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Unit Seven: Early Cold War
Unit Seven: Early Cold War
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1
What are the dates of the Korean war?
1910-1915
1905-1910
1950-1953
1950-1955
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What is a baby boom?
Babies that yell boom
Surge in birth rate
Increase in older adults
Decrease in birth rate
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What is the Eisenhower Doctrine?
a doctrine to protect the middle east
A Doctrine to end civil rights
a doctrine to protect Europe from Communism
a doctrine to give aid to the middle east due to Russia
4
Who was President for most of the 1950s?
Kennedy
Johnson
Eisenhower
Truman
5
The Interstate Highway Act did all the following except...
decreased the number of automobiles being bought
allowed workers to work in city and live in suburbs
give escape route in case of atomic bombs
increase shipping and trading of companies
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what is conformity ?
“yielding to group pressures”
sitting down
when you are told to do something
following people because your getting paid
7
In the 1950s most people wanted to...
eat dinosaur flesh
settle down and start a family
go back to war.
ride monkeys
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What was a cause of the Prosperity during the 1950s?
Teen Spending
Levittown
High Wages
Desire to own appliances
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Who is considered to have founded rock and roll
Michael Jackson
Elvis pelvis
Elvis Presley
Chuck berry
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The Truman Doctrine was originally designed to
contain Communism by giving aid to Greece and Turkey
rebuild Korea by extending economic aid
stop the use of nuclear weapons
use United Nations to eliminate threats posed by Soviets
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The years for the cold war are
1917-1991
1970-1991
1946-1991
1946-1999
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THE FIRST NUCLEAR BOMB WAS DROP ON WHERE AND WHEN?
ZENTSUJI ISLAND,SEPTEMBER 1999
HIROSHIMA,6TH AUGUST 1945
NAGASAKI,9TH AUGUST 1945
MEXICO,JULY
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What did Jonas Salk discover
penicillin
scurvy cure
modern nursing
polio cure
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Why was the Korean war being fought ?
America wanted S.K. to join N.K.
N.K. invaded S.K. trying to spread communism
south korea wanted to spread communism
north korea wanted to become an noncommunist country
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What 1950s movement was characterized by a criticism of middle class conformity and culture?
Emos
The Beats
Counterculture
The Silent Generation
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How did the GI Bill lead to the growth of the suburbs?
It encouraged women to work while men stayed home
It forced desegregation schools leading to white fights
The US forced GI's to live in tenements
It allowed veteran aid which led to urbanization by families
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The introduction of vaccines to the United States helped —
improve the hygiene of medical procedures
improve the quality of the water supply
limit the risk in consuming imported produce
limit the spread of infectious diseases
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The Cold War was characterized by
U.S./USSR competition toinfluence other nations of the world
a and c
political and economictensions between the US and the USSR
direct military action between the U.S. and the USSR
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What did the Marshall plan do?
Stopped Violent in America
Monetary support to help rebuild European economies.
Made America Rich
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Which invention had the
least
effect on pop culture in the 1950s?
radio
movies
television
automobiles
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What was containment during 1950s?
vaccine to polio
flu vaccine
US reaction to communism
a popular TV show
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What was McCarthyism?
A name for the new political party that was anti-communist.
A different name for communism
A cult that did not accept communism
A campaign to find and mark all the communists in the government.
23
The U.S. carried out the Berlin Airlift as a result of?
The Soviets creating a Hydrogen Bomb
Reunification of Germany
Soviet blockade of West Berlin
Construction of the Berlin Wall
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How did the Korean War start ?
Hated each other for their flag
Because they were mean
They got in a cat fight
North Korean Communist army crossed the 38th Parallel
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Senator Joseph McCarthy
helped rebuild Japan after the war
accused many innocent members of being communists
was a Soviet spy
ran for the presidency in 1944
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One of the legacies of the Korean War was
The failure of containment as a way of combating communism
It weakened the President's authority as Commander-in-Chief
The emergence of the idea of the communist monolith
The UN was exposed as a weak and ineffective organization
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What happened during the Beat Movement?
Politicians became more truthful in their campaigns
Awareness for child abuse was raised
On "Beat Street" in NY, crime rates rose
"Beatniks" wrote in a new style, often deemed inapt
28
When was the Marshall plan?
Between 1948 and 1951.
1440
1939
1420
29
Who is the King of Rock 'n Roll?
Mic Jaggar
Little Richard
Michael Jackson
Elvis
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What was the goal of the Truman Doctrine?
promote free elections in south america
contain the spread of communism
keep peace in the UN
help Germany unite
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What culture dominated Australian television and film in the 1950s and 1960s?
Australian
Japanese
British
American
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What was the Korean War?
A war between Britain and US
A war between North and South Korea
A war between Afghanistan and Israel
A war between North Korea and the UN/South Korea
