Cold War & 1950s

What did the invention of the television help spread?

• News

• Popular Culture

• Knowledge of Amendments

• Civil Rights

This held elected officials accountable to their actions

• Referendum

• Recall

• 22nd Amendment

• Initiative

This allowed the US to get passed a Soviet blockade

• Berlin Wall

• Berlin Airlift

• Tanks

• Jeeps

What did the creation of the Transcontinental Railroad lead to?

• Louisiana Purchase

• Settlement of the frontier

• Passage of the Dawes Act

• Interstate Highway Act

What did Jonas Salk create that eradicated polio in America?

• Mandatory quarantining

• Cure for polio

• Polio Vaccine

• New ways to package food to stop the spread

The influence of African American music styles, such as rhythm & blues illustrated what?

• Emergence of hip hop

• Emergence of techno

• Emergence of the Kardashians

• Emergence of rock n' roll

When Sputnik (First artificial satellite) was launched, how did the US respond?

• Gov. funded math and science

• Gov. funded history and science

• Gov. funded PE and lunch

• Gov. funded binocular purchases

The housing boom, new industries, and military spending all led to what in the 1950s?

• Economic prosperity

• Economic decline

• Weaker military

• More land for growth

Initiative, referendum, and recall all encouraged people to do what in the democratic process?

• Participate

• Stop caring

• Buy war bonds

• Support only one political view

This distributed economic assistance to several European countries.

• The Marshall Plan

• The Interstate Highway Act

• Treaty of Paris

• 22nd Amendment