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Chapter 27 Review Game
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1
The United States feared the spread of communism in all of these countries EXCEPT...
Turkey
Korea
Canada
Greece
2
Who won control of China after the communist revolution?
Ferdinand Marcos
Mao Zedong
Chiang Kai-Shek
Joseph Stalin
3
Why did many people move to the suburbs in the 1950s?
Get better television reception
Avoid inflation
Escape communism
Buy homes
4
Which U.S. General did President Truman fire during the Korean War?
George Marshall
William Levitt
General MacArthur
General Eisenhower
5
Why was Eisenhower such a popular president?
Fought for workers unions
He invaded North Korea
He was a World War II hero
He helped organize the Warsaw Pact
6
What was the purpose of the Taft-Hartley Act?
Stop strikes
Settle the Korean War
Encourage integration of schools
Improve television programming
7
What triggered the Korean War?
Soviet troops invaded China
South Korean troops invaded North Korea
North Korean troops invaded South Korea
The U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Japan
8
What did the G.I. Bill of Rights allow veterans to do?
Join unions without having to pay union dues
Be given jobs at higher pay than other workers
Stay in the armed services until they were 65 years old
Get loans for businesses and education
9
The baby boom contributed to all of the following EXCEPT...
The growth of suburbs
A housing boom
Calls for a G.I. Bill of Rights
The rise of Levittowns
10
Which of the following people were television personalities in the 1950s?
Dick Clark
All of the above
Lucille Ball
Desi Arnaz
11
What was the most obvious result of the baby boom?
Alaska and Hawaii became states
Americans bought more luxury goods
Americans bought more homes
The Taft-Hartley Act was passed
12
Which of these people used civil disobedience to fight for civil rights?
Orville Faubus
Charles Drew
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King, Jr.
13
Which of the following events happened first?
Marshall Plan
United Nations created
Berlin Airlift
Korean War
14
What were NATO and the Warsaw Pact classified as?
Military alliances
Efforts to end the Cold War
Agencies of the United Nations
Peacekeeping organization
15
Which of the following involved the U.S. in the affairs of Western Europe?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United Nations
Marshall Plan
All of the above
16
What was the result of the communist revolution in China?
The United States lost control of Taiwan
Chiang Kai-Shek retained his power
The Chinese communists ruled China
North Korea invaded China
17
What did the U.S. do in the Berlin Airlift?
Forced the Soviet Union to move its air force out of Berlin
Bombed Soviet-controlled East Berlin
Supplied West Berlin with food and supplies
Shut down the Berlin airport
18
What was the name of the African-American doctor who discovered a way to preserve blood?
Thomas Dewey
Charles Drew
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King, Jr.
19
Why did the Soviet Union blockade East Berlin?
The communist revolution in China
The U.S., England, and France united their zones of Germany
The Korean War
The Soviet Union invasion of Hungary
20
Why was
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
such a landmark case?
Integrated the armed forces
Encouraged Civil disobedience
ordered schools to be desegregated
Ended the bus boycott in Montgomery
21
Which of the following economic problems did the United States face after World War II?
Strikes
Changing to a peacetime economy
Inflation
All of the above
22
How did Joseph McCarthy win national attention?
He claimed that U.S. government employees were communists
Won the show "American Bandstand"
He was convicted as a spy
He ran for president
23
What is the name of the organization set up in 1945 to help solve conflicts between nations?
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Fair Deal
24
Which of these people made accusations that others were communists, without actual proof?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jonas Salk
Joseph McCarthy
William Levitt
25
Why did the wartime alliance between the U.S. and the Soviet Union break apart?
The baby boom
Soviet expansion in Europe
Jim Crow laws
The Korean War
26
What was the goal of the Truman Doctrine?
settle differences between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
Stop the spread of communist influence
Reunited East and West Germany
End strikes by union workers
27
Which of the following statements about the Korean War is correct?
The United States remained neutral during the Korean War
After the war, North and South Korea were united
The war began when North Korea invaded South Korea
The U.N. refused to send troops to fight North Korea
28
What was the Supreme Court ruling of
Brown v. Board of Education
?
Segregated schools were unconstitutional
The Montgomery Bus boycott was illegal
"Separate but equal" facilities were perfectly fine
Segregation in the armed services was unconstitutional
