civilrightsocialstudies

Question 1

Interstate Highway System

Answer 1

Created by President Eisenhower with the power of automation in the 1950s

Question 2

Baby Boom

Answer 2

A huge rise in births after WWII that resulted in 76 million new births

Question 3

Satellite Nations

Answer 3

puppet governments” in neighboring nations set up by the Soviet Union

Question 4

Mao Zedong

Answer 4

fought for communism in China, and eventually became their nation’s leader

Question 5

Julius & Ethel Rosenberg

Answer 5

the couple that were executed for spying & giving atomic secrets to the Soviets

Question 6

Joe McCarthy

Answer 6

made a list of people accused of being communist

Question 7

Francis Gary Powers

Answer 7

shot down flying a U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union

Question 8

The U.S. promise

Answer 8

Never invade Cuba & remove our missiles from Turkey

Question 9

What was the Berlin Airlift?

Answer 9

U.S. flew food/supplies into West Berlin because Stalin sealed it off

Question 10

What does HUAC mean?

Answer 10

House Un-American Activities Committee

Question 11

What was the purpose of the U2?

Answer 11

secret CIA aircraft to take detailed photos of Soviet Union

Question 12

M.A.D

Answer 12

Mutual assured destruction

Question 13

Leader of U.S forces during the Korean War

Answer 13

General Douglas MacArthur