Cold War Top 10 Review Notes 7-8
True or False: After WW2, America experienced a boom in the economy. Click One Time for Answer
Click One Time for Answer What war or conflict was NOT popular and did not receive much support from the public? Vietnam Click One Time for Answer
Click One Time for Answer What new technology contributed MOST to increased tourism in the South during the post war period? Air conditioning Click One Time for Answer
Which conflict or war was not a successful containment of communism? Vietnam Click One Time for Answer
Why was TV a new form of mass media? People could now hear AND SEE programs Click One Time for Answer
How did the Vietnam war end? North Vietnam defeated the South and the country united as a communist country. Click One Time for Answer
Click One Time for Answer True or False: In 2010, the communist control of Eastern European countries began to crumble. False Click One Time for Answer
What were the baby boom years? 1946-1964 Click One Time for Answer
Why did war break out in Vietnam? The communist north invaded the democratic south Click One Time for Answer
Click One Time for Answer Dry cleaners, restaurants, medical, and barbers are all part of what industry? Service industry Click One Time for Answer
Click One Time for Answer People from the 1950s who wore sweatshirts, jeans, sandals, and berets and listened to jazz and poetry in coffee shops were call what? Beatnicks Click One Time for Answer
What happened to the United States’ economy after World War II ended? Demand for consumer products led to an economic boom. Click One Time for Answer
True or False: The radio was known as the boob tube. Click One Time for Answer
How did the baby boom era change life in the United States? The population grew quickly Click One Time for Answer
Click One Time for Answer True or False: Agent Orange was a chemical used to kill the thick jungles in Vietnam. True Click One Time for Answer
Click One Time for Answer What factor encouraged Americans to spend their money on goods and services? Savings from wartime jobs Click One Time for Answer
True or False: The Cold War was still going on in the 1970s and 1980s. Click One Time for Answer
What technology made suburb communities possible? Automobile Click One Time for Answer
Where did people who left cities move to? Suburbs Click One Time for Answer
What are some effects on the United States after World War II? Americans bought products on credit People moved to the suburbs. Technology industry boomed Click Three Times for Answers
What did MOST women do when World War II ended? They left their jobs to become homemakers. Click One Time for Answer
What did most soldiers do when World War II ended? They got married and started their own families Click One Time for Answer
What kind of environment were soldiers fighting in Vietnam? Jungle-like Click One Time for Answer