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Final Review: Cold War and 1950's
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1
What is a global conflict between the USSR and the U.S., marked by an avoidance of direct war?
Berlin airlift
Space race
Truman Doctrine
Cold War
2
Although Mao won the hearts of Chinese peasants, he failed to win U.S. support because he
was a Communist.
was corrupt.
was a Nationalist.
had cooperated with Japan during World War II.
3
Period from 1945 to 1961 when 65 million children were born in the U.S.?
Generation X
Baby Boom
Generation Gap
Baby Maker
4
What principle was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) based on?
collective security
free trade
appeasement
isolationism
5
What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?
Stop the spread of communism
Deliver Poland to the West
Jumpstart Europe's economy
Stop the USSR from spreading democracy
6
What was the Berlin airlift a response to?
Soviet blockade of West Berlin
reunification of East and West Germany
German development of the atomic bomb
construction of the Berlin wall
7
What are border nations between the USSR and the West serving as a buffer zone called?
Satellite Nations
Stalin’s Wall
States
Iron Curtain
8
Since the the 1950s, the false and unsupported accusations of a person's actions is now called?
containment
McCarthyism
infiltration
brinkmanship
9
This person wrote a book called The Feminine Mystique, which led to the feminist movement
Fannie Lou Hamer
Rosie the Riveter
Rosa Parks
Betty Friedan
10
How did the Red Scare change America?
Many women found domestic freedom
It caused many politicians to become ‘soft’ on communism.
It led to conformity in politics and culture.
It led to the rise of Elvis Presley
11
The 38th parellel became an important dividing line between
Korea and China.
North and South Korea.
China and Taiwan(Formosa).
North and South China.
12
What did the Soviet Union set up in response to efforts from the West to reunify Germany?
construction of the Berlin Wall
A Soviet blockade of West Berlin
an embargo on wheat to NATO nations
An atomic bomb
13
What was Julius Rosenberg and his wife Ethel convicted of?
containing Communism
aiding the launch of Sputnik
passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union
destroying U.S. plans for the Hydrogen Bomb
14
What is the military industrial complex?
Increase of our military's influence on politics and society
Fear of a superior communist industrial output
Belief in a missile gap that doesn't exist
Eisenhower's plan to outspend the Soviets
15
Of the following participants in the Korean War, which fought on the side of the Communists?
China
the United States
the United Nations
Souht Korea
16
What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
Boost economies of W. European nations to stop communism
To prevent Mao Zedong from controlling China
To provide military support to NATO
To provide moral support for US troops
17
The first satellite launched into space was
NCC-1701
Discovery
Apollo II
Sputnik