Topic 8 Test Postwar America (1945-1960) Cold War Era

The primary goal of the U.S. Containment policy after WW II was to?

• limit the use of atomic bomb and other nuclear weapons

• end colonialism in Africa and Asia

• stop the spread of Soviet Union influence in the world

• bring German and Japanese war criminals to Justice

What was the term 'Iron Curtain' used to describe the division of?

• North and South Vietnam

• East and West Asia

• North and South Korea

• East and West Europe

Why did the United States become involved in the Korean War?

• President Truman wanted to unify Korea into one nation

• General Mac Arthur had a plan to overthrow Communist Chine

• Americans felt Korea was beyond the boundaries of the U.S. Containment Policy

• American leaders felt it was important to resist Communist aggression

Trends of the 1950's

*Expansion of the middle class

*Development of the Interstate Highway System

*Growth of the suburbs

The above trends is a result of what?

• increase in immigration after World War II

• creation of the Dept of Housing and Urban Development

• reduction in peacetime defense spending

• economic prosperity following World War II

The first satellite in space launched by the Soviet Union in 1957 sparked?

• The Cold War with the U.S.

• Soviet aggression in Eastern Europe

• American fears that the Soviets had achieve technological superiority

• Disarmament between the Superpowers that were members of the NATO

What were the defining characteristics of the Cold War?

• Expansion of national borders by imperialistic European powers

• Growth of nuclear arsenals in the United States and Soviet Union

• Implementation of isolationist foreign policies in Britain & China

• Rapid industrialization of Southeast Asian countries

What foreign policy guided American presidents during the Cold War to stop the spread of communism?

• Open Door Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Big Stick Policy

• Containment

What individual/group contributed to the Red Scare and accused American citizens of being communists?

• Martin Luther King & Black Panthers

• Jane Addams & Settlement Houses

• Joseph McCarthy & HUAC

• Cesar Chavez & United Farmworkers Union

Which of the following resulted from McCarthyism during the 1950's?

• Membership in the U.S. Communist Party increased.

• U.S. citizens were arrested for being suspected communist.

• Recruitment procedures for the U.S. military branches were reformed.

• U.S. diplomats began to express dissenting political viewpoints more freely.

The launch of Sputnik 1 intensified the Cold War tensions and caused the

• Soviet Union to move missiles and warships to Cuba in order to threaten the United States

• United States to send troops and aid to East Berlin to free it from Soviet control

• Soviets to threaten Europe with nuclear attack if Soviet airspace were violated

• United States to increase spending on technology and weapons to compete with the Soviet Union