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