Cold War

Who of the following is considered a baby boomer? 

• Soldier who fought in WW2
• Person born before WW2
• Person born right after WW2
• Person whose father worked in the defense industry 

"McCarthyism" was a term that came to signify:

• A paranoid fear of communism 
• An irrational fear of nuclear war 
• Concerns about economic growth 
• The growth of the defense industry 

The first few years after WW2 when the United States underwent a huge population increase was the baby boom.

• True 
• False 

It was established by Congress in 1948 for the purpose of investigating those accused of being communists.

• Detente 
• House Un-American Activity Commission. 
• Little Rock Nine 
• 24th Amendment 

A proposed satellite shield that would protect the United States from Soviet missile attacks was the Strategic Defense Initiative. 

• True 
• False 

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

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

What program aided the rebuilding of Western Europe?

• Truman Doctrine
• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
• Marshall Plan

What was the mutual defense alliance of non comminist nations?

• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
• Truman Doctrine
• Open Skies

Post World War II tensions increased between these two nations?

• United States and United Kingdom
• Japan and the Soviet Union
• United States and the Soviet Union
• Germany and Japan

The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:

• Contain communism
• Provide weapons to democratic countries
• Destroy communism
• Provide collective security