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1950s and Early Cold War Review
1950s and Early Cold War Review
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Review for the test over the 1950s and the first years of the Cold War.
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Organization that collects information for the U.S. by using spies
NSA
DHS
CIA
NATO
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Military alliance of Communist countries in Eastern Europe; led by Soviet Union
Axis Powers
Warsaw Pact
NATO
United Nations
3
Republican war hero who ran for President and won in 1952
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight Eisenhower
Teddy Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
4
Residential areas surrounding cities which grew post-WWII, in part due to GI Bill of Rights
Suburbs
refugee camps
Apartment complexes
Ethnic Enclaves
5
Which leader was
not
at Potsdam in the
SUMMER of 1945
to discuss the war's end and future plan?
Roosevelt
Truman
Stalin
Churchill
6
US foreign policy to contain Communism by giving military aid to countries trying to resist it
Enclosure
Iron Curtain
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
7
Competition for global power and influence between the US and Soviet Union after WWII
WWIII
Hot War
Cold War
Korean War
8
U.S. foreign policy of attempting to restrict expansion of Soviet influence around the world
Domino Theory
Containment
Antagonism
Deterrence
9
Policy of the US that stated it would defend the Mid-East against any communist attacks
Eisenhower Doctrine
Monroe Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
10
Ike's policy of being willing to push the US to the brink of nuclear war to stop communism
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Brinkmanship
Fire First
Marshall Plan
11
What is the term to explain the post-WWII population explosion?
Baby Boom
Generation X
Over Population
People Production
12
If one side launched nukes, the other would too, destroying both sides
Brinkmanship
Mexican Standoff
Mutual Assured Destruction
Containment
13
A series of military tribunals held by the Allies that tried Nazis for crimes against humanity
Nuremberg Trials
United Nations Trials
Rosenberg Trial
Scopes Trial
14
Cold War situation in which the Soviet Premier demanded an apology from the US for spying
Use of Sputnik
The Rosenberg trial
Scopes Trial
U-2 Plane Incident
15
Senator who took advantage of fears of communism by trying to expose commies in the U.S gov't
Joseph McCarthy
General MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
16
Youth of the 1950s that rebelled against conformity and challenged traditions in music/poetry
Generation Y
Hippies
Punks
Beatniks
17
Connected the major cities around the U.S.; made travel across the country much quicker
Interstate Highway System
Autobahn
Transcontinental railroad
Automobile
18
Ideological barrier between Communist Eastern Europe and Democratic Western Europe, 1945-1990
Demilitarized Zone
Berlin Wall
Iron Curtain
Great Wall of China
19
Economic system where the state owns all property and runs the economy; people share the wealth
Capitalism
Socialism
Democracy
Communism
20
Vice President under Eisenhower and the 37th President of the United States
Thurgood Marshall
Joseph McCarthy
Richard Nixon
Franklin Roosevelt
21
US broke a Soviet blockade and got supplies to citizens in part of Germany's capital
Berlin Airlift
Marshall Plan
Berlin Blockade
Anaconda Plan
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Military alliance of democratic/capitalist countries in North America and Western Europe
Triple Entente
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
N.A.T.O.
23
This organization was formed in June of 1945 to promote peace and prevent future wars
United Nations
NATO
Warsaw Pact
European Union
24
Soviet premier (leader) after Stalin's death; led the USSR during many major Cold War events
Nikita Krushchev
Dwight Eisenhower
Gorbachev
Douglas MacArthur
25
A country under another country's control or influence
Colony
Satellite Nation
Comrade Country
Slave State
26
Communist leader in China who established the People's Republic of China
Jackie Chan
Confucius
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mao Zedong
27
New invention in 88% of American homes in 1950's. Reinforced stereotypes of women/minorities
Movie Projector
Television
Radio
Refrigerator
28
A new style of music in the 1950s feared by parents; grew out of rhythm and blues
Rock-n-roll
Punk
Swing
Jazz
29
Economic system where factors of production are owned by individuals, not the government
Communism
Totalitarianism
Capitalism
Democracy
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U.S. government agency in charge of the space program
NAACP
CIA
NASA
SNCC
31
Nationalist leader in China who the U.S. supported despite being a terrible leader
Mao Zedong
Aang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Confucius
32
Group that tried to prepare citizens for nuclear attack with films like "Duck and Cover"
House Un-American Activities Committee
Marines
Civilian Conservation Corps
Federal Civil Defense Administration
33
Law passed in 1944 that gave funds to soldiers returning from WWII to switch to civilian life
Social Security
G.I. Bill
Soldier Security
Truman Doctrine
34
Meeting in
February of 1945
in which the "Big Three" discussed the end of the war in Europe
Potsdam Conference
Yalta Conference
Versailles Conference
Nuremberg Conference
35
Group of people in the film industry who refused to go along with HUAC communism investigation
Commie Crew
Movie Men
Tinseltown Ten
Hollywood Ten
36
U.S. general who wanted to nuke China and later got fired by Truman
Eisenhower
Patton
MacArthur
Bradley
37
What was the first space satellite launched by the Soviet Union called?
Sputnik
Apollo 13
NASA
U-2
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Even stronger weapon of mass destruction; vaporized an entire island in Pacific; used fusion
Sputnik
U-2
H-bomb
Atom Bomb
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American plan to rebuild the economies of Europe by giving them funds and equipment
Marshall Plan
Blitzkrieg
Thurgood Plan
Truman Doctrine
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Area that separates North Korea from South Korea; filled with landmines; guarded by both sides
Demilitarized Zone
Iron Curtain
Danger Zone
No man's land
