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The Early Cold War Exam Review
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A review of the major concepts, people and events of the early Cold War period in US History.
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1
As far as the US was concerned the root of all evil during the Cold War was....
Nazi Germany
The Rise of the Beat Culture
Radical Islam
communism
2
Which medical technology was NOT discovered in the 1950s?
Streptomycin to combat TB
Antibiotics
Polio Vaccine
Cure for Cancer
3
Which medium replaced the radio as the main source of news and entertainment in the 1950s?
Newspapers
Movie newsreels
Computers
Television
4
What was the race to build the most weapons of mass destruction after WWII called?
Arms Race
Space Race
MOAB Race
Kill em all Race
5
What were the countries of Eastern Europe known as that became Communist countries after WWII?
The United Nations
Satellite Nations
Gulags
NATO
6
Who coined the term "Iron Curtain" to describe how communism was taking over Europe after WWII?
Harry S. Truman
Elvis Presley
Joseph McCarthy
Winston Churchill
7
Which group unfortunately
DID NOT
benefit from the economic boom of the 1950s?
Native Americans
Mexican Americans
African Americans
Anglo Americans
8
The Venona Papers released in 1997 showed that ________ was a spy for the USSR.
Elvis Presley
John Foster Dulles
J.Edgar Hoover
Julius Rosenberg
9
Which conflict of the Cold War lasted from 1950-1953 and was ended with an armistice?
The Vietnam War
The War on Terror
The Seven Years War
The Korean War
10
What was the Allied mutual defense alliance created after WWII called?
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
House UnAmerican Activities Committee
The Warsaw Pact
The United Nations
11
What provided loans for education, houses or loans for to start a business for veterans?
Sputnik
NASA
GI Bill of Rights
NATO
12
Who was President of the US when the Cold War started in 1945/46?
John F. Kennedy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
13
The folks shown in the picture most likely belonged to which group of the 1950s?
The PGA tour
The News Media
The Beatniks
The US Marine Corps
14
Which school subjects saw increased importance as a result of the Space Race of the 1950s?
Math and Science
History and Philosophy
Psychology and Sociology
Art and Literature
15
The main reason that our Interstate Highways were created were to
Make it easier to get to and from work.
To get goods and services faster.
To move the military and machinery in case of invasion.
To make it faster to get to Grandma's House at Christmas.
16
This picture depicts which Cold War incident?
Who knows?
The Berlin Airlift
The Potsdam Conference
The Marshall Plan
17
Why were relations between the US and USSR strained after WWII?
Because both were spying on each other.
Because both wanted to spread their brand of government!
All of the above
Because both of them mistrusted each other.
18
Which international organization's aim is to prevent another world war?
United Nations
NATO
The Communist Bloc
Warsaw Pact
19
The Cold War is characterized by fundamental differences between _________ and ________.
Germany and The USSR
Europe and America
Communism and Democracy
Socialism and Communism
20
Many automobile designs of the 1950s were born from the ____.
Russians
Allied victory in WWII
Communist Chinese
Space Race
21
Which famous idea stated that the US would send money and troops anywhere communism tried to go
Truman Doctrine
Massive Retaliation
Domino Theory
Brinkmanship
22
Which of the following genres of music DID NOT influence Rock-N-Roll?
Country Music
Classical Music
African American Gospel Music
Jazz Music
23
America's response to the launch of Sputnik was
To create NATO
To create NASA
To create the UN
To create NAFTA
24
What time period in US History lasts from the year 1946-1991?
The best of times and the worst of times
The Gilded Age
The Era of Tensions
The Cold War
25
Which famous General was fired by President Truman because he called Truman soft on communism?
George S. Patton
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Curtis LeMay
Douglas MacArthur
26
Which US Senator went a Communist witch hunt in the US Government and cause another Red Scare?
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Joseph McCarthy
Bretton Woods
Henry Cabot Lodge
27
Which generation was born in the late 1940s and early 1950s after WWII?
Generation Z
Generation X
Baby Boomers
Millennials
28
The Marshall Plan was offered to ALL countries effected by WWII to encourage the growth of ___.
Communism
Democracy
Socialism
Totalitarianism
29
Who is this "King" in the picture that changed American Pop culture and music forever?
Pat Boone
Fats Domino
Elvis Presley
Little Richard
30
Which infamous couple were executed for allegedly selling atomic secrets to the USSR?
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
Rowan and Martin
Sacco and Vanzetti
Laurel and Hardy
31
Which Famous Doctor invented the Polio vaccine in the 1950s?
Dr. Julius Irving
Dr. Jack Kevorkian
Dr. Denton Cooley
Dr. Jonas Salk
32
The Threat of the use of Nuclear weapons to contain communism was called _______.
Game Over Policy
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Massive Retaliation
33
Which very famous 1950s era American Artist painted the picture that is shown?
Andy Warhol
Jackson Pollock
Chuck Berry
John Lennon
34
Which group grew from the prosperity of the 1950s?
Poor Class
Working Class
Upper Class
Middle Class
35
What line of Latitude divides the country of Korea into North and South?
48 Degrees North Latitude Line
0 Degrees Latitude Line
38 Degrees South Latitude Line
38 Degrees North Latitude Line
