Post WWII and Cold War Vocabulary Test

Where did middle-class people move to after World War II?

• suburbs

• cities

• farms

• mountains

Why was there a baby boom after World War II?

• Many babies were born after soldiers returned home

• Less babies were born after soldiers returned home

• Many babies were adopted from overseas

• Children were forced to work in factories

Who did the GI bill help?

• women

• African Americans

• veterans

• farmers

What did the GI Bill do?

• provide resources to veterans to go to college and buy a house

• allow soldiers to leave the military early

• give families of veterans free medical care

• allow veterans to get a free car

What are suburbs?

• cities near the coast

• areas outside of cities

• underground bomb shelters

Peacekeeping body of nations

• United Nations

• Satellite Nations

• Clemency

• Marshall plan

effort to block Soviet influence by making alliances and supporting weaker nations

• containment

• brinkmanship

• warsaw pact

• foster dulles

u.s. policy of sending aid to any nation trying to prevent a communist takeover

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall plan

• Berlin Act

• Cold war

program under which the US gave economic aid to rebuild post war Western Europe

• Marshall plan

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• Mao Zedong

• HUAC

In what year was Sputnik launched?

• 1945

• 1954

• 1957

• 1969

• 1973