1950s & Cold War Test Review

The dramatic increase in car ownership in the 1950s contributed to all of the following except

The population baby boom began in the late 1930s.

A ___ is a large corporation that owns a number of smaller companies.

In general, McCarthyism is the unfair tactic of accusing people of disloyalty without providing evidence.

The Interstate Highway act was signed by President Eisenhower in 1956.

To label someone's activities as ___ would be to suggest that the person is making unsupported accusations.

Planned Obsolescence turned America into a ________ society.

With more money to spend and an increased number of products to buy, ___ became an American way of life.

The Iron Curtain is the imaginary border between Capitalist Western Europe and Communist Eastern Europe.

Billions of dollars in economic aid was provided to many foreign nations as part of the Truman Doctrine.

Both the United States and the Soviet Union joined the United Nation after World War II.

___ is best known for investigating communism in the film industry.

_________ was an attempt to break the Soviet blockade in Germany.

Domino Theory is the idea that if one nation falls to Communism the rest will follow.

In the 1950s, both the beat movement and rock 'n' roll were viewed as forms of

JFK won the 1960 Presidential Election largely because of his performance in the first Televised Debate.

All of the following factors contributed to the Baby Boom except

The vast majority of new homes in the 1950s were built in the ___ .

NATO is the name for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Who were the first American citizens to be executed for espionage?

The Cold War lasted until the early 2000s.

Stalin ordered a blockade of Munich

During the 1950s, ___ jobs increased.

General Douglas MacArthur argued that the Korean War

_________ was an attempt to break the Soviet blockade in Germany.

One of the benefits that the GI Bill of Rights offered to returning veterans was ___.

Of the following participants in the Korean War, which fought on the side of the Communists?

The Cold War refers to the hostile conflict between the US and USSR that began at the end of World War II.

The 38th parallel became an important dividing line between

_____________ was the US Policy towards Communism.