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Executive Order 9981 led to the...
funding of math and science classes
end of Jim Crow laws
integration of the military
the establishment of HUAC
2
At the end of the Korean War, ...
All of Korea became a communist country
All of Korea became a democratic country
Korea remained a divided country
China annexed Korea
3
The Transcontinental Railroad affected the US economy by...
expanding trade between the west and the east coasts
limiting job opportunities for factory workers
decreasing the number of goods sold in the east
increasing the number of bank railures in the South
4
The House Un-American Activities Committee investigated the...
outbreak of the Korea War
the Holocaust
suspected Communists
German war crimes during WWII
5
Funding for math and science classes in high school increased due to the...
outbreak of the Korean War
passing of the National Defense Education Act
cutbacks to the Space Race
end of World war I
6
The US responded to Soviet aggression in Turkey and Greece by
invading North Korea
providing aid under the Truman Doctrine
starting a war with the USSR
firing General MacArthur
7
An example of the conflict between traditionalism and modernism in the 1920s is...
Space Race
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Arms Race
Scopes Monkey Trial
8
JFK's response to Soviet missiles in Cuba was to...
quarantine Cuba
bomb Moscow
invade South Korea
attack the USSR
9
The goal of US foreign policy in Asia was...
prevention of quarantines
containment of communism
economic freedom for China
acquisition of military bases
10
Schenck v. the US in 1919 demonstrated that...
your rights must be read to you when you are arrested
your 1st Amendment rights could be limited during a war
separate but equal schools were legal
the military must be integrated
11
One economic effect of increased consumer spending in the 1950s was the..
decline in the birth rate
growth of unemployment
decreased spending on math education
increase in gross domestic product
12
The space race began when...
the Soviet Union launched Sputnik
the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
the Berlin Airlift started
Germany invaded Poland
13
More veterans attended college because of the...
GI Bill
Social Security Act
Sputnik Act
North Atlantic Treaty
14
Space race, arms race, McCarthyism, and HUAC are all characteristics of...
the Roaring 20s
the Cold War
World War I
the Great Depression
15
The policy of trying to stop the spread of communism is...
flexible war
free enterprise
new deal
containment
16
Kennedy's idea to send a man to the moon led to...
end of the nuclear arms race
increased spending on technology
the Death Star initiative
an increase of nuclear weapons in Cuba
17
The United States got involved in the Korea War when...
Japan invaded South Korea
China attacked North Korea
North Korea invaded South Korea
Korea attacked the Soviet Union
18
The Cuban Missle Crisis was an example of what president's flexible response foreign policy?
Truman
Kennedy
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
19
An increase in consumer spending in the 1950s led to
fewer televisions being purchased
decrease in urban populations
the spread of communism
more televisions and cars being purchased
20
The idea that if one country falls to communism, other countries will follow is called...
Domino Theory
Appeasement
United Nations
Sputnik
21
The launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik lead to the...
bombing of Japan
Executive order 9981
National Defense Education Act
end of World War II
22
To stop the spread of communism, the US gave money to rebuild West European countries through the...
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Marshall Plan
New Deal
Massive Retaliation plan
23
The fear of Japanese Americans helping spy for Japan during WWII led to...
bombing of Pearl Harbor
issuing of Executive Order 9066
bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
invasion of Poland
24
Started after WWII, this organization has many countries participate and maintains peace keeping forces.
SATO
the Moscow Pact
the League of Countries
the United Nations
25
The interstate highway system allowed for...
all answer choices are correct
increased transportation of goods
escape routes in case of attack
development of suburbs
26
The willingness to go to the edge of war to force the other side to back down is...
brinkmanship
flexible response
appeasement
communism
27
NATO was formed to...
increase communism in the Caribbean
protect democratic countries from the USSR
increase US influence in Asia
end the Nazi regime in East Germany
28
The Iron Curtain was...
the divsion between communist Eastern Europe and the rest of the continent
Truman's foreign policy doctrine in eastern Europe
the separation of church and state in the US
a wall built between East and West Berlin
29
People were exposed to diverse musical styles through...
Space race
HUAC
Sputnik
Rock and roll
30
Which of the following contributed to economic prosperity in the 1950s?
GI Bill
increased consumerism
All of the answer choices are correct
baby boom
31
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941 mainly because of the US...
attack on China
embargo against Japan
attack on Poland
launch of Sputnik
32
The growth of suburbs in the 1950s was due in part to...
baby boom
Sputnik
improved health care
growth of television
33
Vaccination programs were started to...
protect Europe from unemployment
protect the US against communists
protect people from disease
protect agriculture from insects
34
A result of massive retaliation was...
the end of NATO
decrease in tension between the US and USSR
US shares nuclear technology with USSR
increase in nuclear weapons
35
Senator Joseph McCarthy's accusations about communists in the government led to...
increase in unemployment
passage of the Pendleton act
fear of communism spreading in America
the end of internment camps
36
Why did the Soviet Union put missle sites in Cuba?
to have sites close to the US
to enforce the Warsaw Pact
to control the Cuban government
to end the Korean War
37
People's fears during the Cold War were demonstrated through...
decreased consumerism
rock and roll music
science fiction stories and movies
romance novels
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When the Soviets cut off roads to Berlin, the US and Great Britain responded by...
attacking East Germany
letting West Germany fall to communism
airlifting supplies to West Berlin
bombing the Berlin Wall
