Unit 7 Study Guide

Question 1

How did rock and roll musicians like Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, and Elvis Presley influence American culture in the 1950s?

Answer 1

They brought music with African Roots to mainstream audiences to break racial barriers and challenge social norms.

Question 2

The dramatic increase in car ownership in the 1950s contributed to?

Answer 2

pollution, better highways and interstates, and income gaps

Question 3

What was one effect of rock and roll music on U.S. society during the 1950s?

Answer 3

people were exposed to diverse music

Question 4

How did the GI Bill affect the U.S. during the 1950s?

Answer 4

provided education benefits

Question 5

During the 50s, increased incomes and easy credit led many Americans to embrace which phenomenon?

Answer 5

Consumerism

Question 6

during the Red Scare, what individuals were controversially convicted of crimes for suspected ties to the Soviet Union?

Answer 6

Alger Hiss, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

Question 7

What is a list of people or products viewed with suspicion or disapproval

Answer 7

blacklist

Question 8

Who was the director of the FBI who accused American citizens of being Communist

Answer 8

J. Edgar Hoover

Question 9

How is NATO and the Warsaw Pact similar

Answer 9

they both provide security against outside threats

Question 10

Which country fell to Communism in 1949?

Answer 10

China

Question 11

The Alger Hiss conviction, Rosenberg trial, and McCarthy hearings are closely associated with the fear of…

Answer 11

Communist threats

Question 12

what was Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed for?

Answer 12

espionage for giving nuclear weapon secrets to

Question 13

Why did the launch of Sputnik I increase during the Cold War

Answer 13

the spending on technology and weapons

Question 14

How did the space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union impact U.S. society?

Answer 14

placed an emphasis on science education

Question 15

What type of community began to grow during the Cold War?

Answer 15

suburbs

Question 16

How did the Korean War affect tensions between the U.S and the Soviet Union?

Answer 16

this led to military comfortation that lasted for years

Question 17

Because of Joseph McCarthy, what did Americans now fear?

Answer 17

spies in the government

Question 18

What was the Arms Race

Answer 18

a competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the U.S. and the Soviet Union

Question 19

What was the main symbol of the Cold War?

Answer 19

The Berlin Wall

Question 20

How was the Cold War unique.

Answer 20

it was a decades long struggle that was unarmed

Question 21

Who is association with accusing someone of a crime without any evidence?

Answer 21

Jospeh McCarthy

Question 22

What events were impacted by the Cold War?

Answer 22

Cuba, Arms Race, Korea and Vietnam, NATO Warsaw

Question 23

What was the policy of the U.S. during the war?

Answer 23

containment

Question 24

What invasion resulted from the Communist takeover of Cuba during the war?

Answer 24

Bay of Pigs Invasion

Question 25

Why did the peninsula divide on the 38th parallel?

Answer 25

different economic and political beliefs

Question 26

Three conflicts and regional wars that were part of the War

Answer 26

Cuban Missile Crisis, Korea, Vietnam

Question 27

How did the renewed struggle for control of China contribute to the Cold War?

Answer 27

it increased U.S. fears of Communism

Question 28

How did the Marshall Plan reflect the containment policy?

Answer 28

it provided economic aid to European countries in order to prevent the spread of communism

Question 29

What was the biggest characteristic of the War

Answer 29

the growth of nuclear arsenals

Question 30

What did the Cold War end with?

Answer 30

the collapse of the Soviet Union

Question 31

When did the Cold War begin

Answer 31

after WWII