1950's Cold War

Which piece of legislation pledged to financially help countries trying to resist communism?

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Monroe Doctrine

How did the US respond to the Soviet blockade of Berlin?

• The US tore down the Berlin Wall

• The US supported the United Nations and their peace keeping efforts

• The US shut down transportation to East Berlin

• The US organized an airlift of supplies to West Berlin

Which of the following is a true statement about the 1950s?

• Fewer children were born

• People traveled less

• People enjoyed increased prosperity

• People purchased fewer consumer goods

Increased automobile production and highway construction led to

• A mass migration of African Americans

• Increased migration from urban areas to suburbs

• The growth of sharecropping practices

• A reduced need for manual laborers

US foreign policy to stop the spread of communism was called

• Isolationism

• Containment

• Expansionism

• All of the above

How did the US react to the launching of Sputnik in 1957?

• Establish a naval blockade of Cuba

• Urge Americans to buy more war bonds

• Increased federal spending on math and science education

• Started the SALT talks

Today McCarthyism is used to describe the practice of what?

• Removing members of congress for abusing power

• Investigating corrupt civil service employees

• Accusing people of subversive activities without evidence

• Using illegal means to obtain evidence

A large increase in the # of births in proportion to the size of the population is called

• Baby Boom

• Suburbia

• GI Bill

• All of the above

What accusations did Senator McCarthy make that helped him build his power?

• Congress was weak

• Communist were influencing the government

• American academic achievement was declining

• The US could not improve its race relations

Jonas Salk developed the _______ vaccine that will fully eradicate the paralysis disease.

• Polio

• Covid

• Malaria

• Yellow Fever