Cold War and 1950s Review Sheet 20232024

The Baby Boom refers to-

• a demographic change that led to an increased demand for housing after World War II

• a migration pattern that increased the number of middle-class Americans in northern cities

• a population decrease in the Southern and Western farm communities

• a demographic change that led to the construction of unregulated tenement housing in the cities

• a generation of children who suffered from measles and polio before the invention of vaccines

McCarthyism-

• led to the deportation of hundred of foreign radicals from Eastern Europe

• refers to a group of writers who refused to conform to traditional values

• describes a situation where innocent people are accused of crimes without evidence

• led to the arrest of thousands of communist spies who had infiltrated the U.S. government

• was created to limit the expansion of Soviet influence in Europe

Critics of Joseph McCarthy and HUAC primarily claimed that-

• the investigations were useless because no one in the United States supported communism

• communism would benefit the American economy so it should be encouraged

• the United States government should form an alliance with the Soviet Union

• the government violated individual liberties, especially the First Amendment

• immigrants with radical viewpoints about the government should be deported

the House of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was-

• a group of Congressmen investigated suspected communist activities during the Red Scare

• a group of military leaders who planned the invasion of Normandy during World War II

• a group of artists and writers who refused to conform to traditional values and beliefs in post-War America

• a group pf communist spies who infiltrated the Manhattan Project

• a group of Congressmen who ordered the creation of a federal agency in charge of space exploration

Which was NOT something the Servicemen's Readjustment Act (G.I. Bill) offered to veterans?

• low mortgage rates (home loans)

• free college education

• low interest rates on business loans

• free housing in the suburbs

In what year did the Soviet Union launch Sputnik?

• 1945

• 1957

• 1969

• 1991

• 1937

In what year did the U.S. land a man on the moon?

• 1929

• 1929

• 1945

• 1957

• 1969

The dramatic decrease in diseases such as polio and the measles was the result of-

• the availability of free health care

• the creation of Social Security

• the development of vaccines

• the space race between the U.S. and Soviet Union

• the Baby Boom after World War II

What occurred because of the demand for larger houses and more use of the automobile?

• urbanization

• growth of the suburbs

• migration to farm communities

• a drop in immigration to the U.S.

• the popularity of public transportation systems

How did NSC-68 shape foreign policy during the Cold War through the 1960's?

• it called for an increase in military spending and an aggressive containment policy

• it recommended the state and local governments enact loyalty boards to expose communists in Western Europe

• it enacted a policy of detente, or relaxing of tension between the U.S. and Communist nations

• It encouraged the U.S. to take a leadership role in the United Nations