The Cold War Era the Early Years Unit Test

Throughout the Cold War the US is afraid of the spread of Communism. To prevent this the US will adopt a foreign policy of:

• Isolationism
• Containment
• Imperialism
• The Big Stick Policy

During what conference was it decided that Germany would be divided into east and west?

• Yalta Conference
• Munich Conference
• Potsdam Conference
• Nuremberg Trials

At the Yalta Conference the Allies decided that European nations should:

• Hold free elections to choose their own style of government
• All become communist nations
• Be controlled solely by the United Nations
• Sign the Warsaw Pact

This country was established in the Middle East in 1948 to allow Jewish refugees to make a home. The Arab nations will not recognize this nation. This country is:

• Palestine
• Germany
• Lithuania
• Israel

All of the following were examples of pop culture from the Cold War era except:

• Television
• Elvis Presley
• I love Lucy
• the invention of the telephone

North Korea and South Korea remain divided at this line of latitude prior to and after the Korean War:

• 36th
• 83rd
• 38th
• 54th

The "separate but equal" doctrine established by the Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson upheld the legality of?

• women's suffrage (voting rights) in state elections
• the activities of the KKK
• racial segregation in public facilities
• restrictions on voting rights of African Americans

The institution of slavery was formally abolished in the US by:

• The Emancipation Proclomation of 1863
• Creation of the Freedmen's Bureau
• The Compromise of 1850
• The ratification (passing) of the 13th amendment in 1865

. In the 1800's, the Great Plains region of the US was characterized primarily by:

• Vast expanses of native grasses
• exceptionally high amounts of annual rainfall
• heavily wooded forests covering most of the area
• an extensive system of navigable rivers

The "Clear and Present Danger" principle stated by the Supreme Court ruling in Schenck v. The US had the effect of:

• Prohibiting the president from implementing a military draft
• preventing the wartime interment of citizens
• restricting the formation of defense alliances
• limiting freedom of speech during war time