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