1950s test

1. Security within the United States became an issue of great concern during the Cold War. Check the box beside ALL of the factors that indicate a concern on the part of the United States with their security at home during the Cold War. (Read carefully on whether it was 1950's or 1920's....your answers should be during Cold War time period)

• Meeting of the special House Un-American Activities Committee
• Blacklisting of those who refused to testify before a Congressional Committee
• Indicting Julius and Ethel Rosenberg on charges of spying for the Soviet Union
• Senator McCarthy's investigation of various federal government departments
• Palmer Raids arresting people accused of plotting to overthrow the government

2. After World War II, what two nations emerged as world superpowers with more industrial and military strength than other countries?

• A. Great Britain and France
• B. Soviet Union and Germany
• D. Soviet Union and the United States

3. Immediately after WW2, the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union became strained primarily because ____________

• a. The US used military force in Korea
• b. the Soviet Union was blocked from joining the United Nations by the U.S
• c. each country believed that the other one was a threat to its security

4. This picture shows the construction of a ____________

• a. playground
• c. bomb shelter
• d. Pantry

5. In 1949, the Soviets tested their first atomic bomb. This struck fear around the world due to the fact that the two main super powers were beginning to stockpile weapons of mass destruction. In the 1950’s, both countries began to develop and stockpile new weapons of mass destruction due to advances in new technology. This began in 1952, when the United States tested the _____________ at the Bikini Atoll islands in the Pacific.

• a. Hydrogen Bomb
• b. Atomic Bomb
• d. Stealth Bomber

6. Winston Churchill campaigned after WW2 accusing the Soviet Union of trying to take over countries of Eastern Europe by creating a buffer zone of communist influence. Churchill referred this line of influence that separated the free western Europe from the non free eastern Europe as ____________

• b. The Liquid Wall
• c. The Berlin Wall
• d. The Iron Curtain

7. Source A shows which of the following? (See Picture Below)

• a. The partition of Germany into Soviet and democratic occupation zones after WWII
• b. The effects of the Holocaust and Zionism in Europe
• c. The results of the domino theory and the growth of Asian satellite states

8. Based on Source A, which of the following is MOST LIKELY true?

• A. West Germany was communist, while East Germany was democratic.
• B. West Germany was democratic, while East Germany was communist.
• C. Great Britain did not control a zone of occupation in Germany.

10. Which of the following organizations replaced the League of Nations in 1945, with a purpose of serving as an international organization to prevent future wars and settle global conflicts?

• a. European Economic Community (EEC)
• b. Marshall Plan
• c. United Nations

11. The Truman Doctrine was originally designed to ____________

• A. stop the use of nuclear weapons
• B. contain communism by giving aid to Greece and Turkey
• C. use the United Nations as a tool to eliminate threats posed by the Soviets