Early Cold War & the 1950s Vocabulary Quiz

What was the U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War that focused on stopping the spread of communism?

• Containment
• Open Door Policy

• Anti-Communist Policy

• McCarthyism

The ​ (a)   was the result of the opposing ideologies of the superpowers, the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The United States supported ​ (b)   , while the Soviet Union supported ​ (c)   .

• Cold War
• capitalism
• communism

This term means accusing someone of being communist even when there is no evidence.

• McCarthyism

• Containment

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

The ________ questioned actors, directors, writers, and others about their communist sympathies in Hollywood.

• Warsaw Pact
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• House Un-American Activities Committee

Soviet actions in Eastern Europe resulted in what Winston Churchill described as a/an ________ falling over that region as communication and trade were cut off between the East and the West.

• Cold War
• Containment
• Berlin Wall
• Iron Curtain

The United States entered the ______ as a part of containment when the north tried to unify the country under their communist government.

• Korean War
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• Berlin Airlift

• Warsaw Pact

The U.S., Canada, and 10 Western European countries formed a military defense alliance, the ​ ​ (a)   , where each country agreed to defend every other member if attacked. In response, the Soviet Union formed the ​ (b)   in 1955 with its satellite nations.

• Soviet Alliance
• Warsaw Pact
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• North American Team Organization

When the Soviet Union launched ​ (a)   in 1957, the ​ (b)   began between the United States and the Soviet Union.

• Cold War
• Sputnik
• Space Race
• NATO

The _______ allowed veterans to either purchase a home or go to college after World War II.

• House Un-American Activities Committee
• Baby Boom
• Suburbs
• Servicemen's Readjustment Act

The _______ was the rapid increase in population that occurred during the economic prosperity after World War II.

• Servicemen's Readjustment Act
• House Un-American Activities Committee
• Suburbs
• Baby Boom