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Ch13/14 Early Cold War/1950s

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mark all that were U.S. goals after WW2.

a)

Rebuild European economy

b)

Economic growth by increasing world trade

c)

Spreading democracy and capitalism in the west

d)

NATO meets every year.

2.

The 1st meeting between U.S. and Russia after WW2 took place here. Stalin promised to hold democratic elections in Poland but failed to do so.

a)

Yalta Confrence

b)

United Nations

c)

Potsdam Confrence

d)

Warsaw Pact

3.

Confrontation, competition, tension between the USA and the Soviet Union from 1948-1990 was called the (a)   .

4.

This country was split into 4 zones, all controlled by different countries.

(England, France, U.S. and U.S.S.R.).

Later we combine and have West and East.

a)

Japan

b)

Germany

c)

Italy

d)

Poland

5.

Communist countries of eastern Europe that stalin used as a buffer around the Soviet Union.

a)

Iron Curtain

b)

Berlin airlifts

c)

Satellite nations

d)

containment

6.

Symbolic idea that there is a heavy division/separation between western and eastern Europe

a)

Iron Curtain

b)

Lead Wall

c)

Metal Curtain

d)

Iron Wall

7.

USA's goal to keep communism at its current borders and not let it expand using any means necessary. This concept is known as

a)

Containment

b)

Restriction

c)

Protection

d)

National Security

8.

Giving money to any country threatened by communism to strengthen military and provide jobs

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Marshall Plan

c)

Yalta Confrence

d)

United Nations

9.

To help western economies recover quickly, the USA offered money to any country in Europe that wanted it (even satellite nations)

a)

Truman Doctrine

b)

Marshall Plan

c)

Yalta Confrence

d)

United Nations

10.

USA sent cargo planes w/ airdrops to west (a)   for 11 months w/ food, medical supplies, coal since Stalin blockaded city from Western countries.

11.

After WW2 and during Cold War this organization was formed....the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, democratic countries led by USA

a)

NATO

b)

SEATO

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

Marshall Plan

12.

After WW2 and during Cold War this organization was formed....Soviet Union communist alliance with satellite nations

a)

NATO

b)

SEATO

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

Marshall Plan

13.

The "Forgotton War" is commonly refered to what war during the Cold War, lasted 1950-1953.

a)

Vietnam War

b)

Korean War

c)

WW2

d)

China War

14.

In Asia, this country fell to communism in 1949. It was a huge suprise to the world and made Truman look bad.

a)

Korea

b)

China

c)

Japan

d)

Philippines

15.

During the Korean War, this country was communist and backed by U.S.S.R.

a)

North Korea

b)

South Korea

c)

China

d)

Japan

16.

During the Korean War, this country was a democracy and backed by USA.

a)

North Korea

b)

South Korea

c)

China

d)

Japan

17.

After the Korean War, this degree of the line of latitude was set as the permanent border between North and South Korea.

(a)  

18.

War fought to achieve limited objective and don’t use full military arsenal (atomic bombs etc.) is called

a)

war

b)

limited war

c)

military build-up

d)

proxy war

19.

When US citizens feared a communist takeover and used accusations that ruined the lives of many ordinary people

a)

Red Scare

b)

Cold War

c)

McCarthyism

d)

Loyality Review Program

20.

This government progam screened all federal employees to see if they had communist ties

a)

House of Un-American Activities Committee

b)

Loyalty Review Program

c)

Hollywood 10

d)

Red Scare

21.

Gov’t organization that investigates fascism and communism in America

a)

House of Un-American Activities Committee

b)

Loyalty Review Program

c)

Hollywood 10

d)

Red Scare

22.

NY couple arrested for being communists and giving secret information to Soviet Union to make atomic weapons.

a)

Alger Hiss

b)

Hollywood 10

c)

Rosenbergs

d)

Joseph McCarthy

23.

This man was an accused communist in our government, it led to a huge scandal, people fear communism has infiltrated USA gov’t

a)

Alger Hiss

b)

Hollywood 10

c)

Rosenbergs

d)

Joseph McCarthy

24.

This person used the communist hysteria for his own use by making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper evidence

a)

Alger Hiss

b)

Rosenbergs

c)

Joseph McCarthy

d)

Hollywood 10

25.

This law made it legal to arrest anyone “viewed” as a communist during a national emergency

a)

McCarran Internal Security Act

b)

McCarthyism

c)

Marshall Plan

d)

HUAC

26.

The new H-Bomb (hydrogen) was the new weapon that led to the "Arms Race" between the US and USSR.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Have as many bombs as possible, that way you could scare the other country without actually having to use them

a)

Arms Race

b)

Massive Retaliation

c)

Missle Race

d)

Cold War

28.

Radioactive ash after explosion of bomb

a)

fallout

b)

duck and cover

c)

H-Bomb

d)

shelter

29.

Eisenhower's plan- threatened to use military violence if communist country tried to invade anyone by nuclear attack.

a)

brinksmanship

b)

Massive Retalliation

c)

H-Bomb

d)

Space Race

30.

the name of the 1st satelite in space, Soviet

(a)  

31.

Willingness to go to the edge of war to force the other side to back down

a)

brinksmanship

b)

Massive Retalliation

c)

H-Bomb

d)

Space Race

32.

This U.S. agency was formed to beat the Russians to the moon and in space.

a)

FBI

b)

CIA

c)

NASA

d)

ICBM

33.

This U.S. agency was formed to prevent communist uprisings in other countries

a)

FBI

b)

CIA

c)

NASA

d)

ICBM

34.

Richard Nixon, Eisenhower's Vice President gave a speech denying all illegal activities in named what famous speech?

a)

Checkers Speech

b)

Chess Speech

c)

Monopoly Speech

d)

Kelso Speech

35.

Provided loans to veterans from WWII and Korea to boost economy and avoid a depression

a)

GI Bill

b)

Federal Highwat Act

c)

Fair Deal

36.

A person owns one and runs one or more stores of a chain operation

a)

Franchise

b)

Co-owner

c)

Corporation

d)

Laizze Faire

37.

suit jobs, didn’t get dirty, desk jobs, indoors, needed an education, got paid more

a)

Blue collar

b)

White collar

c)

Yellow collar

d)

Red collar

38.

physical manual labor, work with your hands on the assembly line, low skilled jobs

a)

Blue collar

b)

White collar

c)

Yellow collar

d)

Red collar

39.

1940s-1950s increase in the birth rate

Tied to the economy, people can afford to have children

a)

Baby Boom

b)

Infant Explosion

c)

Tolder Terror

d)

Baby Bananza

40.

LEVITTOWNS were mass produced suburban homes

For whites only

a)

True

b)

False

41.

Mark the most common forms of MASS MEDIA in the 1950s.

a)

Radio

b)

Television

c)

Internet

d)

Telephones

42.

(a)   was a popular rock musician, crossed over into mainstream America, king of rock-n-roll

43.

Cultural separation between kids and parents. Parents grew in Depression, kids in post war economic prosperity.

a)

Generation Gap

b)

Beatniks

c)

Generation Loss

d)

Boomers

44.

This movement involved White Young teens- 20s, going against the norms of society

a)

Beat Movement

b)

Rock n Roll Movement

c)

Women's Rights Movement

d)

NASA

45.

"Beatniks" were people who participated in the beat movement, “beaten down” by American culture, unconventional lifestyle

a)

True

b)

False

46.

A figure set by the government to reflect minimum income needed to support a family

a)

Poverty Line

b)

White Flight

c)

Bracero Program

d)

Termination Policy

47.

 Took away reservation land of 107 tribes to assimilate into American society

a)

Poverty Line

b)

White Flight

c)

Bracero Program

d)

Termination Policy

48.

Mark all that apply to the "causes" of the rise of juvenile delinquency in the 1950's society.

a)

lack of religion

b)

rock n roll

c)

movies

d)

divorces at home

e)

no discipline at home