1950's

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

What did M.A.D. stand for?

• Mutually Assured Destruction

• Mass Attack Death

• Military Air Defense

• Mobile Air Defense

What did the 38th parallel separate?

• Korea
• Vietnam
• Berlin
• Hungary

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 does NATO stand for?

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• North American Trade Organization
• Northern Alliance Trade Origins
• Native American Tribal Organization

What country was the head of the Warsaw Pact?

• Germany
• Soviet Union 
• China
• North Korea

For what crime were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg found guilty and put to death?

• perjury
• murder
• espionage
• embezzlement

During the 1950's most Americans were scared of

• Communists taking over America
• Nuclear war with the Russians
• Losing the space race to the Russians
• All of these