early cold war

Question 0

the truman doctrine initially wanted to aid which two “threatened” states:

Answer 0

greece and turkey

Question 1

according to containment, america proposed to solve problems through

Answer 1

economic support

Question 2

what were the result of the berlin airlift

Answer 2

1. stalin realized he could not unify germany
2. east and west germany were firmly established
3. west germany saw the need to make its capital bonn, germany

Question 3

effects of launching of sputnik

Answer 3

calls for more funding for science ed in america

Question 4

the marshall plan adopted policies toward communist countries that

Answer 4

offered assistance to the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellites, but they refused

Question 5

after wwii, middle-class americans overwhelmingly expressed the desire to

Answer 5

establish prosperity after 15 years of depression and war

Question 6

american Cold War policy was largely shaped by the following except:

a. marshall plan
b. truman doctrine
c. executive order 9066
d. long telegram

Answer 6

c. executive order (this was the evacuation of japanese)

Question 7

Joseph stalin was especially adamant about controlling this country to provide a buffer zone between the USSR and Western Europe

Answer 7

poland

Question 8

effects of the baby boom in the 1950s

Answer 8

fueled the economy

Question 9

a consumer culture appeared in the 1950s because of all the following developments except:

a. the creation of credit cards and easy payment plans
b. an increased ability of advertisers to create demand for new products
c. the connection between television and the marketing of new goods
d. fear of a nuclear attack and desire to be prepared

Answer 9

d. fear of a nuclear attack and desire to be prepared

Question 10

Levittown represented a change toward

Answer 10

affordable homes in american suburbs

Question 11

how did the possible atomic in 1950s cause effect?

Answer 11

1. nuclear testing- new environmental and health problems
2. rivalry between US and USSR produced beginning of arms race
3. both USSr and US tested enormously powerful hydrogen bomb
4. us and USSr rivalry threatened safety of the world

Question 12

The GI bill was geared toward helping veterans in the areas of

Answer 12

housing and education

Question 13

the economic expansion of the 1950s and early 1960s was caused by

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1. rise in family incomes
2. increase in birth rate
3. rapid expansion of the suburbs

Question 14

major goal of truman’s fair deal

Answer 14

improve economic benefits for working people

Question 15

the US refused to support the british, french and israelis in the 1956 suez invasion becaue

Answer 15

it feared the arab nations would become allies of he Soviet Union

Question 16

this Wisconsin senator was leading reason the red scare of 1950s by accusing people of being communsits:

Answer 16

Joseph McCarthy

Question 17

Many nations in _____ were forced to become communist and enter the Soviet Union

Answer 17

easter europe

Question 18

by 1949, all but a few countries in this region were hard line stalinist regimes

Answer 18

Eastern Europe

Question 19

who coined the phrase “iron curtain”

Answer 19

churchill