HUSH Topic 8 Cold War and the 1950s Review

President Truman’s decision to help South Korea after it was invaded by communist North Korea was based on the U.S. policy of

• massive retaliation

• containment

• Brinkmanship

• Americanization

What was the result of the 1953 cease-fire in the conflict between North and South Korea ?

• South Korea took all of Korea

• North Korea took all of Korea

• 38th parallel division, North remains Communist

Mutually assured destruction was the idea that

• all nations are under pressure because of the superpowers’ arms race.

• building a military is better than an arsenal.

• military nuclear tests harm the areas in which they are conducted.

• Contain communism with force before it gets out of hand

The Eisenhower administration transformed the American landscape forever by

• funding highway construction.

• maintaining national parks.

• building up the military to fight regional conflict

• Passing progressive Civil Rights movements

The 1950s spending habits represented a time of

• Cold War fears

• postwar prosperity

• military spending

• New camera technology

People across the United States watched the same TV shows, saw the same movies, and bought the same products in the 1950s. The result was a

• mass movement out of urban areas and into the suburbs.

• national mass culture with the same hobbies and interests across the country.

• backlash across the country as people demanded more customized experiences.

• Phase of rebellion and alienation

Some people criticized the conformity and materialism of the 1950s. One group of artists and writers who did this were known as

• rock-and-rollers

• the Hollywood Ten.

• Beatniks.

• Poodle Skirt girls

As Americans who could afford it moved out of cities into the suburbs, working-class and minority groups in urban areas continued to face discrimination and

• Poverty

• Americanization

• consumerism.

• Assimilation.

Which of the following events was the cause of the Berlin Airlift?

• The U.S. and Britain fly supplies into Berlin.

• The Allies occupy Berlin at the end of World War II.

• Stalin insisting on keeping Poland as a satellite nation

• Stalin blockades West Berlin.

Truman concerned of communism spreading, provide military funding to susceptible nations, advocating for containment with a policy known as ________________.

• the Marshall Plan; that there were Soviet-supported revolutionaries sowing discord in the Americas

• the Truman Doctrine; that the Soviets were trying to spread communism to Western Europe and East Asia

• the Berlin airlift; that assistance would make it possible to reunite East and West Berlin

• the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; that collective security would not be effective in Europe