US History EOC Review 1950’s Cold War 1)Which of the following is a result because of the other three? because of the other three? a.Economic recovery.

US History EOC Review

1950’s Cold War

1) Which of the following is a result because of the other three?

a. Economic recovery in East Berlin was slow

b. The East German government built a wall dividing the city

c. A steady flow of refugees entered Western Berlin from Eastern Berlin

d. Russia takes control of East Berlin

2) Which of the following types of gov’ts has total control over people’s lives?

a) Communism/Socialism b) Democracy c) Totalitarianism d) Monarchy

3) Which of the following is a cause for the other three effects?

a) America initiated a plan to aid the recovery of Europe

b) America began a policy of containmentc) America gave aid to Greeced) America joins NATO

4) What type of Gov’t controls all industries and is a classless society?

a) Communism b) Democracy c) Totalitarianism d) Monarchy

5) What city did the Berlin Airlift drop food and other supplies in?

a) West Berlinb) East Berlinc) Polandd) West Germany

6) Senator Joseph McCarthy is best known for his involvement in

a) the war effort of the 1940sb) the Red Scare of the 1950sc) the Civil Rights movement of the

1960sd) the political scandals of the 1970s

7) In the case of Brown v. Board of Education, U.S. Supreme Court decided that

a) Separate educational facilities are unequal and unconstitutional

b) Separate educational facilities are equal and constitutional

c) Separate educational facilities are equal and Unconstitutional

d) None of the above

8) What did the Truman Doctrine state?

a) Economic and Military aid to stop Communism to anyone

b) A foreign policy of Neutralityc) One billion dollars in aid to Europed) America joins Warsaw

9) Which of the following causes the other three effects to happen?

a) Soviet forces occupied most of Eastern Europe, during WWII

b) Eastern European countries became satellites of the Soviet Union

c) Soviet Union established communist control over Eastern Europe gov’ts

d) Russia takes control of East Berlin

10)The GI Bill Of Rights was started to?

a) Pay for ex-soldiers college educationb) To prevent drastic Unemploymentc) Give benefits included low-cost

mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business

d) All of the above

11) The Cold War began when

a) Russia began to dominate Eastern Europe after WWII

b) Truman tried to assassinate Joseph Stalin

c) Truman tried to invade Cubad) Russia changed their name to the

Soviet Union

12) The United States became a Powerhouse after WWII because?

a) The Atomic Bombb) America home land was left unscathedc) America had superior factoriesd) All of the above

13) Why did Joseph McCarthy’s mad Witch- Hunt come to an end?

a) McCarthy tried to Bully the President’s Lawyer

b) McCarthy tried to bully the Army’s Lawyer

c) McCarthy was arrested for violating the Bill of rights

d) McCarthy was arrested for violating the Smith act

14) Who was the first Black baseball player?

a) Larry Dobyb) Josh Gibsonc) Jackie Robinsond) Ken Griffey jr.

15) How did the U.S. Congress respond to the “emergency” referred to in this cartoon?a. It repealed the 18th amendment.b. It passed the Marshall Plan.c. It approved the Good Neighbor Policy.d. It ratified the Treaty of Versailles.

16) What amendment was created to limit a president to two terms?

a) 12th b) 25th c) 20th d) 22nd

17) What was the Peacekeeping organization that any country could join after WWII?

a) League of Nationsb) Warsaw c) United Nationsd) CIA

18) Which political trend characterized the era of McCarthyism?

a) the effort to end the welfare system b) the willingness to provide political

asylum to persecuted communistsc) the effort to transform the United

States into a society based on civil equality

d) the use of false accusation of communism as a weapon against political opponents

19) What was an important cause of American prosperity post-World War II period?

a) most American married couples postponed having children in order to work longer.

b) American producers faced less competition because of destruction in Europe and Asia.

c) women remained in the workforce in order to increase American production.

d) the elimination of poverty through federal programs increased demand and stimulated production.

20) Population increases that resulted from the baby boom of the 1950s and 1960s contributed to a

a) housing surplusb) drop in immigrationc) reduction in government servicesd) rise in demand for consumer goods

21) This photograph shows the post-World War II growth that was typical of

a) tourist resortsb) suburban

communitiesc) inner citiesd) public housing

projects

22) Which development BEST reflects the economic prosperity of the United States after the Second World War?

a) the northern migrationb) the Civil Rights movementc) the Beatnik movement of the 1950sd) the growth of suburbia and

consumerism

23)  Most opponents of the Senate hearings led by Senator Joseph McCarthy during the 1950s argued that these investigations

a)weakened the armed forces of the nation

b)violated the Bill of rights of many people

c)undermined the powers of the president

d)encouraged the spread of communism

24) The Montgomery Bus boycott took place in what state?

a) Mississippib) Arkansas c) Alabamad) Georgia

25) A goal of the Marshall Plan (1948) was to

a) rebuild Japan after World War IIb) provide military aid to the Warsaw

Pactc) establish a Pan-American military

alliance systemd) provide economic aid to European

nations threatened by communism

26) The Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) were all part of the foreign policy of

a) Isolationismb) Détentec) Colonialismd) Containment

In 1948 this flight pattern illustrated in the diagram was designed to allow an airplane to land every three minutes. Why was this operation undertaken?

a) to enable a rapid withdrawal of troops from a war-torn city

b) to deploy substantial invasion forces

c) to provide supplies to a blockaded city

d) to rescue thousands of stranded political refugees

28) A major reason the United States became involved in the Korean War was the

a) threat of communism spreading throughout Asia

b) need to prevent war between China and the Soviet Union

c) demand by the United States for Korean natural resources

d) desire to limit Japanese expansion

29) Which statement best summarizes the outcome of the Korean War?

a) North Korea made minor gains in the south but lost territory in the north to China.

b) A majority of North Koreans fled southward causing a collapse of the North Korean government.

c) North and South Korea remained divided at the 38th parallel, just as they had been before the war.

d) Korea was reunited under a coalition government consisting of both Northerners and Southerners.

30) How did the formation of the United Nations resemble the formation of the League of Nations?

a)it was created to prevent the spread of communism

b)it was set up to promote international efforts to stop World Wars

c)it was intended to prevent another global Great Depression

d)it was boycotted by both the United States and the Soviet Union