Beginning Of The Cold War Quiz
This quiz covers the beginning of the Cold War and American society during the 1950's The quiz is worth a total of 40 points.
- 1.A military alliance of satellite nations under the control of the Soviet Union
- A.
NATO
- B.
Warsaw Pact
- C.
Cold War
- D.
HUAC
- E.
Truman Doctrine
- F.
Eisenhower Doctrine
- G.
Sputnik
- H.
MacCarthyism
- I.
U2 incident
- 2.A government committee created to search for disloyal Americans focusing its attention on Hollywood.
- A.
NATO
- B.
Warsaw Pact
- C.
Cold War
- D.
HUAC
- E.
Truman Doctrine
- F.
Eisenhower Doctrine
- G.
Sputnik
- H.
McCarthyism
- I.
U2 incident
- 3.The anti-communist technique that accused Americans of being communist without any evidence. This led to many losing their jobs or being blacklisted.
- A.
NATO
- B.
Warsaw Pact
- C.
Cold War
- D.
HUAC
- E.
Truman Doctrine
- F.
Eisenhower Doctrine
- G.
Sputnik
- H.
McCarthyism
- I.
U2 incident
- 4.This Soviet satellite began the space race when the Soviet Union launched the first unmanned object into space.
- A.
NATO
- B.
Warsaw Pact
- C.
Cold War
- D.
HUAC
- E.
Truman Doctrine
- F.
Eisenhower Doctrine
- G.
Sputnik
- H.
MacCarthyism
- I.
U2 incident
- 5.This event led to the Soviet Union accusing the United States of spying and caused an increase in tensions between the two countries.
- A.
NATO
- B.
Warsaw Pact
- C.
Cold War
- D.
HUAC
- E.
Truman Doctrine
- F.
Eisenhower Doctrine
- G.
Sputnik
- H.
MacCarthyism
- I.
U2 incident
- 6.An era of hostilities between two superpowers, when each tried to spread the economic and political ideas to the world but did not lead to direct conflict between them.
- A.
NATO
- B.
Warsaw Pact
- C.
Cold War
- D.
HUAC
- E.
Truman Doctrine
- F.
Eisenhower Doctrine
- G.
Sputnik
- H.
MacCarthyism
- I.
U2 incident
- 7.This warning challenged the Soviet Union by letting them know that the United States would defend Middle East against communist attacks.
- A.
NATO
- B.
Warsaw Pact
- C.
Cold War
- D.
HUAC
- E.
Truman Doctrine
- F.
Eisenhower Doctrine
- G.
Sputnik
- H.
MacCarthyism
- I.
U2 incident
- 8.The policy of containment that called for the United States to support countries who resisted communism.
- A.
NATO
- B.
Warsaw Pact
- C.
Cold War
- D.
HUAC
- E.
Truman Doctrine
- F.
Eisenhower Doctrine
- G.
Sputnik
- H.
MacCarthyism
- I.
U2 incident
- 9.What did Joseph Stalin do to make President Harry Truman distrust him at the end of WWII?
- A.
He invaded Germany
- B.
He went back on his promise of free elections in Poland.
- C.
He formed the Warsaw pact
- D.
He invaded France
- 10.How did the United States respond to the Soviet Union's blockade of a portion of Germany?
- A.
Invading Germany and attacking the Soviet Union forces.
- B.
Spying on the Soviets with U2 spy planes
- C.
Providing supplies to Germans during the Berlin airlift.
- D.
Creating NATO to intimidate the Soviet Union
- 11.Which spy case increased the fear of Americans about communism in the late 1940's?
- A.
HUAC spy case
- B.
Etherl and Julius Rosenberg case
- C.
The Hollywood spy case
- D.
The U2 spy case
- 12.Who was the President of the United States at the beginning of the Cold War (1945)
- A.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
- B.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- C.
Nikita Kruschev
- D.
Harry Truman
- 13.A conglomerate is a company that offers similar products at many locations.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.The baby boom began in the late 1940's
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.Dr. Jonas Salk developed a vaccine for polio
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.Planned obsolescence is a marketing strategy that encouraged to buy more goods by desigining goods to become obsolete.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.Consumerism decreased during the 1950's
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.This term refers to the migration of middle class families to the suburbs during the 1950's
- A.
Urban Renewal
- B.
Urbanization
- C.
White flight
- D.
Beat movement
- 19.Which of the followin artists popularized a an African-American music style with white teenagers?
- A.
Elvis Presley
- B.
Little Richard
- C.
Ritchie Valens
- D.
James Dean
- 20.These individuals rejected the social pressure of the 1950's by rejecting material goods and not watching television.
- A.
Teenagers
- B.
Greasers
- C.
Hippies
- D.
Beatniks
- 21.Describe the lifestyle of women during the 1950's. Why do you think these expectations were placed on women during the 1950's and do you think a homemaker's was more like a dream or a living nightmare?
- 22.Explain why Americans feared Communism, give specific examples. How did the Cold War affected life in the United States.
- 23.A psychologist during the 1950's described television as a "vast wasteland". Do you agree with that statement, explain if you think tv had a positive or negative effect.
- 24.The group the benefited most from the 1950's economy and society.
- A.
African-Americans
- B.
White women
- C.
White men
- D.
Latinos
- 25.This person ordered the construction of the interstate highway system.
- A.
Joseph McCarthy
- B.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- C.
Harry Truman
- D.
Julius Rosenberg
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