451-450

Question 1

Attended by Truman/Stalin/Churchill to discuss occupation of both Germany and Japan; declared Japan surrender or be destroyed

Answer 1

Potsdam Conference (1945)

Question 2

Russian Spies in the US

Answer 2

Got in big trouble for supplying information to the Soviets (1948 & 1950)

Question 3

Created the CIA, National Security Council, reorganized the military under one Department of Defense head

Answer 3

National Security Act (1947)

Question 4

Created to oppose the spread of Communism in SE Asia after France’s withdrawal from Indochina

Answer 4

Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) (1954-1977)

Question 5

Russian Satellite launched into space in 1957

Answer 5

Sputnik

Question 6

War of words caused by differences in economic and political beliefs between US and USSR
Churchill says “Iron Curtain” has been dropped between West Europe and Soviet’s Eastern Europe

Answer 6

Cold War (began 1946)

Question 7

Described operations by Army Engineers to design an atomic bomb, directed in Los Alamos, New Mexico

Answer 7

Manhattan Project (1942-1945)

Question 8

Britain, France, and Israel invade Soviet-controlled Egypt to gain control of the Canal; Eisenhower forces them to withdraw

Answer 8

Suez Canal Crisis (Egypt, 1956)

Question 9

Thirty Fourth President; Signed truce to end Korean War; completed integration of military forces; gave movement to the desegregation movement

Answer 9

Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)

Question 10

Growth of the Suburbs (1940s-1950s)

Answer 10

People move away from cities following WWII
Causes mass production of cars, road system, and better living conditions
“White Flight” as whites move to suburbs; “Levittown” creates inexpensive houses

Question 11

Challenged “separate but equal” ruling from Plessy v. Ferguson
Held that separate was inherently unequal and instructed states to integrate

Answer 11

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Question 12

Causes of the Vietnam War (1954)

Answer 12

Vietnam divided by Comm. North, led by Ho Chi Minh, and the S, supported by US
Viet Cong attempted to overthrow SAIGON
S. Vietnam asks Kennedy for aid to fend off the Comm.s

Question 13

Communist-friendly leader of Cuba; signed agreements with Soviets for trade, US breaks relationships with Cuba

Answer 13

Fidel Castro (1959)

Question 14

Proposal that the US must bolster the deeds of free people resisting communism; supported “Containment” as a response to the Cold War

Answer 14

Truman Doctrine (1947)

Question 15

Russians shoot down this in soviet airspace

Eisenhower admits to spying on soviets

Answer 15

U-2 Spy Plane (1960)

Question 16

Didn’t give up her bus seat in 1955

Answer 16

Rosa Parks

Question 17

V-E Day & V-J Day

Answer 17

Victory in Europe Day

Victory in Japan Day (officially ended WWII) (Both in 1945)

Question 18

Group of artists and writers who rejected traditional artistic and social forms; influences included psychedelic drugs and Eastern beliefs, such as Zen Buddhism

Answer 18

Beat Generation (1950s)

Question 19

Attempted invasion of Cuba by CIA-trained Cuban Refugees; goal was to overthrow Fidel Castro; invasion failed due to refused air support

Answer 19

Bay of Pigs (1961)

Question 20

Soviet-Controlling N. Korea invades S. Korea; MacArthur pushed N. Koreans back across 38th parallel; China sends troops to fight UN; Truman removes MacArthur, Cease-fire and armistice in 1953

Answer 20

Korean War (1950-1953)

Question 21

Barrier erected by the East German govt. to separate E & W Berlin; E under Comm. with W in western control

Answer 21

Berlin Wall (1961)

Question 22

Allies designated Western Germany to be free from Communism; US lifted supplies for more than ten months into the city, forcing removal of the blockade in 1949

Answer 22

Berlin Airlift (1948)

Question 23

Under the act, interstate highway system was expanded to 41,000 miles, signed by Eisenhower

Answer 23

Federal Highway Act (1956)

Question 24

First civil rights act since Reconstruction; stimulated by Brown v. Board of Education and civil rights activism; made sure voting rights of African-Americans were not violated

Answer 24

CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957

Question 25

Recovery Program paid by America and Allies to rebuild Europe; helped support strong European economy and stable politics to resist communism

Answer 25

Marshall Plan (1947)

Question 26

Allowed for collective self-defense against the Soviet threat in the North Atlantic region; fall of Soviet Union expanded membership

Answer 26

NATO (1949)

Question 27

NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

Answer 27

Formed in 1910 by W.E.B. Dubois to stop segregation; disapproved of radial groups such as SNCC and Black Panthers

Question 28

Purpose was to reduce management-labor disputes and to reduce unfair labor practices; part of anti-communist crusade

Answer 28

Taft-Hartley Act (1947)

Question 29

American spy plane discovers Russian missile sites in Cuba; Kennedy blockaded Cuba and demanded that the soviets remove the missile bases and all long-range weapons, stating that attack would be retaliated; lead to NUCLEAR TEST BAN (1963)

Answer 29

Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

Question 30

A "Marshall Plan" for latin America; provide aid to help region resist communism

Answer 30

Alliance for Progress (1961)

Question 31

CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)

Answer 31

Founded by James Farmer to advocate non-violence, sponsored 1961 Freedom Rides

Question 32

Meeting of the Big 3 to talk about post-WWII plans; Germany to be divided into American, British, French, and Soviet Zones

Answer 32

Yalta Conference (1945)

Question 33

Representative body of nations that wished to resolve global issues; has five permanent members (US, Br, Fr, Ru, Ch) and six that rotate

Answer 33

United Nations (1945)

Question 34

Created as a partial reaction to the Suez Canal Crisis; committed forces and economic aid to the Middle East to stop communist threats

Answer 34

Eisenhower Doctrine (1957)

Question 35

Civil Rights Movement incidents

Answer 35

Emmett Till murder "Sit Ins" at white-only lunch counters March from Selma to Birmingham for voting rights (sparked 1965 Voting Rights Act right after)

Question 36

Thirty-Fifth President; TAX REFORMS, educational aid, emphasis on space program; raised minimum wage; approved bay of pigs; established Peace Corps in 1961; led through Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 36

John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)

Question 37

Claimed to have detailed info on Communists within State Department; was never able to prove Communists were within any govt. agency

Answer 37

Joseph McCarthy (Early 1950s)

Question 38

Thirty-Third president; decided to drop bombs on Japan; banned racial discrimination in federal hiring and armed forces; TRUMAN DOCTRINE institutes "containment" against communism

Answer 38

Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)

Question 39

Proposal by Truman to extend the New Deal for the new era; increased minimum wage and social security extends to more

Answer 39

Fair Deal (1948)

Question 40

Invented in the 1930s, owned by over 40 million homes by 1960

Answer 40

Television (1950s-1960s)