Development in the Post-War World

What does this photograph indicate about the United States in the 1950s?

• Extraordinary steps were taken to hide atomic weapons.

• The nation had become the only nuclear superpower.

• Much fear was created by the Cold War.

• Only government officials would be safe in a nuclear attack

What was one similarity between the Red Scare following World War I and the Cold War following World War II?

• Fear of communism led to the suppression of the civil liberties of some Americans.

• Large numbers of Russian revolutionaries settled in the United States.

• Congressional investigations proved that the Federal Government was heavily infiltrated by Communist spies.

• Renewed fighting between wartime enemies was a constant threat.

Which factor is most closely associated with McCarthyism?

• buildup of Soviet missiles in Cuba

• fear of communist influence in the United States

• rise of the Communist Party in China

• creation of the Warsaw Pact by the Soviet Union

“I have here in my hand a list of 205 . . . a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department. . . . which is resulting in a moral uprising and will end only when the whole sorry mess of twisted, warped thinkers are swept from the national scene so that we may have a new birth of honesty and decency in government.”

Joseph McCarthy, February 1950

What was one way in which the government responded to both the Red Scare of the 1920s and McCarthyism of the 1950s?

• used the House Committee on Un-American Activities

• reduced the fear of Communists influence in the United States

• proved the Federal Government was heavily infiltrated by Communist spies

• ignored the constitutional rights of people suspected of un-American activity

During the Cold War, what bill did the U.S. Congress pass to provide financial assistance to western European countries?

• Truman Doctrine

• Open Door Policy

• Marshall Plan

• Domino Theory

What policy implemented in the Cold War said the U.S. would give military aid to a country that needed to resist communism?

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Domino Theory

• Open Door Policy

During the Cold War, what policy did the U.S. follow to stop the spread of communism?

• Open Door Policy

• Big Stick Policy

• Containment Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

What happened as a result of the launch of Sputnik in 1957?

• It started the space race between the USSR and U.S.

• The U.S. government started NASA.

• U.S. began to spend more money on math and science to maintain national security.

• All of the above

During what Cold War event did the U.S. bypass a Soviet blockade in Germany without provoking a military conflict?

• Berlin Airlift

• Vietnam War

• Watergate Scandal

• Bataan Death March

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, what did President J.F. Kennedy do when he heard that the Soviet Union was constructing nuclear missile sites in Cuba.

• He launched a nuclear missile at the Kremlin in Moscow.

• He gave into the demands of the Soviet & Cuban government.

• He ordered a naval blockade around Cuba to prevent Soviet ships from bringing the necessary materials.

• He declared war on the Soviet Union & Cuba.