US_Ch10_Homework-2

=**U.S. History Chapter 10 Homework #2**= Answer the following on notebook paper:

1. Which is NOT a way the Cold War was fought between the U.S. and USSR? (A) spies (B) attempt to spread ideology and keep enemy’s from spreading (C) use of propaganda and making your nation look better (D) firing nuclear weapons (E) all were ways it was fought (F) none above

2. Which event signified the existence of the Cold War between the free world and Communist Bloc? (A) Kennan’s containment policy (B) Winston Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech (C) Truman’s Doctrine to help the free world (D) Marshall’s economic aid plan (E) all (F) none

3. The free nations formed a defensive alliance called (A) United Nations (B) NASA (C) NATO (D) Allied Power (E) all (F) none

4. Senator Joseph McCarthy was significant since he (A) went after infiltration of Communists in the government (B) tried to implement Containment (C) commanded NATO (D) advised Truman on Cold War policy (E) all (F) none

5. Duck and cover drills were done in the U.S. showing concern of nuclear war as Americans worried about (A) communist infiltration (B) anarchists (C) fallout (D) terrorism (E) all (F) none

6. The G.I. Bill helped soldiers (A) train for duty (B) earn a pension (C) purchase a house or education (D) become an officer in the army (E) all (F) none

7. What is the important lesson to learn as to how the Congress stopped another possible depression after WWII? (A) government provided jobs (B) cuts in taxes and government spending (C) expansion of the New Deal (D) they couldn’t stop it from happening (E) all (F) none

8. After the war, Israel formed, which was (A) a Middle East oil nation (B) meant to stop terrorists from forming (C) against Communism (D) a homeland for the Jews (E) all (F) none

9. Why was there anxiety in America going into the 1952 election? (A) China was taken over by Communists (B) war in Korea (C) USSR got the H-bomb (D) infiltration of Communists in America (E) all (F) none

10. Where was the crisis that would hinder trade when Gamel Abdul Nasser (Egypt’s leader) took over the region? (A) Taiwan (B) Suez Canal (C) Saudi oil fields (D) Asia (E) all (F) none

11. Covert operations to stop the spread of Communism were carried about by (A) NATO (B) the United Nations (C) the CIA (D) the Eisenhower Administration (E) all (F) none

12. What was the new form of news and entertainment in the 1950s? (A) radio (B) Internet (C) television (D) the car (E) all (F) none

13. How did blacks first begin to protest in the Civil Rights Movement? (A) refused to give up seats on buses (B) Montgomery Bus Boycott (C) went to white schools (D) sued in court (E) all

14. What was the new settlement pattern in the 1950s seen with Levittowns? (A) suburbs (B) growth of cities (C) Northeast industrialization (D) illegal immigration (E) all (F) none

15. What was the new music craze of the 1950s with Elvis Presley? (A) Big Bands (B) Rhythm and Blues (C) Rock ‘n’ Roll (D) Jazz (E) all (F) none

16. The leader of the USSR for most of the 1950s was (A) Stalin (B) Lenin (C) Malenkov (D) Khrushchev (E) all (F) none

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">17. What was the significance of the 38th parallel? (A) it marked the Iron Curtain (B) it divided Korea (C) it’s where the Marshall Plan stopped (D) boundaries for the new Israel (E) all (F) none

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">18. Why was it important for the U.S. to get involved in Korea?

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">19. Evaluate Truman:

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">20. Evaluate Eisenhower:

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">21. Why was the Interstate Highway System good?

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">22. How did the Eisenhower Administration improve civil rights for blacks?

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">23. How did the USSR begin the space race on top?

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">24. What is your opinion on the military-industrial complex?

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">25. In the 1950s, Ray Kroc began -, Kemmons Wilson began --- ---, Walter Cronkite was known for the - - - --- on TV.

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">26. What took place in Brown v. Board of Education?

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">27. Rosa Parks: P or P?

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">28. Who would become the leader of the Civil Rights Movement?

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">29. What medical advances would prolong life expectancy?

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">30. Explain the Berlin Airlift:

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">31-35. Give 5 reasons why the 1950s are called America’s “Happy Days.”

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