The Cold War I
How did the US plan to handle the Soviet Union and Communism?
Containment
Why was General MacArthur fired?
He wanted to use nuclear weapons on China after they joined the Korean War
He wanted to use all of the forces of the US military to end the Korean War
He criticized President Truman's decision to not listen to him
All of these answers are correct
All of these are correct
T/F: During the 1950's, people began moving out of the suburbs and into cities
False
President Eisenhower followed President Truman's goals in all of these except:
Expanding social security
Expanding unemployment services
Raising minimum wage
National health insurance
National health insurance
T/F: The US was the first country to land men on the moon
True
Who launched the first satellite?
Soviet Union
What organization replaced the League of Nations?
United Nations
PC: The Eastern and Western alliances created during the Cold War were called
Nato
Warsaw
What caused schools to create "duck and cover drills" and people to build fallout shelters in their backyard?
The Soviet testing of the more powerful H-Bomb
Did minorities share in the prosperity of the 1950's?
No
PC: In what two ways did the 1950's create a different kind of young adult than before?
Teens had disposable income
Teens started to be able to see and hear the same media nationally
President John F. Kennedy expanded spending into these new fields for the US government except?
Space exploration
Mining advancements
Women's rights
The mentally disabled and mental health
Mining Advancements
What was the issue in Poland After World War II?
There were two governments that claimed to rule Poland
The Truman Doctrine was a pledge to
Fight the spread of Communism world wide
Joseph McCarthy became a popular politician because
He claimed to have a list of 205 communist Senators and Representatives in Congress
PC: The Baby Boom is due to what three reasons?
People could finally start families after WWII and Korea
The government encouraged the growth of families by offering generous GI benefits
Popular culture celebrated pregnancy, parenthood, and large families
What entertainment industry diffused American culture across the world?
Movie
What was Eisenhower's strategy to stop war?
Brinkmanship
What did the Declaration of Liberated Europe do?
Allow all countries to create democracies and their own governments through free elections
The Korean War started over
The invasion of South Korea by North Korea
The US used what organization to place democratic governments in developing nations?
CIA
What was the Red Scare?
A time period when Soviet spies were revealed to be in the American government
What was the most famous TV show from the 1950's?
I Love Lucy
Everything except this happened during John F. Kennedy's presidency
Bay of Pigs
Destruction of the Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall construction
Cuban Missile Crisis
Destruction of the Berlin Wall
Why did the Cold War begin?
The Soviet Union refused to allow countries on its western border to be anything but communist
The Marshall plan did what?
Gave aid to European countries to help rebuild after the war
Which President pushed for a growth in interstate highways
Eisenhower
What was an unintended consequence of the White Collar job shift?
The elimination of clerical work
Who was the most famous music artist of the 1950's?
Elvis Presley
PC: Lyndon B. Johnson created these two forms of healthcare to provide for those in poverty
Medicare
Medicaid
What is a Satellite Nation?
nations politically and economically dominated or controlled by another more powerful country
What was the Iron Curtain?
The political and military barrier that isolated Soviet-controlled countries of Eastern Europe after World War II
The Eisenhower Doctrine extended the Truman Doctrine to what part of the world specifically?
The Middle East
Lyndon B. Johnson declared a war on...
Poverty
What created the Generation Gap in the 1950's?
Rock and Roll
What is Juvenile Delinquency?
antisocial or criminal behavior of young people