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BASA The Cold War 1950's
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Mr Young's Cold War Quiz -- with extra quizness
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1
What fast food franchise started in the 1950's
McDonald's
Wendy's
Burger King
Taco Bell
2
Who was president during most of the 1950's?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight Schrute
Dwight Schultz
Dwight G. Robinson
3
What replaced the Atomic Bomb?
The Hydrogen Bomb
The Helium Bomb
The Strategic Defense Strategy (Satelittes weaponsized)
The Liquid Laser
4
Which President had the famous quote "The Buck stops here" on his desk?
Harry Truman
Harry Houdini
Harry Henderson
Harry Carry
5
After WWII which country was divided into two different countries. One being communist.
Japan
Germany
U.S.S.R.
Austria
6
What was it called when many white people moved out of the city and into the suburbs?
White Burb Rapids
City Escape
Suburban Escape
White Flight
7
Who were the counter-culture people of the 1950's?
Yippies
Bobos
Hippies
Beatniks
8
Why did the Rosenbergs get into trouble?
The killed 12 American Bald Eagles
The gave Russia plans on the Atomic Bomb
They broke into the Pentagon and stole military secrets
The sold guns to the Russian mafia
9
Where is the border between North and South Korea?
The On the coast of Soule
at the 38th line of Longitude
In the Middle near the river
At the 38 line of latitude
10
One strategy of Nuclear was M.A.D. What does it mean?
Nobody can survive unless we strike first
If you shoot missles we shoot missiles and we all die
There's only one winner in Nuclear War
We will shoot first before you can shoot
11
Name the Senator that created a panic when he said he knew 300+ communists that were in our government.
Joe Stalin
Joe McCarthy
Tokyo Joe
Senator Michael Scarn
12
What was the US secret mission to get German rocket scientist into America and have them work for NASA?
Operation Paper Tiger
Operation PaperRock
Operation Paperweight
Operation Paperclip
13
What park opened in California in the 1950's and is still a major attraction today?
California Adventure
Disneyworld
Six Flags
Disneyland
14
What vocabulary word is all about stopping the spread of communism?
Contaminate
Contraband
Reciprocity
Containment
15
The Cold war was between U.S.A and what other country?
The USRS
All Asian Countries
Both China and Soviet Union
The Soviet Republic of Cuba
16
What did the Soviets do in response to NATO?
They created the Warsaw Pact
They took complaints to the United Nations
The threatened to starve East germany
The demanded to join
17
What year did China trun to communism?
1949
1945 (right after WWII)
1955
1959
18
What country was invaded by it's northern communist neighbor, so we sent troops to fight them back in the 1950's.
Vietnam
South Japan
Taiwan
Korea
19
the USSR had their own version of the CIA. What was it called?
The KGB
The USSIA
The Federal Investigative Group
The FSB
20
How many section was Germany divided into originally?
Four
Two
Three
Nine
21
Who was the new leader of China under communism?
Chairman Sinatra
Mao Tse-tung
Meyow
Moo Say Yung
22
What country became a country again after almost 1900 years of not being a country?
Egypt
Israel
Iraq
The Middle East
23
What year did Russia develop their own Atomic Bomb?
1946
1949
1959
1955
24
Who became the new leader of Soviet Union after Stalin died?
Andre Stomponov
Nikit Khrushchev
Joe McCarthy
His son Kruger
25
How long was the Berlin Airlift?
3 years
1 year
1 month
15 months
26
The Truman Doctrine was all about stopping...
The Spread of Communism
China's Civil War
Loans to Europe
Russia's Space Race
27
What was the name of the satellite Russia sent into space?
Spudnyak
Sputnik
Andropov's Canister
Spurzsyk
28
if one country falls to communism then the next one might fall too. What theory is this?
Evolution
Checkers
Containment
Domino
29
What did Mary Mcleod Bethune do?
She opened a all black girls school in Florida
She was the first black female senator
She helped organize the UN
She was the first customer at Disneyland
30
When you don't actually fight your real enemy, but one of it's satellite states - that's called a
Fake War
Proxy War
Phantom Menace
Proximity War
31
Democrats split in the South into a group called the Dixiecrats, after Truman did what?
Imported foreign oil instead of buying from Texas
Desegregated the army
Taxed southern agriculture (crops)
Outlawed the Southern Flag
32
What was the name of the new border between democratic western Europe and Soviet controlled eastern Europe?
The Iron Rod
The Iron Curtain
The Steel Curtain
The iron Rope
33
The ?????? replaced the League of Nations.
The World Health Organization
Yalta Conference
The World Federation
The United Nations
34
Money and supplies given to Europe after WWII was America's way of making sure Europe did what?
Stopped being ruled by Kings
not starve to death
Did not turn to communism
Kept us as Trade partners
35
What was the senate committee that hunted down communists known as?
Slytherin
The House of Un-American Activities
The House of Hunters
The House of American Patriots