U.S. HISTORY GSE 20 & 21 Cold War

The original purpose of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was to (20a)

• prevent another world war.

• create free trade between all nations.

• limit pollution and the exploitation of natural resources.

• provide for a defense pact against possible Soviet aggression.

Which word best describes the U.S. policy towards communism in the 1950s and 1960s? (20a)

• appeasement

• containment

• elimination

• indifference

This editorial cartoon MOST likely refers to (20b)

• the Voting Rights Act.

• Plessy v. Ferguson.

• the Twenty-sixth Amendment.

• Brown v. Board of Education.

The primary purpose of the Marshall Plan was to (20a)

• aid the economic recovery of war-torn Europe.

• stop the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia.

• set up a military alliance of anti-communist nations.

• end the rift between the United States and the Soviet Union.

) In the early 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy earned national attention by (20b)

• supporting national desegregation efforts.

• almost winning multiple Presidential elections.

• falsely accusing many people of being communists

• challenging the President’s decision to use atomic weapons.

The Truman Doctrine of the late 1940s was (20a)

• a plan for the peaceful use of atomic energy.

• aimed at a peaceful settlement in the Middle East.

• a plan for general disarmament following World War II.

• the U.S. policy of offering military aid to countries threatened by communism.

Levittown was an important part of what post-World War II issue? (20b)

• suburban sprawl

• nuclear pollution

• civil rights movement

• anti-Vietnam War protests

The truce agreement that stopped the fighting in the Korean War in 1953 (20a)

• made North Korea and South Korea a united country.

• left North Korea and South Korea divided at the 38th parallel.

• placed North Korea and South Korea under United Nations control.

• required North Korea and South Korea to form democratic governments.

The creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958 was a direct result of (20c)

• the Cuban Missile Crisis.

• the successful launch and orbit of Sputnik I by the USSR in 1957.

• the need for high-altitude aircraft capable of spying on the Soviet Union and Cuba.

• competition with communist China over the development of long-range nuclear missiles.

How did Harry Truman's presidency impact the civil rights of Black Americans during the late 1940's and early 1950's? (20b)

• During Truman's presidency, Black Americans experienced an increased level of discrimination and racism.

• Civil rights for Black Americans decreased during Truman's administration due to his segregationist policies.

• Black Americans experienced an improved level of civil rights, including the desegregation of the military and the federal government.

• Harry Truman's presidency had little effect of the civil rights of Black Americans because of his administration's focus on foreign affairs.