Post WWII American Figures

Who was the US Senator who called out communists in the US government?

• Joseph McCarthy

• Joseph Stalin

• Adolf Hitler

• Douglas McArthur

How many government employees were called out for being communists by McCarthy?

• 109

• 57

• 32

• 49

What percentage of Americans lived in poverty after WWII?

• 20% (appx 1/5)

• 32% (appx 1/3)

• 45% (a little less than half)

• 15% (appx 1/6)

Which countries did the Truman Doctrine provide aid to to help counter the USSR?

• Greece and Italy

• Austria and Romania

• Turkey and Iran

• Greece and Turkey

The trends in this list all occurred as a result of

• an increase in immigration after World War II.

• the creation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

• reductions in peacetime defense spending.

• economic prosperity following World War II.

How much did suburbs expand in the 50s

• 50%

• 35%

• 15%

• 2%

Fear of the spread of Communism here in the US was called:

• The Fair Deal

• The Red Scare

• Nativism

• The Cold War

WWII ends with an allied victory and the atomic bomb makes the U.S. the world's only super power

• 1941

• 1945

• 1946

• 1950

In the "ideal" American family dynamic of the 1950s, what was the role of men?

• To take care of the children

• To work and earn money for the family

• To sleep and rest in order to best serve the

• To take care of the home

Who was convicted for being a Soviet spy in the US Government?

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Douglas McArthur

• Whittaker Chambers

• Neville Chamberlain