1950s Test Review

Shortly after World War II, the Cold War developed mainly as a result of the

• the United States refusal to send economic aid to European nations

• Soviet control of Eastern European countries

• competition to go to outer space

The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan are attempts by the United States to deal with the

• spread of communism

• skyrocketing inflation

• nuclear arms race

• space race

Senator Joseph McCarthy was most closely concerned with issues related to

• Conformity

• the Red Scare

• Civil Rights

• the Military

An action that was consistent with the Cold War mentality was the

• creation of loyalty reviews to screen government employees

• reduction in military defense spending

• elimination of the CIA

• passing the GI Bill

In the years just after World War II, the United States attempted to prevent the spread of communism in Europe mainly by

• taking over the governments of  Western European countries

• increasing opportunities for refugees

• holding a series of summit meetings with leaders of the Soviet Union

• giving financial and military aid for European countries

In the United States the McCarthy Era of the early 1950’s was a period of

• severe economic depression

• widespread support for groups promoting international unity

• persecution of people suspected of holding Communist political views

• great growth in art, literature, and music

What was the outcome of Senator Joseph McCarthy’s search for Communists within the United States 1950s?

• Thousands of American citizens who believed in communism were sent to internment camps

• The reputations of many people were ruined by false accusations of disloyalty

• Many high-ranking government officials were exposed as spies of the Soviet Union.

• groups of Communists began a wave of violent political terrorism.

The baby boom primarily resulted from the

• economic prosperity of the 1920s

• Great Depression of the 1930s

• delay in marriages during World War II

• counterculture movement of the 1960s

In the 1950s, the Levittown development near New York City symbolized the rapid postwar growth of ______, single-family-house neighborhoods.

• urban

• suburban

• rural

• none of these

In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to

• protect civil rights marchers

• help African Americans register to vote

• enforce the desegregation of Little Rock High School

• end race riots resulting from a bus boycott