Period 8: Cold War 1945-1980

Question 1

During trumans admin, there was a rise of ______

Answer 1

civil rights

Question 2

The political practice of publicizing accusations of disloyalty or subversion with insufficient regard to evidence

Answer 2

Mcarthyism

Question 3

US policy of contaning communism

Answer 3

Containment

Question 4

US gave aid to Greece and Turkey, to help countires already fighting comm.

Answer 4

Truman Doctrine 1947

Question 5

helped Europe rebuild after WWII

Answer 5

Marshall Plan 1947

Question 6

Why did we want to rebuild Europe after WW2?

(WHY MARSHALL PLAN??

Answer 6

poor countries are susceptible of communist takeover

Question 7

NATO

Answer 7

an intergovernmental military alliance

Question 8

Eastern europe and the soviet union form an alliance

Answer 8

Warsaw Pact

Question 9

What happened in the Korean war?

Answer 9

North Korea invaded South Korea

Question 10

NASA was created under the:

Answer 10

Eisenhower Administration

Question 11

the US and the Soviet Union to achieve superior spaceflight capability.

Answer 11

The Space Race

Question 12

communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States

Answer 12

Vietnam War

Question 13

created to divide Vietnam into communist north and democratic south

Answer 13

Geneva Accords

Question 14

Vietcong

Answer 14

communist organization in South Korea

Question 15

Plessy V Ferguson

Answer 15

upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine

Question 16

nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union on the island of Cuba

Answer 16

Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 17

Bay of Pigs

Question 18

Bay of Pigs

Question 19

Failed Cuban overthrow of Castro

Answer 19

Bay of Pigs

Question 20

ruled that separate facilities denied kids equal protection under the law

Answer 20

Brown V. Board of Education

Question 21

Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955

Answer 21

Rosa Parks arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man

Question 22

made it easier for veterans returning home from WWII to get loans to buy houses, new jobs, etc.

Answer 22

GI Bill and FHA

federal housing administration

Question 23

Levvittowns

Answer 23

homes made by William Levitt: cheaper and faster

Question 24

Technological advancements such as:

Answer 24

tv, microwave, refrigerators, washing machines, music, cars

T-Model (FORD)

Question 25

What did women do after WW2 (after replacing mens jobs during the war)?

Answer 25

went back to the home to be the “perfect” houswife

Question 26

Watergate Scandal

Answer 26

Nixon resigns before being impeached