U.S History- Pearson Topic7 Postwar America (1945-1960)

Why was the outcome of the Berlin Airlift such a propaganda victory for the West?

• The West was seen as protecting a city from starvation at the hands of the Soviet Union

• The United States established Radio Free Europe to counter Soviet propaganda

• The success of the Berlin Airlift showed that the West could defeat the Soviet Union

• Western powers proved that they were better organized than the Soviet Forces.

In the controversy surrounding the proliferation of nuclear weapons, why did some American scientists oppose developing the hydrogen bomb?

• It was not as strong as the atomic bomb

• The Soviet Union had launched the Sputnik satellite

• The Soviets were about to develop a hydrogen bomb

• They feared that this would lead to an arms race.

Why did the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings have such a chilling effect on filmmakers "freedom of speech"?

• Filmmakers stopped making movies altogether for a few months

• Filmmakers began making science fiction films about alien invasions

• Filmmakers were afraid to make movies about controversial social topics

• Filmmakers had to show movies to the committee before they could be screened in theaters

What social disruptions of the wartime period may have brought about the desire to return to family life and traditional gender roles in the 1950s?

• The war effort had encouraged migrations of workers within the country

• The war had divided families and brought women to fill men's jobs in the factories

• The war effort had encouraged migrations of workers to other countries

• A religious revival in the 1950s made organized faith based groups more powerful

Eased the return of WWII veterans by providing education and employment aid

• Red Scare

• GI Bill of Rights

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

A list of names specifically in Hollywood, of people who should not be hired because of their reputations politically.

• Blacklisted

• GI Bill of Rights

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

A policy that gave millions of dollars to Turkey and Greece to fight communism

• Blacklisted

• GI Bill of Rights

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

What happened first?

• WWII

• Korean War

• Industrial Revolution

• Vietnam War

The 1957 launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union embarrassed the United States because it

• allowed the Soviets to place missiles in Turkey

• revealed that the Soviets had nuclear weapons

• appeared that the United States had failed to keep up in scientific achievement

• confirmed the United States use of U-2 spy planes

One of the main effects of the passage of the Interstate Highway Act of 1956 was the expansion of

• ridership on long-distance passenger trains

• immigrant populations

• interstates within the USA

• the airline industry