1950s Quiz

Which two countries did the U.S. give military aid to and was the first test of The Truman Doctrine and containment?

Which person is credited with the start of the Second Red Scare?

• Harry Truman

• A. Mitchell Palmer

• Joseph McCarthy

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

Match the following

• The United States and European Allies

• Warsaw Pact

• Economic aid to Europe

• Marshall Plan

• Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc

• NATO

The Nuclear Arms race between the Soviet Union and the United States acted as ​ a​ (a)   ​ of nuclear war.

• deterrent
• cause

True or False: Joseph McCarthy had abundant evidence that led to the arrest of 1000s of suspect Communist spies.

• True

• False

Which of the following became the national motto in the 1950s.

• In God We Trust

• E Plubis Unum

• God Bless America

• 956 Cuh!

Match the following

• Launch of the first artificial satellite by the Soviet Union

• GI Bill

• Provided benefits to World War II veterans

• Levittowns

• Suburban housing developments in the post-World War II era

• Sputnik

• Expansion of the American highway system

• Interstate Highway Act