1950's Cold War Quiz

The hysteria over the "threat" of Communism during the Cold War was known as:

• Red Scare

• McCarthyism

• Poverty Rate

• Mass Consumerism

People that dissented with mainstream politics during the 1950's were often:

• Executed

• Promoted

• Blacklisted

• Suburbanized

With disposable income and the GI Bill, many white Americans fled to _______ after WWII

• Rock & Roll

• Suburbs

• White Flight

• Dissent

While not legally prevented from accessing it, most African Americans did not benefit from the:

• Baby Boom

• Mass Consumerism

• Rock & Roll

• G.I. Bill

The huge system of production and marketing that pushes the purchasing of goods and often wasting resources for profit is:

• Dissent

• Affluency

• Mass Consumerism

• Blacklisting

Following WWII, many women were confined again to:

• The labor force

• The home

• The Cold War production effort

• White Flight

Following WWII, the population quickly increased due to a:

• Red Scare

• Baby Boom

• Mass Consumerism

• Middle Class

The large middle class that emerged after WWII had _______ to spend on goods and services.

• civil liberties

• communism

• disposable income

• poverty

The proportion of people living with less than a certain amount of income is the:

• Blacklisting

• Red Scare

• Suburbs

• Poverty Rate

Advertising took advantage of Cold War politics by using ideas of _______ to help sell goods.

• Communism

• Democracy

• Rock & Roll

• Consumerism