Cold War

1. What were the defining characteristics of the Cold War?

• Communism, containment, arms race, Red Scare, Space Race

• Economic instability, Unemployment, Breadlines, Poverty

• Pearl Harbor, Navajo Code Talkers, Women working in factories, Atomic bombs, internment camps, concentration camps

• Temperance Movement, Women’s Suffrage Movement, and outlawing child labor

What foreign policy guided American presidents to stop the spread of communism?

• Dawes Act

• Containment

• Homestead Act

• Vietnamization

What American policy provided Western European countries financial assistance so they could recover from WWII?

• Containment

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Chinese Exclusion Act

Which individual/group contributed to the Red Scare and accused American citizens of being communists?

• Nativists

• Venona Papers

• McCarthy/HUAC

• Palmer Raids

What happened as a result of the launch of Sputnik in 1957?

• Palmer Raids

• Red Scare

• Arms Race

• Space Race

During what event did the U.S. bypass a Soviet blockade without provoking a military conflict?

• Berlin Airlift

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Sputnik

• Arms Race

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, what did JFK do when he heard that the Soviet Union was constructing a missile site in Cuba?

• Embargo

• Naval Blockade

• Sanctions

• War

How did the G.I. Bill help cause economic prosperity in the U.S. during the 1950s?

• Gave Veterans Social Security

• Draft

• Made Veterans fight

• Gave Veterans money for college and houses

After WWII, what happened to the population of the U.S.?

• It increased because of the Baby Boom

• It decreased because of rationing

• It increased because of the suburbs

• It decreased because of unemployment

What did those in the counter-culture do when the government escalated deployment of troops in Vietnam and implemented a draft?

• Supported the war

• Go to war

• Protests/mass demonstrations

• Danced all night long