11th - US History - Spring semester Final - Post-War and Cold War

Question 1

Suburb

Answer 1

Housing developments outside major cities

Question 2

Harry S. Truman

Answer 2

President during ?

Question 3

Fair Deal

Answer 3

Foreign policy of Pres. Truman. Extended New Deal

• raised minimum wage
• extended social security benefits
• provided housing for poor

Question 4

Arms race

Answer 4

Competition between US and Soviet Union to develop hydrogen bomb.

Question 5

NATO

Answer 5

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

U.S., Canada and 10 European allies

Question 6

Warsaw Pact

Answer 6

Soviet Union and it’s Eastern European allies

Question 7

Korean War

Answer 7

Conflict between North and South Koreas.
U.S. and others backed South Korea
China backed North Korea

Question 8

Red Scare

Answer 8

Fear of communist spies and sympathizers

Question 9

GI Bill of Rights

Answer 9

Law providing financial support to WWII veterans.

Question 10

Joseph McCarthy

Answer 10

Senator who accused many of being Communists. Mostly untrue.

Question 11

Berlin Wall

Answer 11

Wall built to divide the free part of Berlin city from the Communist controlled sector

Question 12

Iron Curtain

Answer 12

Imaginary line between Western Europe and Eastern Europe countries.

Question 13

Bay of Pigs/Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 13

Standoff when President Kennedy refused to allow Russia to arm Cuba with missiles that could reach the United States. Naval blockade shut them out

Bay of Pigs was failed attempt to overthrow Castro by US backed rebels

Question 14

Space race

Answer 14

Russia-America competition to prove superiority through achievements in space

Question 15

“White Flight”

Answer 15

Migration of middle class whites to suburbs and segregation from blacks and poor whites in urban areas.

Question 16

How did East Germans escape to West Germany and why?

Answer 16

Wanted the better life of the West .

Question 17

Why was success in the Olympics important to the US and Soviet Union?

Answer 17

Athletic superiority was to represent superiority of their political systems

Question 18

The Truman Doctrine differed from other U.S. foreign policy in what ways?

Answer 18

Sought to support democracies that were threatened by inner or outer threats

Question 20

What caused tension between the Soviet Union and U.S. after WWII?
A. Opposing ideas about government
B. Conflict on how to divide postwar Europe
C. Conflict over membership in NAto
D. Conflict over membership in United Nations

Answer 20

A.

Question 21

What were President Truman’s goals in establishing the policy of containment (Truman Doctrine)?
A. Build ‘iron curtain” around Soviet Union
B. Keep democracy within the U.S.
C. Keep communism within the NATO nations
D. Prevent any extension of communist rule into other countries

Answer 21

D

Question 22

The conflict that developed between the U.S. and Soviet Union after WWII was called a “Cold War” because
A. Tensions between the two nations were very high
B. The two nations fought each other on the battlefield
C. Soviets and Americans fought each other in the cold climate of the Soviet Union
D. Two nations were worried about the “nuclear winter” resulting from nuclear war

Answer 22

B

Question 23

Which was one way that Americans were affected by McCarthyism?
A. Americans no longer lived in fear of communism
B. Millions of Americans were forced to take olyalty oaths
C. Millions of Americans were forced to give up their citizenship
D. Members of the Communist party were elected to Congress

Answer 23

B

Question 24

Which statement is true about mcCarthyism?
A. It stopped Soviet infiltration of U.S. government
B. It took advantage of people’s fears about communism
C. It protected people’s civil liberties during the Cold War
D. It was the movement to spread communism in the U.S.

Answer 24

B

Question 25

How did the U.S. and Soviet Union start the arms race?
A. Nations raced each other to sell the most weapons
B. Nations raced each other to produce the first hydrogen bomb
C. CIA promised a prize to the nation that built the most hydrogen bombs
D. Nations raced each other to control shipment of weapons through the Suez Canal

Answer 25

B

Question 26

``` One of the benefits that the GI Bill of Rights offered to returning veterans was A. Counseling B. Free homes C. Government jobs D. Low-interest loans ```

Answer 26

D

Question 27

Why were standardized, mass-produced homes called suburbs built? A. In response to Dixiecrats B. In response to the Fair Deal C. In response to the GI Bill of Rights D. In response to the postwar housing crisis

Answer 27

D

Question 28

``` The vast majority of the new homes in the 1950s were built in the A. Suburbs B. Big cities C. Rural areas D. Small cities ```

Answer 28

A

Question 29

``` Which group enjoyed most of the prosperity of the postwar period? A. Latinos B. White Americans C. African Americans D. Mexican Americans ```

Answer 29

B

Question 30

``` Which group inspired other minority groups to develop a deeper political awareness and a voice? A. Native Americans B. African Americans C. Mexican Americans D. Chinese Americans ```

Answer 30

B.

Question 31

What was the “White Flight’? A. Urban renewal effort B. First polar crossing by airplane C. Movement of middle class white Americans to the suburbs and segregation D. Urban decline due to migration to the cites

Answer 31

C.

Question 32

What was the main reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall? A. To embarrass America B. To reduce Cold War tensions C. To demonstrate the success of communism D. To stop East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin

Answer 32

D.

Question 33

How did America react to news that the Soviet Union was the first to put a man in space? A. Indifference Threats of military action C. Pride in human achievement D. Determination not to lose the space race

Answer 33

D.

Question 34

What was the main purpose of the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine? A. To help nations resist the spread of communism B. To bring an end to the arms race and the Cold War C. To help Europe rebuild its economy after WWII D. To build up armies in Europe to fight against the Soviet invasion

Answer 34

A

Question 35

Which factor explains why an airlift was necessary to overcome the Soviet blockade of West Berlin? A. Berlin is located on the Baltic Sea B. Berlin was surrounded by nonaligned nations C. Berlin was located within the Soviet Union D. Berlin was located in the center of Communist-controlled East Germany

Answer 35

D

Question 36

Which of the following is NOT true about the 1950s? A Suburbs drove white flight from the cities B TVs became popular C People had savings accounts which boosted savings after WW2 D Despite having more money, fewer people attended colleges

Answer 36

D More attended college

Question 37

Which of the following is an example of McCarthyism? A Laws creating segregation in the South B Threatening to attack Cuba C The Rosenbergs being tried for being communists D All of the above

Answer 37

C. Rosenbergs being tried for being communists

Question 38

T/F | The countries that were part of NATO were countries that had turned communist and were under the USSR's control

Answer 38

False | Warsaw Pact nations were communists/under USSR control.

Question 39

The Truman Doctrine was a U.S. foreign policy designed for what? A Help Europe recover and not fall to communism B Agreement not to go to war unless threatened C Guaranteed rights for all races D Guaranteed the fall of the Soviet Union

Answer 39

A Help Europe recover and not fall to communism

Question 40

Why was the Cold War called the Cold War? A During a period of global cooling B Tension and threats between U.S. and USSR but no battles fought C Battles fought were bloody and did not hold back D All of the above

Answer 40

B Tension/threats but no battles

Question 41

Which of the following is NOT true about the Red Scare? A If accused of communism, you could lose your job B Citizens put on trial without any real evidence C Caused fear of an attack by communists D Senator McCarthy tried to accuse Pres Truman of being communist E All of the above were true

Answer 41

E All of the above