Cold War and 1950s Culture Review

Who was the President of the United States from 1945-1953?

• Joseph Stalin

• Harry Truman

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Douglas MacArthur

Which cultural phenomenon of the 1950s celebrated cars and the open road?

• Brinkmanship

• Car Culture

• Rock and Roll

• Baby Boom

What invention revolutionized home entertainment and became a major cultural influence in the 1950s?

• HUAC

• Television

• Radio

• Nintendo

What term is used to describe the division of Berlin into separate communist and non-communist sectors?

• East and West

• Truman Doctrine

• North and South

• Soviet Union

What legislation provided education and other benefits to World War II veterans?

• HUAC

• GI Bill

• NATO

• Space Race

Who was the American senator who led an anti-communist crusade in the 1950s?

• Fidel Castro

• Joseph Stalin

• Julius Rosenberg

• Joseph McCarthy

What international organization was founded in 1945 to promote peace and prevent future world wars?

• United Nations

• NATO

• League of Nations

• Sputnik

What was the massive coordinated effort by Western nations to deliver supplies to West Berlin during the Soviet blockade?

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Nuremberg Trials

• Berlin Airlift

• Korean War

Who were the American citizens executed for espionage in 1953?

• Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

• Joseph McCarthy and Alger Hiss

• Harry Truman and Douglas MacArthur

• Nikita Khrushchev and Lyndon Johnson

Who was the American government official accused of being a Soviet spy in the late 1940s?

• Fidel Castro

• Alger Hiss

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy