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1950s Cold War & Popular Culture #ushistory #coldwar #genaro
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1
The GI Bill of Rights encouraged veterans to
rent government housing
demand more benefits
stay in the military
go back to college
2
Who was the most famous voice of communist conspiracies during this time/ WI Senator?
Richard Nixon
Jim Doyle
Joseph McCarthy
Scott Walker
3
How did the Marshall plan help countries around the world?
Provided Economic Support
Provided Organizational Support
Provided Military Support
Provided Moral Support
4
What is the Taft-Hartley Act?
Act that ends Union membership
Law preventing businesses from only hiring union members
Law that outlaws communists
Law that encourages low interest home loans
5
What is demobilization?
Getting rid of land lines and only using mobile phones
Bring home military members
Getting the military ready for a conflict
Destroying the atomic bomb arsenal
6
Military alliance developed in 1955 by the Soviets and their satellites
SEATO
NATO
Warsaw Pact
European Union
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What were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg convicted and executed for doing?
Attempted to assassinate the president
Standing up to Joseph McCarthy
Passing Nuclear science information to the Soviet agents
Working as spies in the White House
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Military alliance of western Europe and the US to fight the spread of Communism
NATO
SEATO
USSR
Warsaw Pact
9
The party owns & controls property & the means of production & makes all decisions for country
Agnosticism
Absolute Monarchy
Communism
Populism
10
The start of the Korean war began with the invasion south over what parallel?
38th
37th
36th
35th
11
The popularization of what product caused the downfall of McCarthy?
Snapchat
Radio
Satellite Dishes
TV
12
Which part of the government did McCarthy claim were full of communists?
The President's Administration
Congress
Garbage Men
Military
13
Which person emphasized the nurturing of children?
J Robert Oppenheimer
Jonas Salk
Elvis Presley
Benjamin Spock
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What is containment?
Prevent the spread of Communism
Prevents any one country from becoming too powerful
Prevent the degradation of the world
Prevent the spread of the Nazis
15
What contributed to the growth of home construction following WWII?
Loans to war veterans
Low inflation
Price Controls
Foreign aid
16
What did the US do to encourage space exploration?
Creation of NASA
Improved technology for Americans, such as the microwave
Loans to encourage people to continue science education
$1 billion approved for Defense Education Act
17
The Soviet Union supported which Chinese leader?
Mao Zedong
Hideki Tojo
Jiang Jieshi
Chiang Kai-Shek
18
Who was George Kennan?
Sec. of State under Eisenhower
won WWII by himself
Pilot during Berlin Airlift
diplomat who came up with the idea of containment
19
Name of the couple accused and executed for espionage in 1953?
Kardashians
Milli Vannili
Moldy Ringworm
Rosenbergs
20
NATO and the Warsaw Pact were examples of
Military alliances made for "collective security"
The beginning of World War 3
Failed attempts to make peace
Military aggression during the Cold War
21
Which location did General MacArthur choose to counterattack the North Koreans?
Seoul
New York City
Hong Kong
Inchon
22
How did the Interstate Highway Act of 1956 impact life?
Travel improved and became quicker between states
It improved traffic for people on the back roads
It increased traffic on the roads
It decreased the funding for highway construction
23
Following World War II, Stalin/USSR controlled what part of Europe?
Southern
Eastern
Northern
Western
24
What was the name of the Russian leader following Stalin who was less cruel and suspicious?
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Vladimir Lenin
MIkail Gorbachev
25
Phrase coined by Churchill to describe Soviet policy in Europe
Berlin Blockade
Iron Curtain
Steel Wall
Steel Wheels
26
Truman’s policy to prevent the spread of Communism was called what?
Social Darwinism
Containment
Edwardian Culture
Utopianism
27
What event uses planes to fly over E. Germany and drop supplies into the capital city?
Berlin Airlift
U2 Incident
the Roswell Incident
Cuban Quarantine
28
What is the name for the Communist leader who replaced Stalin?
Nikita Khrushchev
Elvis Presley
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Lenin
29
Name the $13 Billion in aid to European nations for economic recovery after WWII?
Virginia Plan
Quarantine Plan
Marshall Plan
New Jersey Plan