Chapter 17 Cold War and kitchens

Question 1

True or False: America was on North Korea’s side

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

What are fallout shelters?

Accepted Answer

A public place to go in the invent of a nuclear attack

Question 3

What is one reason to buy a house in the suburbs?

Accepted Answer

A lot of them, Affordable

Question 4

What led to the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

The US and USSR threatened each other with nuclear weapons.

Question 5

What are some ways that really changed the ways Americans baked?

Accepted Answer

Betty Crocker’s Picture Cookbook and Bisquick.

Question 6

What side was the U.S. on during the Vietnam War?

Accepted Answer

South Vietnam

Question 7

What was the cause of the Korean War?

Accepted Answer

North Korea invaded South Korea, causing a war.

Question 8

When did the U.S. sign a cease fire?

Accepted Answer

1973

Question 9

Why did Jim Northrup join the U.S. Marine Corps?

Accepted Answer

He wanted to honor his family’s military tradition, If he was going to be a warrior he wanted to be the best

Question 10

When did the U.S. start helping in the Vietnam War?

Accepted Answer

In the 1950s

Question 11

Who was involved in the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

The United States and the Soviet Union

Question 12

Why did General Mills create Betty Crocker?

Accepted Answer

Good candidate to show post-war women how to make good meals

Question 13

True or False: Orrin Thompson revisited his homes in 1978

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

Why were there cows next to the suburban homes?

Accepted Answer

The suburbs expanded, taking up the farm land

Question 15

What was one of the biggest advantages of having a suburban home?

Accepted Answer

Modern kitchen

Question 16

How long was Jim Northrup’s tour of duty in Vietnam?

Accepted Answer

13 months

Question 17

What is a veteran?

Accepted Answer

Someone who has served in the army or fought in a war

Question 18

What job did Ed Mahowald have and why?

Accepted Answer

Civil defense director, he built the first fallout shelter

Question 19

True or False: the U.S. and Japan were the major players in the Cold War

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

Why was Jim Northrup’s tour of duty so long?

Accepted Answer

He signed up for another one

Question 21

When did the U.S. join the Vietnam War?

Accepted Answer

In 1965

Question 22

Why was their a shortage of home after WWII?

Accepted Answer

Veterans needed homes so they could start families

Questions 22