2020 Cold War/Civil Rights

Who of the following is considered a baby boomer? 

• Soldier who fought in WW2
• Person born before WW2
• Person born right after WW2
• Person whose father worked in the defense industry 

"McCarthyism" was a term that came to signify:

• A paranoid fear of communism 
• An irrational fear of nuclear war 
• Concerns about economic growth 
• The growth of the defense industry 

Which of the following resulted from McCarthyism during the 1950s?

• Membership in the US Communist Party increased
• US Citizens were arrested for being suspected communists
• Recruitment procedures for the US military branches were reformed
• US diplomats began to express dissenting political viewpoints more freely

What program aided the rebuilding of Western Europe?

• Truman Doctrine
• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
• Marshall Plan

The Truman Doctrine's main goal was to:

• Contain communism
• Provide weapons to democratic countries
• Destroy communism
• Provide collective security

How did the United States respond to the Soviet Union’s Berlin blockade?

• airlifted supplies to the people of Berlin
• withdrew its troops from Germany
• sent troops into the Soviet zone of Germany
• built a wall between East Berlin and West Berlin

Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?

• The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world
• The war was fought during winter months only
• Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers
• There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers

What was the Iron Curtain?

• the boundary between Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe
• the boundary between the United States and Mexico
• the boundary between the United States and Mexico
• the wall dividing East and West Berlin

What war ended in a stalemate?

• Vietnam War
• Korean War
• Civil War
• World War II

The Cold War was mainly focused on the U.S and their fight against ___.

• Socialism
• Fascism
• Communism
• Exorcisms