Post-War America Flashcards
Who were Ethel and Julius Rosenberg?
a. two of the Hollywood Ten
b. cartoonists who coined the term “McCarthyism”
c. convicted spies
d. anti-Communist leaders in Congress
c.convicted spies
Why did President Truman decide to develop the hydrogen bomb?
a. to prevent the Soviets from gaining a military advantage
b. to provide defense for the United States’ allies around the world
c. to provide hope to humankind
d. to fulfill requirements for joining NATO
a.to prevent the Soviets from gaining a military advantage
Which of the following best completes the chart above?
a. Federal Civil Defense Administration was formed.
b. Operation Alert was staged.
c. National Aeronautics and Space Administration was formed.
d. Hydrogen bomb was tested in the Marshall Islands.
c.National Aeronautics and Space Administration was formed.
Why did Sputnik concern Americans?
a. Sputnik proved that the Soviets had a more powerful hydrogen bomb.
b. Sputnik showed that the Soviets had surpassed the United States in technical skill.
c. Sputnik could launch ICBMs.
d. Sputnik could spy on the United States.
b.Sputnik showed that the Soviets had surpassed the United States in technical skill.
Computers were not marketed to homes in the 1950s because
a. early computers were very dangerous to use.
b. advertisers did not realize ordinary people would want them.
c. they had not been invented yet.
d. they were too big and too expensive for personal use.
d.they were too big and too expensive for personal use.
In the Eisenhower Doctrine, the president declared he would help countries in what part of the world resist armed Communist aggression?
a. Southeast Asia
b. Central America
c. Eastern Europe
d. the Middle East
d.the Middle East
Why was the conflict in Korea called a police action?
a. The United States sent police officers to keep the peace.
b. The United Nations did not have the power to declare war.
c. South Korea did not have a military.
d. The United States never officially declared war.
d.The United States never officially declared war.
Which of the following most likely fueled the American population shift from cities to suburbia in the 1950s?
a. the construction of the interstate highway system
b. the development of computers
c. the construction of inexpensive suburban homes
d. the desire for multicultural schools
c.the construction of inexpensive suburban homes
The problem with Truman’s Fair Deal was that it
a. included too many New Deal programs.
b. focused on a federal health insurance program and new funding for education.
c. did not receive support in Congress.
d. drew the nation’s attention away from Korea.
c.did not receive support in Congress.
- “The Middle East has abruptly reached a new and critical stage in its long and important history. In past decades many of the countries in that area were not fully self-governing. Other nations exercised considerable authority in the area and the security of the region was largely built around their power. But since the First World War there has been a steady evolution toward self-government and independence. This development the United States has welcomed and has encouraged. Our country supports without reservation the full sovereignty and independence of each and every nation of the Middle East.”*
- —President Eisenhower*
The statement above was mostly likely meant to support which of the following policies?
- a.the Eisenhower Doctrine*
- b.the Warsaw Pact*
- c.SEATO*
- d.brinkmanship*
a.the Eisenhower Doctrine
What did HUAC investigate in the 1950s?
a. domestic Communist threats
b. the possibility of creating a worldwide currency
c. Chiang Kai-shek’s government
d. President Truman’s firing of General Douglas MacArthur
a.domestic Communist threats
How would you describe President Eisenhower’s attitude toward the arms race?
a. Superior nuclear capability would ensure total victory in the next war.
b. The arms race was key to U.S. global economic dominance.
c. The United States must keep the lead in the arms race.
d. The arms race would ensure that no additional countries fell to Communist aggression.
c.The United States must keep the lead in the arms race.
Why did the size of the Air Force grow in the 1950s while other branches of the military were shrinking?
a. Bomber aircraft were a main method for delivering nuclear bombs.
b. The United States sent round-the-clock spy planes over the Soviet Union throughout the Cold War.
c. President Eisenhower had been a general in the Air Force.
d. The other branches of the military were no longer useful.
a.Bomber aircraft were a main method for delivering nuclear bombs.
Which of the following were part of the new, changing American lifestyles of the 1950s?
a. the ability to move more rapidly on interstate highway systems
b. the increasing use of home computers
c. growing suburban areas filled with inexpensive, rapidly-built homes
d. the great emphasis on women working outside of the home
e. the increasing use of automobiles in everyday life
a. the ability to move more rapidly on interstate highway systems
c. growing suburban areas filled with inexpensive, rapidly-built homes
e. the increasing use of automobiles in everyday life
Which of the following factors contributed to the growing fears of communism in the United States in the immediate post-war period?
a. North Korea was given atomic weapons by the Soviet Union.
b. Communists had taken over China in a civil war.
c. The Soviet Union developed their own atomic weapons and entered an arms race with America.
d. Communists had the largest coalition of members in the new French government.
b. Communists had taken over China in a civil war.
c. The Soviet Union developed their own atomic weapons and entered an arms race with America.
Which of the following were new technological innovations that transformed American life in the 1950s?
a. the first transistors
b. the polio vaccine.
c. televisions
d. the first integrated circuit computer chips.
a. the first transistors
b. the polio vaccine.
c. televisions
d. the first integrated circuit computer chips.
The name of the first official policy, begun by a President, of stopping communism any way needed, whether by financial support or military support to other nations.
a. Iron Curtain
b. NATO
c. Containment
d. Defensive Buffer
e. Warsaw Pact
f. Red Wall
g. Truman Doctrine
h. McCarthyism
i. Cold War
j. Monroe Doctrine
g.Truman Doctrine
In the U.S. the fear of the spread of communism led to the casting of baseless charges against public figures and came to be called this, named after a Senator who used this tactic extensively.
a. Iron Curtain
b. NATO
c. Containment
d. Defensive Buffer
e. Warsaw Pact
f. Red Wall
g. Truman Doctrine
h. McCarthyism
i. Cold War
j. Monroe Doctrine
h.McCarthyism
term used to describe the American attempts at stopping the spread of communism wherever it occurred.
a. Iron Curtain
b. NATO
c. Containment
d. Defensive Buffer
e. Warsaw Pact
f. Red Wall
g. Truman Doctrine
h. McCarthyism
i. Cold War
j. Monroe Doctrine
c.Containment
mutual defense agreement between U.S. and many nations in western Europe
a. Iron Curtain
b. NATO
c. Containment
d. Defensive Buffer
e. Warsaw Pact
f. Red Wall
g. Truman Doctrine
h. McCarthyism
i. Cold War
j. Monroe Doctrine
b.NATO
the term for the time period where the United States and the USSR opposed each other in every possible way except an actual shooting conflict.
a. Iron Curtain
b. NATO
c. Containment
d. Defensive Buffer
e. Warsaw Pact
f. Red Wall
g. Truman Doctrine
h. McCarthyism
i. Cold War
j. Monroe Doctrine
i.Cold War
figurative term for the political division between western & eastern Europe, it later became a real barrier of wire, minefields, machineguns, guards, etc.
a. Iron Curtain
b. NATO
c. Containment
d. Defensive Buffer
e. Warsaw Pact
f. Red Wall
g. Truman Doctrine
h. McCarthyism
i. Cold War
j. Monroe Doctrine
a.Iron Curtain
This nation was divided into North and South after the French were forced out after losing to Communist-dominated rebels in 1954.
a. Border buffer zone
b. Berlin Airlift
c. Massive retaliation
d. Korea
e. Brinksmanship
f. demilitarized zone
g. Vietnam
h. Mutual Aggression
i. Marshall Plan
j. Syria
g.Vietnam
The resupply of an isolated pro-western area that was surrounded by Communist forces who cut all ground routes into that area.
a. Border buffer zone
b. Berlin Airlift
c. Massive retaliation
d. Korea
e. Brinksmanship
f. demilitarized zone
g. Vietnam
h. Mutual Aggression
i. Marshall Plan
j. Syria
b.Berlin Airlift
