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US History 1945-1960

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After WWII, most of the power in the world was split between which two countries?

a)

U.S. & Great Britain

b)

China & U.S.

c)

U.S. & Soviet Union

d)

U.S. & Canada

2.

The soviet Union was a ______________country.

a)

communist

b)

capitalist

c)

communal

d)

philosophical

3.

In capitalist countries like the U.S., _________________________of businesses and property powers the economy.

a)

government ownership

b)

unorganized

c)

wealthy ownership

d)

private ownership

4.

The U.S. and the Soviet Union competed for control of the world's politics in a conflict called____________________.

a)

The Atomic Race

b)

The Nuclear War

c)

The Cold War

d)

The Soviet War

5.

What was the name of America's foreign economic recovery strategy?

a)

Molotov Plan

b)

Truman Doctrine

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

Containment Plan

6.
Truman had the policy of __________ toward Communism
a)
Appeasement
b)
Containment
c)
Expansion
d)
Eradication
7.
The Soviet Union countered NATO by creating
a)
Soviet Union
b)
SATO
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
Eastern Bloc
8.

Who was President of the United States at the beginning of the Cold War?

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Josef Stalin

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Harry Truman

9.
Why was the United States involved in the Berlin Airlift?
a)
to airlift food to the people of West Berlin
b)
to bomb East Berlin
c)
to demolish the Berlin Wall
d)
to transport people out of East Berlin
10.
Why did the United States become involved in the Korean War?
a)
to contain communism
b)
to colonize Korea
c)
to spread communism
d)
to Christianize Koreans
11.
Where was Korea divided?
a)
18 parallel
b)
34 parallel
c)
38 parallel
d)
15 parallel
12.
Who made the statement "An Iron Curtain has descended across the continent"?
a)
President Roosevelt
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
President Harry Truman
13.
Which country did the U.S. send military aid to during the Korean War?
a)
North Korea
b)
South Korea
c)
Germany
d)
Japan
14.
Who was the Senator who started rumors of the Red Scare?
a)
John F. Kennedy
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Neil Armstrong
d)
Joseph McCarthy
15.
Which country was Nikita Khrushchev the leader of in the 1950's?
a)
United Stated
b)
France
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Germany
16.
Why is the Cold War called a "cold" war?
a)
The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world
b)
The war was fought during winter months only
c)
Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers
d)
There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers
17.
What does NATO stand for?
a)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
b)
North American Trade Organization
c)
Northern Alliance Trade Origins
d)
Native American Tribal Organization
18.
The dividing line between Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War was called _________________.
a)
The Iron Curtain
b)
The Iron Bars
c)
The Steel Curtain
d)
The Iron Road
19.
What was the beginning of the arms race between the U.S. and Soviet Union?
a)
Soviets detonated an A-bomb in 1949
b)
Germany using an atomic weapon in WWII
c)
The United States destroying its nuclear arsenal
d)
Cuban Missile Crisis
20.

This group made headlines for investigating communist influence in the movie industry in 1947

a)

HUAC

b)

Loyalty Review Board

c)

McCarran Internal Security Act

d)

Cold War

21.

This was the era where people were randomly being accused of being communist with little or not proof; named after the Senator from Wisconsin.

a)

McCarthyism

b)

McCarran Internal Security Act

c)

HUAC

d)

Loyalty Review Board

22.

This was the nickname given to the "unfriendly" witnesses who refused to testify during the HUAC's investigation of the movie industry.

a)

Hollywood Ten

b)

HUAC

c)

McCarthy

d)

Loyalty Review Board

23.
What was the name of the towns built in the 1950s?
a)
Levittowns 
b)
McCarthtytowns
c)
HUACs
d)
Marshall Mansions 
24.
the practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information.
a)
Esponage
b)
Earnest
c)
Information Gainers
d)
Espionage
25.
A race to achieve the nuclear weapon superiority
a)
Arms Race
b)
Nuclear Race
c)
Nuclear Arms
d)
Nuclear Arms Race
26.

Where did middle-class people move to after World War II?

a)

suburbs

b)

cities

c)

farms

d)

mountains

27.

Who did the GI bill help?

a)

women

b)

African Americans

c)

veterans

d)

farmers

28.

What did the GI Bill do?

a)

provide resources to veterans to go to college and buy a house

b)

allow soldiers to leave the military early

c)

give families of veterans free medical care

d)

allow veterans to get a free car

29.
The Fair Deal was an economic program proposed by President Truman. 
a)
true
b)
false
30.
With more money to spend and an increased number of products to buy, ____ became an American way of life.
a)
consumerism
b)
social conformity
c)
planned obsolescence
d)
a 40-hour work week
31.
WWII general who later became president. Put forth the domino theory.
a)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
b)
Harry S. Truman
c)
John F. Kennedy
d)
Richard Nixon
32.
Under Eisenhower, the interstate highway system was expanded to 41,000 miles allowing motorists to travel easily and allowed for troop movement and evacuation routes.
a)
Interstate Highway Act
b)
War Powers Act
c)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
d)
25th Amendment
33.
Mixture of blues, country and pop.  Became American music.  Heavy rhythm, simple melodies and lyrics featuring love, cars and problems of being young.  Loved by teenagers hated by adults.  Helped to cause the “generation gap.”
a)
Rock 'n' Roll
b)
Jazz
c)
Country
d)
R&B
34.

Joseph McCarthy, HUAC, and a fear of Communism harming the US best describe-

a)

The Red Scare

b)

1950s Economic Prosperity

c)

The Cold War

d)

The Truman Doctrine

35.

What was the name given to an unprecedented population explosion due to soldiers returning home from WWII and settling into family life? It created the largest generation in US History.

a)

Planned Obsolescence

b)

Baby Boom

c)

Conformity

d)

White Flight

36.

What image shows what the "ideal woman" of the 1950s looked like?

a)
b)
c)
d)
37.

Which are effects of Americans buying more cars in the 1950s?

a)

Interstate Highway Act: more highways were built

b)

Car culture: people did everything in their cars (ex. drive in theaters & restaurants)

c)

Small towns along older highways were abandoned.

d)

All of the above

38.
What was the "domino theory"?
a)
Fear of the spread of capitalism
b)
Fear that if one Southeast Asian country fell to communism they all would
c)
Fear of not having enough food to survive then all other countries relying on you for food would not have enough either
d)
all of the above 
39.

What was a long-term result of the creation of an interstate highway system?

a)

Led to the passage of the GI Bill.

b)

Caused a decline in the automobile industry.

c)

Improved relations with Canada and Mexico.

d)

Supported the growth of American businesses

40.
The name of the first successful Soviet Satellite 
a)
Sputnik 
b)
Vanguard 
c)
Flopnik
d)
Stayputnik 

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