UNIT 9 TEST STUDY GUIDE: POST-WAR AMERICA

Question 1

Cold War

Answer 1

(Era of distrust, ideological expansion and proxy wars between the USA and USSR)

Question 2

Satellite Nations

Answer 2

(A country under heavy political and economic influence by another country)

Question 3

Military Industrial Complex

Answer 3

(the increasing influence of the military defense industry in US politics)

Question 4

Iron Curtain

Answer 4

(A metaphorical division between Western Europe and the Soviet Union based on ideology and politics)

Question 5

Containment

Answer 5

(US foreign policy to prevent the spread of communism)

Question 6

Limited War

Answer 6

(belligerents do not expend all of the resources at their disposal for war)

Question 7

Loyalty Review Program

Answer 7

(checked the loyalty of federal employees and any new applicants in the government)

Question 8

Massive Retaliation

Answer 8

(nuclear strategy to retaliate in much greater force in the event of an attack)

Question 9

Brinkmanship

Answer 9

(Eisenhower’s strategy of pushing events to the brink of conflict in order to intimidate)

Question 10

United Nations

Answer 10

(Founded in 1945 to promote the United cooperation of peace, security and well-being of the world)

Question 10

Covert Operations

Answer 10

(Secret activities carried out by the intelligence agencies during the Cold War)

Question 11

Developing Nations

Answer 11

(Nations on the path to developing industrial economies)

Question 12

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Answer 12

formed to protect the security of U.S. Allies against the USSR)

Question 13

United Nations

Answer 13

(Founded in 1945 to promote the United cooperation of peace, security and well-being of the world)

Question 14

Marshall Plan

Answer 14

(Financial program meant to help Europe recover and keep nations away from Soviet influence)

Question 14

Truman Doctrine

Answer 14

(The US offered various types of support to any nation fighting communism)

Question 15

Berlin Blockade

Answer 15

(Soviet effort to take over Berlin by cutting all traffic from Western nations)

Question 16

Central Intelligence Agency

Answer 16

formed to gather information and execute covert operations)

Question 17

House Un-American Activities Committee

Answer 17

formed by Congress to investigate infiltration of spies in Govt

Question 18

Baby Boom

Answer 18

(the largest generation in American History due to a spike in childbirth during the 1950s)

Question 18

GI Bill of Rights

Answer 18

(1944 Law that provided WW2 Veterans mortgage, education and other benefits )

Question 19

Franchising

Answer 19

(The capability to use trademark products, services, and processes for a royalty fee. Allowed for global expansion of business in the the 1950s)

Question 20

Levittown

Answer 20

(first mass-produced housing development developed by William Levitt’s concept of “cookie-cutter homes)

Question 21

White Flight

Answer 21

(White population migration to the suburbs in mass numbers)

Question 22

M.A.D.

Answer 22

(Mutually Assured Destruction)

Question 23

Warsaw Pact

Answer 23

(Soviet defense treaty signed by 7 nations during the Cold War to protect against Western attacks)

Question 23

Arms Race

Answer 23

(Competitive development of weapons between the West and USSR during the Cold War)

Question 24

Space Race

Answer 24

(Competitive development of space flight technology between the West and USSR during the Cold War)