 1945
to discuss the war's end and future plan?
Churchill
Stalin
Roosevelt
Truman
6
Area that separates North Korea from South Korea; filled with landmines; guarded by both sides
No man's land
Iron Curtain
Demilitarized Zone
Danger Zone
7
Military alliance of Communist countries in Eastern Europe; led by Soviet Union
United Nations
Axis Powers
NATO
Warsaw Pact
8
What is the term to explain the post-WWII population explosion?
People Production
Baby Boom
Generation X
Over Population
9
Law passed in 1944 that gave funds to soldiers returning from WWII to switch to civilian life
Soldier Security
Social Security
G.I. Bill
Truman Doctrine
10
American plan to rebuild the economies of Europe by giving them funds and equipment
Thurgood Plan
Truman Doctrine
Blitzkrieg
Marshall Plan
11
What was the first space satellite launched by the Soviet Union called?
Apollo 13
Sputnik
U-2
NASA
12
Group that tried to prepare citizens for nuclear attack with films like "Duck and Cover"
House Un-American Activities Committee
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Marines
13
US broke a Soviet blockade and got supplies to citizens in part of Germany's capital
Anaconda Plan
Berlin Blockade
Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift
14
Soviet premier (leader) after Stalin's death; led the USSR during many major Cold War events
Gorbachev
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Nikita Krushchev
15
Ideological barrier between Communist Eastern Europe and Democratic Western Europe, 1945-1990
Berlin Wall
Great Wall of China
Iron Curtain
Demilitarized Zone
16
Connected the major cities around the U.S.; made travel across the country much quicker
Transcontinental railroad
Interstate Highway System
Automobile
Autobahn
17
This organization was formed in June of 1945 to promote peace and prevent future wars
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
NATO
European Union
18
Residential areas surrounding cities which grew post-WWII, in part due to GI Bill of Rights
refugee camps
Apartment complexes
Ethnic Enclaves
Suburbs
19
Meeting in
February of 1945
in which the "Big Three" discussed the end of the war in Europe
Versailles Conference
Potsdam Conference
Nuremberg Conference
Yalta Conference
20
A series of military tribunals held by the Allies that tried Nazis for crimes against humanity
Rosenberg Trial
United Nations Trials
Nuremberg Trials
Scopes Trial
21
Youth of the 1950s that rebelled against conformity and challenged traditions in music/poetry
Punks
Beatniks
Generation Y
Hippies
22
Military alliance of democratic/capitalist countries in North America and Western Europe
N.A.T.O.
United Nations
Triple Entente
Warsaw Pact
23
Group of people in the film industry who refused to go along with HUAC communism investigation
Commie Crew
Hollywood Ten
Movie Men
Tinseltown Ten
24
U.S. government agency in charge of the space program
NASA
SNCC
NAACP
CIA
25
Even stronger weapon of mass destruction; vaporized an entire island in Pacific; used fusion
Sputnik
Atom Bomb
H-bomb
U-2
26
If one side launched nukes, the other would too, destroying both sides
Containment
Mutual Assured Destruction
Mexican Standoff
Brinkmanship
27
A country under another country's control or influence
Comrade Country
Slave State
Satellite Nation
Colony
28
A new style of music in the 1950s feared by parents; grew out of rhythm and blues
Jazz
Rock-n-roll
Punk
Swing
29
Competition for global power and influence between the US and Soviet Union after WWII
Korean War
Hot War
WWIII
Cold War
30
Economic system where the state owns all property and runs the economy; people share the wealth
Communism
Socialism
Capitalism
Democracy
31
Nationalist leader in China who the U.S. supported despite being a terrible leader
Confucius
Mao Zedong
Aang
Chiang Kai-Shek
32
Republican war hero who ran for President and won in 1952
Richard Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Teddy Roosevelt
33
Economic system where factors of production are owned by individuals, not the government
Communism
Capitalism
Totalitarianism
Democracy
34
Senator who took advantage of fears of communism by trying to expose commies in the U.S gov't
Richard Nixon
General MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Joseph McCarthy
35
New invention in 88% of American homes in 1950's. Reinforced stereotypes of women/minorities
Movie Projector
Radio
Television
Refrigerator
36
Communist leader in China who established the People's Republic of China
Confucius
Jackie Chan
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai-Shek
37
Policy of the US that stated it would defend the Mid-East against any communist attacks
Eisenhower Doctrine
Monroe Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
38
U.S. foreign policy of attempting to restrict expansion of Soviet influence around the world
Domino Theory
Containment
Antagonism
Deterrence
39
Vice President under Eisenhower and the 37th President of the United States
Thurgood Marshall
Richard Nixon
Joseph McCarthy
Franklin Roosevelt
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U.S. general who wanted to nuke China and later got fired by Truman
Patton
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Bradley
