1. Cold War Top 10 Review Notes 7-8

2. True or False: After WW2, America experienced a boom in the economy.
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What war or conflict was NOT popular and did not receive much support from the public?
Vietnam
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What new technology contributed MOST to increased tourism in the South during the post war period?
Air conditioning
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5. Which conflict or war was not a successful containment of communism?
Vietnam
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6. Why was TV a new form of mass media?
People could now hear AND SEE programs
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7. How did the Vietnam war end?
North Vietnam defeated the South and the country united as a communist country.
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True or False: In 2010, the communist control of Eastern European countries began to crumble.
False
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9. What were the baby boom years?
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10. Why did war break out in Vietnam?
The communist north invaded the democratic south
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Dry cleaners, restaurants, medical, and barbers are all part of what industry?
Service industry
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People from the 1950s who wore sweatshirts, jeans, sandals, and berets and listened to jazz and poetry in coffee shops were call what?
Beatnicks
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13. What happened to the United States’ economy after World War II ended?
Demand for consumer products led to an economic boom.
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14. True or False: The radio was known as the boob tube.
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15. How did the baby boom era change life in the United States?
The population grew quickly
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True or False: Agent Orange was a chemical used to kill the thick jungles in Vietnam.
True
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What factor encouraged Americans to spend their money on goods and services?
Savings from wartime jobs
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18. True or False: The Cold War was still going on in the 1970s and 1980s.
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19. What technology made suburb communities possible?
Automobile
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20. Where did people who left cities move to?
Suburbs
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21. 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
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22. What did MOST women do when World War II ended?
They left their jobs to become homemakers.
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23. What did most soldiers do when World War II ended?
They got married and started their own families
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24. What kind of environment were soldiers fighting in Vietnam?
Jungle-like
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