Beginning of Cold War and 1950s

As a result of the GI Bill, many returning soldiers

• received a year of unemployment to be able to have time to find a job

• decided to make a career in the military

• attended college

• received awards and bonuses for their wartime service

In his book, The Other America, Michael Harrington wrote about (a)  

• the Rosenberg trial
• the red scare
• poverty and racism
• the generation gap

To prevent Communists from staging revolutions within developing countries, Eisenhower used

• brinkmanship

• massive retaliation

• embargoes

• covert operations through the CIA

Truman said the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan were essential for

• containment

• world economy recovery

• world peace

• American prosperity

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were charged with

• passing atomic secrets to the Soviets

• plotting to overthrow the U.S

• being Communist Party members

• planning acts of terrorism

At the Potsdam conference, the United States wanted to allow Germany's economy to recover. What did the Soviet Union want to happen?

• Germany must be Communist

• Germany must be divided

• Germany must make reparations

• Berlin must be placed under Soviet control

The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to

• punish Germany for World War II

• prevent Germany from rearming

• keep Communist countries weak

• help Western Europe recover after WWII

When the United States, Great Britain, and France merged their zones in Germany, the Soviet Union responded by

• threatening to declare war

• building the Berlin Wall in East Germany

• blockading West Berlin

• organizing a military alliance

Which of the following contributed to the fear and paranoia during the Red Scare of the 1950s?

• The invention of the hydrogen bomb

• The prevalence of McCarthyism

• The policy of “Brinkmanship”

• The increasing rates of consumerism in the United States

The Korean War resulted in

• An entirely communist Korea

• The USSR developing their first atomic bomb

• The rise of Communist China

• Containment of communism in its existing boundaries