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The Cold War (CH. 27)
The Cold War (CH. 27)
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1
Who/what did Beatniks criticize?
moral threat of Jazz music
newly liberated women of the 1950's
values of manistream America
2
After World War 2, which country was divided by the
38th parallel
?
Germany
China
Korea
Japan
3
(TRUE/FALSE)
Mao Zedong
led Communists to officially form the People's Republic of Japan.
True
False
4
Containment
was the prevention of ________ from spreading around the world.
birds
Socialism
Communism
Fascism
5
Who first mentioned the term "the Iron Curtain" which separated Europe?
Harry Truman
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Winston Churchill
6
What leaders agreed to at the Yalta Conference.
nations freed from Germany can choose their own government
to divide Korea into two
Hitler should be tried for his crimes
Stalin looks ridiculous in that hat
7
The _______
Doctrine
was a policy of providing aid to help foreign countries fight Communism.
Queen Elizabeth II
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Truman
8
This Republican Senator was convinced Communists were working in the US Government.
Joseph McCarthy
Mao Zedong
Bob Dylan
Harry S. Truman
9
Which person ordered the land routes to Berlin to be closed?
Stalin
Mussolini
Hitler
Khrushchev
10
Which president became president after Roosevelt died?
Truman
Kennedy
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
11
Who ended segregation in baseball by playing his first game for the Brooklyn Dodgers?
Mickey Mantle
Jackie Robinson
Playboy Carti
Joe DiMaggio
12
The __________
Plan
resulted in western Europe receiving more than $13 billion in US loans.
Manhattan
Marshall
Nuremberg
Taft-Hartley
13
What brought down Senator McCarthy?
he said everyone is a communist!
he suggested the president was a communist
he said there were communist in the U.S. army
14
Communist nation off the coast of Florida.
China
North Korea
Cuba
Dominican Republica
15
Which country launched the first artificial satellite into space?
United States
China
Soviet Union
Japan
16
The paid work opportunities for women in the 1950s could be described as
excellent, as women who started work during the war kept their jobs
non existent, as women could do only housework
limited, as women were hired only in a few fields.
17
What is
NATO
's purpose?
defending countries if they are attacked
to help Europe's economy recover
to fix international problems peacefully
rebuild European countries damaged in the war
18
sputnik was the world's first
artificial sattelite
computer
24hr burger joint
hydrogen bomb
19
Judith & Ethel Rosenberg were accused of
criticizing Joseph McCarthy
spying for the Chinese
providing secrets to Soviet Spies
devious licks
20
What was the focus of the urban renewal program?
improving city services and urban housing
discouraging families from moving to the suburbs
decreasing federal funding for highway construction
improved cell towers for better reception
21
What did the
GI Bill of Rights
offer veterans?
nuclear weapons
video games
health care for life
money for school, homes, businesses, and farms
22
President Truman proposed a plan called the ___________.
Marshall Plan
Fair Deal
New Deal
NATO