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1950’s Cold War
1) Which of the following is a result
because of the other three?
a. Economic recovery in East Berlin was
slow
b. The East German government built a
wall dividing the city
c. A steady flow of refugees entered
Western Berlin from Eastern Berlin
d. Russia takes control of East Berlin
2) Which of the following types of gov’ts has
total control over people’s lives?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Communism/Socialism
Democracy
Totalitarianism
Monarchy
3) Which of the following is a cause for
the other three effects?
a) America initiated a plan to aid the
recovery of Europe
b) America began a policy of containment
c) America gave aid to Greece
d) America joins NATO
4) What type of Gov’t controls all industries
and is a classless society?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Communism
Democracy
Totalitarianism
Monarchy
5) What city did the Berlin Airlift drop food
and other supplies in?
a)
b)
c)
d)
West Berlin
East Berlin
Poland
West Germany
6) Senator Joseph McCarthy is best known
for his involvement in
a) the war effort of the 1940s
b) the Red Scare of the 1950s
c) the Civil Rights movement of the
1960s
d) the political scandals of the 1970s
7) In the case of Brown v. Board of
Education, U.S. Supreme Court decided
that
a) Separate educational facilities are
unequal and unconstitutional
b) Separate educational facilities are
equal and constitutional
c) Separate educational facilities are
equal and Unconstitutional
d) None of the above
8) What did the Truman Doctrine state?
a) Economic and Military aid to stop
Communism to anyone
b) A foreign policy of Neutrality
c) One billion dollars in aid to Europe
d) America joins Warsaw
9) Which of the following causes the
other three effects to happen?
a) Soviet forces occupied most of Eastern
Europe, during WWII
b) Eastern European countries became
satellites of the Soviet Union
c) Soviet Union established communist
control over Eastern Europe gov’ts
d) Russia takes control of East Berlin
10)The GI Bill Of Rights was started to?
a) Pay for ex-soldiers college education
b) To prevent drastic Unemployment
c) Give benefits included low-cost
mortgages, low-interest loans to
start a business
d) All of the above
11) The Cold War began when
a) Russia began to dominate Eastern
Europe after WWII
b) Truman tried to assassinate Joseph
Stalin
c) Truman tried to invade Cuba
d) Russia changed their name to the
Soviet Union
12) The United States became a Powerhouse
after WWII because?
a)
b)
c)
d)
The Atomic Bomb
America home land was left unscathed
America had superior factories
All of the above
13) Why did Joseph McCarthy’s mad WitchHunt come to an end?
a) McCarthy tried to Bully the President’s
Lawyer
b) McCarthy tried to bully the Army’s
Lawyer
c) McCarthy was arrested for violating the
Bill of rights
d) McCarthy was arrested for violating the
Smith act
14) Who was the first Black baseball
player?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Larry Doby
Josh Gibson
Jackie Robinson
Ken Griffey jr.
15) How did the U.S.
Congress respond
to the “emergency”
referred to in this
cartoon?
a. It repealed the 18th
amendment.
b. It passed the
Marshall Plan.
c. It approved the Good
Neighbor Policy.
d. It ratified the Treaty of
Versailles.
16) What amendment was created to limit
a president to two terms?
a)
b)
c)
d)
12th
25th
20th
22nd
17) What was the Peacekeeping organization
that any country could join after WWII?
a)
b)
c)
d)
League of Nations
Warsaw
United Nations
CIA
18) Which political trend characterized the
era of McCarthyism?
a) the effort to end the welfare system
b) the willingness to provide political
asylum to persecuted communists
c) the effort to transform the United
States into a society based on civil
equality
d) the use of false accusation of
communism as a weapon against
political opponents
19) What was an important cause of American
prosperity post-World War II period?
a) most American married couples postponed
having children in order to work longer.
b) American producers faced less
competition because of destruction in
Europe and Asia.
c) women remained in the workforce in order
to increase American production.
d) the elimination of poverty through federal
programs increased demand and
stimulated production.
20) Population increases that resulted from
the baby boom of the 1950s and 1960s
contributed to a
a)
b)
c)
d)
housing surplus
drop in immigration
reduction in government services
rise in demand for consumer goods
21) This photograph
shows the post-World
War II growth that was
typical of
a) tourist resorts
b) suburban
communities
c) inner cities
d) public housing
projects
22) Which development BEST reflects the
economic prosperity of the United
States after the Second World War?
a)
b)
c)
d)
the northern migration
the Civil Rights movement
the Beatnik movement of the 1950s
the growth of suburbia and
consumerism
23) Most opponents of the Senate hearings
led by Senator Joseph McCarthy during
the 1950s argued that these investigations
a)weakened the armed forces of the
nation
b)violated the Bill of rights of many
people
c)undermined the powers of the
president
d)encouraged the spread of
communism
24) The Montgomery Bus boycott took
place in what state?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Mississippi
Arkansas
Alabama
Georgia
25) A goal of the Marshall Plan (1948)
was to
a) rebuild Japan after World War II
b) provide military aid to the Warsaw
Pact
c) establish a Pan-American military
alliance system
d) provide economic aid to European
nations threatened by communism
26) The Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan,
and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) were all part of the foreign policy
of
a)
b)
c)
d)
Isolationism
Détente
Colonialism
Containment
In 1948 this flight pattern
illustrated in the diagram was
designed to allow an airplane
to land every three minutes.
Why was this operation
undertaken?
a) to enable a rapid
withdrawal of troops from
a war-torn city
b) to deploy substantial
invasion forces
c) to provide supplies to a
blockaded city
d) to rescue thousands of
stranded political refugees
28) A major reason the United States
became involved in the Korean War was
the
a) threat of communism spreading
throughout Asia
b) need to prevent war between China
and the Soviet Union
c) demand by the United States for
Korean natural resources
d) desire to limit Japanese expansion
29) Which statement best summarizes the
outcome of the Korean War?
a) North Korea made minor gains in the south
but lost territory in the north to China.
b) A majority of North Koreans fled southward
causing a collapse of the North Korean
government.
c) North and South Korea remained divided
at the 38th parallel, just as they had been
before the war.
d) Korea was reunited under a coalition
government consisting of both Northerners
and Southerners.
30) How did the formation of the United
Nations resemble the formation of the
League of Nations?
a)it was created to prevent the spread
of communism
b)it was set up to promote international
efforts to stop World Wars
c)it was intended to prevent another
global Great Depression
d)it was boycotted by both the United
States and the Soviet Union