Cold War Part 1 Created by Educational Technology Network. www.edtechnetwork.com 2009

Truman IKE Kennedy Civil Rights Misc. 10 20 30 40 50

Question 1 - 10 American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $13 billion in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II.

Answer 1 – 10 Marshall Plan

Question 1 - 20 1947 Policy stating that the US would actively oppose the spread of communism abroad. Considered an act of by the Soviet Union.

Answer 1 – 20 Truman Doctrine

Question 1 - 30 General fired by Truman for wanting to extend the Korean War into the North through China.

Answer 1 – 30 Douglas MacArthur

Question 1 - 40 1948-1949; Considered the first international crisis of the cold war. US responds by airlifting food and supplies.

Answer 1 – 40 Berlin Blockade

Question 1 - 50 What were the sides in the Korean War; how did it end.

Answer 1 – 50 North, China South, US Armistice signed in 1953

Question 2 - 10 Theory by Eisenhower that once one country fell to communism in a region, others would follow.

Answer 2 – 10 Domino Theory

Question 2 - 20 Policy promising military or economic aid to any Middle Eastern country needing help in resisting communist aggression.

Answer 2 – 20 Eisenhower Doctrine

Question 2 - 30 How would you describe Dwight D. Eisenhower’s politics? We called him a ________________ because he kept many New Deal policies from FDR

Answer 2 – 30 Progressive Conservative

Question 2 - 40 This amendment limited presidential terms to two in 1951; guaranteeing FDR the title of longest serving president in history.

Answer 2 – 40 22nd

Question 2 - 50 Eisenhower designed this to increase economic productivity and to prepare for a possible Cold War attack on American soil

Answer 2 – 50 Interstate Highway System

Question 3 - 10 This piece of legislation ended segregation in public accommodations, pushed through Congress by LBJ

Answer 3 – 10 Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 3 - 20 Considered Kennedy’s greatest mistake in office; was a failed invasion of Cuba orchestrated by the CIA

Answer 3 – 20 Bay of Pigs

Question 3 - 30 13 day political and military standoff between the US and Soviet Union in 1962. Ended with compromises made by both sides.

Answer 3 – 30 Cuban Missile Crisis

Question 3 - 40 In 1963 Kennedy and Khrushchev made a great stride in improving relations between the two countries with the establishment of this following a major crisis.

Answer 3 – 40 Hotline to the Kremlin

Question 3 - 50 The 1962 book Silent Spring documented the detrimental effects on the environment of the indiscriminate use of pesticides. Led to the creation of this government agency created during the Kennedy administration

Answer 3 – 50 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Question 4 - 10 State and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States.

Answer 4 – 10 Jim Crow Laws

Question 4 - 20 Inspired by Rosa Parks, this was a protest orchestrated by Martin Luther King much throughout 1955 in Birmingham, AL

Answer 4 – 20 Bus Boycott

Question 4 - 30 This 1954 Supreme Court Case overruled Plessy v. Ferguson which said that segregation was legal as long as facilities were deemed “separate but equal”

Answer 4 – 30 Brown v. Board of Education

Question 4 - 40 First African American to integrate the University of Mississippi in 1962

Answer 4 – 40 James Meredith

Question 4 - 50 civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years in order to challenge the non-enforcement of the southern governments

Answer 4 – 50 Freedom Riders

Question 5 - 10 US foreign policy during the Cold War. The idea was not to attack communism directly, but to stop it from spreading. This meant the United States would send money, weapons, and sometimes troops to any place that communism invaded or threatened

Answer 5 – 10 Containment

Question 5 - 20 First suburb in the United States. Located outside New York. Built from 1947-1951 for returning WWII veterans.

Answer 5 – 20 Levittown

Question 5 - 30 This phenomenon brought black and white young people together through a common interest. Revitalized the nations youth and distanced themselves from their parents’ generation.

Answer 5 – 30 Rock N Roll

Question 5 - 40 Barrier that divided Germany from 1961 to 1989. Built by the GDR to prevent emigration and defection to the West.

Answer 5 – 40 Berlin Wall

Question 5 - 50 US Senator from 1947-1957; considered the face of the Red Scare in the United States. Investigated thousands with potential ties to the communist party.

Answer 5 – 50 Joseph McCarthy