Cold War Test Prep

After WWII, what nation threatened that Communisms would take over the world?

• Soviet Union (USSR)

• Japan

• Germany

• United States

What was a possible positive outcome of the rise in productivity during the 1950s?

• inflation

• strikes

• elimination of poverty

• Cold War

What action did Congress take to help veterans when they returned from WWII?

• The GI Bill

• The Fair Deal

• The Federal Highway Act

• the draft

What did The Marshall Plan, the Berlin Airlift and the Truman Doctrine all have in common?

• They led to the Cold War

• They ended WWII

• They failed to pass Congress

• They aimed to contain Communism

Why did workers go on strike in the late 1940s?

• inflation - they wanted wages to go up too

• high unemployment

• end child labor

• to shorten working hours

Suburban workers bought ____________ so that they could commute.

• televisions

• nuclear bunkers

• cars

• rock and roll records

Why did the United States join the UN war effort in Korea?

• to contain Communism

• To expel Germany from Korea

• to support Communist forces

• to end the Berlin Airlift

What group of Americans received loans and unemployment benefits as a result of the GI Bill?

• African Americans

• WWII veterans

• Native Americans

• Teenagers

What ocean is EAST of the United States?

• Arctic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

Why does the U.S. flag have 13 stripes?

• There were 13 original colonies

• There are 13 states today

• There were 13 Revolutionary War heroes

• There were 13 Native American groups