The Cold War

"Success doesn't just happen to a company or to an individual. Success comes as a result of clear thinking and long-range planning. Ant this is just what the young engineer in the picture is doing. He is studying the many possibilities or a career in guided missiles."
-Jobs such as the ones described in this 1956 advertisement became available because:

• federal law required private businesses to recruit for the military.
• weak college programs had produced few scientists qualified for high-level research.
• Cold War defense programs had spurred technological innovation.
• most U.S. citizens opposed the development of atomic weapons. 

* Post-World War II Baby Boom
* #1
* Expansion of population into suburban areas
* #2
Which pair of answers best completes this list?

• increased urban decay, increased leisure time
• increased demand for housing, increased deforestation
• increased demand for automobiles, increased labor union membership
• increased immigration, increased racial tension

What was the primary reason for U.S. involvement in East Asia during the early 1950s?

• North Korean attempts to unify the peninsula challenged the U.S. policy of containment.
• Communities in Korea nedded humanitarian aid due to a famine.
• International groups needed help investigating North Korean officials charged with corruption.
• Democratic reformers sought help from the U.S. military to overthrow dictatorial regimes in Korea.

The 1943 Hollywood movie "Song of Russia" was produced with the encouragement of the Office of War Information (OWI). At the time the movie was made, the United States and the Soviet Union were allies in the fight against Nazi Germany. The movie tells the story of an American conductor who falls in love with a Russian pianist just before World War II. Together they spend time in an idealized version of the Soviet Union. When the Nazis invade, they join Soviet villagers in the resistance."
-Which group later investigated the political ideology and actions of many people associated with this film?

• Senate Bureau on Foreign Relations
• Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services
• House of Un-American Activities Committee
• Motion Picture Association of America

As a result of the Berlin Airlift, the United States was able to:

• bypass a Soviet blockade without provoking a military conflict
• transport Polish refugees to safety
• prevent the Nazi Party from reorganizing
• intimidate Soviet leaders by demonstrating superior military power

What prompted Congress to pass the War Powers Resolution?

• Ruling issued by the Supreme Court that banned deployment of U.S. combat forces without a declaration of war
• Fears that renewed conflict in the Middle East would require the United States to defend Israel
• Decisions made by the executive branch during the Korean and Vietnam Wars
• Limits on the authority of the chief executive imposed by an international tribunal

Which of the following resulted from McCarthyism during the 1950s?

• Membership in the U.S. Communist Party increased
• U.S. Citizens were arrested for being suspected communists. 
• Recruitment procedures for the U.S. military branches were reformed.
• U.S. diplomats began to express dissenting political viewpoints more freely. 

The Domino Theory, which provided the basis for U.S. entry into Vietnam, was the belief that intervention was necessary to prevent:

• the expansion of Communism across Southeast Asia
• the inclusion of Taiwan in the Warsaw Pact
• the loss of U.N. military bases in Asia.
• the rise of China as a dominant economic power.

Trends of the 1950s:
*Expansion of the middle class
* Development of the interstate highway system.
* Growth of suburbs
The trends in this list all occurred as a result of:

• an increase in immigration after WWII
• the creation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
• reductions in peacetime defense spending
• economic prosperity following WWII

"We have known for a long time that what happens beyond our borders affects our security and our economy, and that we ignore turmoil abroad at our own peril. If not checked, the impact of climate change will be truly global, albeit felt in different ways. Threats to freedom and unviersal human rights anywhere stain our collective conscience. Terrorism and transnational crime pay no heed to national borders; pandemic disease requires no passport to move quickly from one country to the next. We know that conflict and instability, even when it is hafl a world away, can unleash these and other dangers."
In which organization do the United States and other member nations confront the problems mentioned in this excerpt?

• Commonwealth of Nations
• European Union
• United Nations
• International Red Cross