APUSH - Cold War Era

What impact did Joseph McCarthy have on American society

• created opposition to US involvement in Latin American affairs
• Encouraged the widespread fear of Communism
• strengthened the US Army
• encouraged the Americans to stand up for their civil rights

in the 1950s, William J. Levitt contributed to the growth of suburbs by

• providing low interest mortgage loans
• designing interstate highways
• mass producing houses
• criticizing urban life

The largest public works project during Eisenhower's administration presidency was

• space program
• building of Grand Coulee Dam
• offshore oil drilling
• construction of the interstate highway

Under the Truman Doctrine, the US pledged to

• refrain from polarizing the world into pro-Soviet and pro-American camps
• maintain prosperity in America after World War II
• give very limited assistance to nations fighting communism
• support those who were resisting subjugation by Communists

Senator Joseph McCarthy is best known for his involvement in

• the war effort of the 1940s
• the Red Scare of the 1950s
• the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s
• the political scandals of the 1970s

What began the space race?

• Sputnik
• the moon landing
• Ham the chimp
• the Cuban Missile Crisis

The United States wanted to win the space because it 

• Wanted to start a colony on the moon to deal with the earth's overpopulation
• Wanted to start a colony on the moon that US citizens could relocate in the event of nuclear war 
• Feared that the USSR would use its space technology to deliver nuclear weapons 
• Hoped to fulfill Kennedy's dream of developing a satellite shield capable of destroying Soviet missiles 

What did the 38th parallel separate?

• Korea
• Vietnam
• Berlin
• Hungary

How did the United States respond to the Soviet Union’s Berlin blockade?

• airlifted supplies to the people of Berlin
• withdrew its troops from Germany
• sent troops into the Soviet zone of Germany
• built a wall between East Berlin and West Berlin

The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:

• Contain communism
• Provide weapons to democratic countries
• Help north Korea
• Provide collective security