Topic 8 - Test Review

To prevent developing nations from allying themselves with the Soviet Union or falling to Communist uprising, President Eisenhower decided to use

• Economic Embargoes

• the Truman Doctrine
• the Monroe Doctrine
• Secret CIA operations

The Korean War began when

• South Korea invaded North Korea
• China invaded North Korea
• Japan invaded South Korea
• North Korea invaded South Korea

What documents revealed the names of Americans who spied for the Soviet Union?

• Venona Papers
• Watergate Scandal
• Manhattan Project
• Cambridge Five

The House Un-American Activities Committee targeted the Hollywood Ten because

• Of their alleged involvement with the Communist Party.

• They were involved in a major scandal unrelated to politics
• They were leading advocates for civil rights
• They were known for their exceptional acting skills

Rock music originated  in the gospel and blues traditions of what group?

• African American communities
• Latin American communities
• Asian communities
• European communities

Fear of mutually assured destruction kept the Soviets and Americans from doing what?

• Signing a peace treaty
• Engaging in nuclear war
• Launching a joint space mission
• Sharing military intelligence

Who were Ethel and Julius Rosenberg?

• American citizens executed for espionage
• Explorers who discovered Antarctica
• Inventors of the first computer
• Famous actors from the 1950s

What organization did the Soviet Union create in response to the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?

• Moscow Agreement
• Berlin Pact
• Warsaw Pact
• Eastern Bloc Alliance

Who moved where during postwar America in the 1950s?

• White Americans moved to the suburbs

• Asians moved away from the West Coast

• African-Americans moved to the suburbs

• Americans moved to the moon

The United States gave billions of dollars in aid to Western Europe

• Warsaw Pact
• Truman Doctrine
• NATO
• Marshall Plan