1950s Review quiz

To label someone’s activities as “McCarthyism” would be to suggest that the person is

• staunchly loyal to the United States.

• “soft” on communism.

• making unsupported accusations.

• sincere but misguided.

At which of the following was it determined that Germany would be divided into zones of occupation under Allied Powers?

• at the Potsdam Conference

• at Woodstock

• at the first meeting of the United Nations

• at the Continental Convention

Who were the first US civilians executed for espionage?

• Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss

• Alger Hiss and Klaus Fuchs

• Paul Robeson and Joseph McCarthy

• Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

Who was sent to prison rather than cooperate by testifying before the House in 1947?

• Paul Robeson

• the Hollywood Ten

• Gary Cooper

• Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

What goal was most important in shaping the U.S. foreign policy between 1945 and 1990?

• preventing and containing the spread of Communism

• encouraging scientists to immigrate to the U.S.

• to strengthen US industrial and agricultural production

• to provide foreign aid to poor countries

What international body acts as an "international peacekeeper" to prevent future wars?

• United States

• United Nations

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

Which 1957 US policy was directed toward containing Communism in the Middle East?

• The Truman Doctrine

• The Eisenhower Doctrine

• The Roosevelt Corollary

• The Warsaw Pact

What did the Soviets do in 1957 that shocked Americans and prompted them to begin pouring money into their own space program?

• they launched Sputnik

• they created the world's first hydrogen bomb

• they sent a U-2 plane over the United States

• they fired SAMs (surface-to-air-missiles)

What law provided an opportunity for returning soldiers to get a college education paid by the government?

• Executive Order No. 9066

• The Smith-Connally Act

• The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

• Servicemen's Readjustment Act (GI Bill)

The Fair Deal was an ambitious economic program

• opposed by President Truman.

• proposed by President Truman.

• proposed by President Eisenhower.

• started by FDR.