Post WW2 to 1960

The G.I. Bill gave over 2 million veterans access to what?

• college & vocational training
• manufacturing jobs
• free health care
• food stamps

What was Truman's response to Stalin's blockade of West Berlin?

• leave Berlin
• airlift supplies
• break through blockade
• nothing

What alliance provided Collective Security against a possible Soviet attack?

• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
• NAFTA
• United Nations

What was the goal of the Marshall Plan? 

• to rebuild Western Europe to prevent the spread of communism
• to prevent future wars
• to rebuild the Soviet Union
• to convert U.S. factories to peacetime production

What was the impact of the launch of Sputnik by the U.S.S.R. in 1957?

• increased spending on education
• increased defense spending
• increased manufacturing production
• space shuttle program

What caused the Cold War arms race?

• Soviets detonate the atomic bomb
• Soviets blockade Berlin
• Soviets invade Afghanistan
• Soviets build the Berlin Wall

What U.S. Senator started the Red Scare when he claimed 205 communists were working in the U.S. State Department?

• Joseph McCarthy
• Douglas MacArthur
• Julius Rosenberg
• Alger Hiss

What government agency conducted hearings accusing people (Hollywood Ten) of being communists during the Red Scare?

• HUAC
• CIA
• FBI
• DEA

What U.S. foreign policy provided a rationale for involvement in the Korean War?

• Containment
• Roosevelt Corollary
• Isolationism
• Rollback

What was the result of the Korean War?

• cease-fire & divided at 38th parallel
• Korea united under a communist government
• Korea united under a democratic government
• Chinese invade and conquer Korea