Cold War and 1950s Test Review 2024

What was the main purpose of the Berlin Airlift?

• To provide military and economic aid to contain the spread of communism

• To deliver supplies to West Berlin during the Soviet blockade

• To establish the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

• To develop the interstate highway system

The changes described in this list contributed most directly to --

• a decline in home ownership rates

• a rise in the number of business failures

• a decrease in federal employment opportunities

• an increase in consumer spending

Answer explanation

If more people have jobs, production is up, AND wages are going up, people have MORE money to spend.

The committee mentioned in this statement was investigating suspected members of the --

• Communist Party

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Navajo Code Talkers

• Flying Tigers

Answer explanation

If you see Cold War or House Un-American Activities Committee, you should think: fear of communism, investigations, accusations of treason

The launch of Sputnik I intensified Cold War tensions and caused the -

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

• 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

• Soviet Union to threaten Europe with nuclear attack if Soviet airspace was violated

Answer explanation

Sputnik was a satellite launched 1st by the Soviets which meant America was behind in tech & needed to work hard in order to catch up.

Truman said the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan were essential for

• containment

• world economy recovery

• world peace

• American prosperity

The "Iron Curtain" of which Churchill spoke of symbolically

• threatened Soviet Union power in Europe

• enforced the agreements made at the Tehran Conference

• upheld the virtues of a liberated Europe

• separated the Communists dominated countries of Eastern Europe from the Western democracies

What happened as a result of the increase in U.S. births that began in 1942

• the decline of family farming

• The spread of new diseases

• The reduction of defense spending

• The growth of suburbs

What is a consequence of suburbia

• Increase in housing prices

• increased demand for automobiles

• increased deforestation

• Increase urban decay

Which policy guided U.S. opposition to this declaration?

• Containment
• Peaceful coexistence
• Constructive engagement
• Deterrence

What was the name for the 1955 alliance of Soviet-dominated countries of Eastern Europe  that were the counterpart to the western alliance?

• NATO
• Warsaw Pact
• European Alliance
• Iron Curtain