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Cold War Part 1 Created by Educational Technology Network
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Truman IKE Kennedy Civil Rights Misc. 10 20 30 40 50
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Question 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.
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Answer 1 – 10 Marshall Plan
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Question 1947 Policy stating that the US would actively oppose the spread of communism abroad. Considered an act of by the Soviet Union.
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Answer 1 – 20 Truman Doctrine
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Question General fired by Truman for wanting to extend the Korean War into the North through China.
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Answer 1 – 30 Douglas MacArthur
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Question ; Considered the first international crisis of the cold war. US responds by airlifting food and supplies.
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Answer 1 – 40 Berlin Blockade
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Question What were the sides in the Korean War; how did it end.
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Answer 1 – 50 North, China South, US Armistice signed in 1953
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Question Theory by Eisenhower that once one country fell to communism in a region, others would follow.
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Answer 2 – 10 Domino Theory
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Question Policy promising military or economic aid to any Middle Eastern country needing help in resisting communist aggression.
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Answer 2 – 20 Eisenhower Doctrine
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Question How would you describe Dwight D. Eisenhower’s politics? We called him a ________________ because he kept many New Deal policies from FDR
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Answer 2 – 30 Progressive Conservative
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Question This amendment limited presidential terms to two in 1951; guaranteeing FDR the title of longest serving president in history.
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Answer 2 – 40 22nd
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Question Eisenhower designed this to increase economic productivity and to prepare for a possible Cold War attack on American soil
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Answer 2 – 50 Interstate Highway System
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Question This piece of legislation ended segregation in public accommodations, pushed through Congress by LBJ
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Answer 3 – 10 Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Question Considered Kennedy’s greatest mistake in office; was a failed invasion of Cuba orchestrated by the CIA
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Answer 3 – 20 Bay of Pigs
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Question 13 day political and military standoff between the US and Soviet Union in Ended with compromises made by both sides.
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Answer 3 – 30 Cuban Missile Crisis
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Question 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.
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Answer 3 – 40 Hotline to the Kremlin
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Question 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
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Answer 3 – 50 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Question State and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States.
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Answer 4 – 10 Jim Crow Laws
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Question Inspired by Rosa Parks, this was a protest orchestrated by Martin Luther King much throughout 1955 in Birmingham, AL
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Answer 4 – 20 Bus Boycott
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Question This 1954 Supreme Court Case overruled Plessy v. Ferguson which said that segregation was legal as long as facilities were deemed “separate but equal”
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Answer 4 – 30 Brown v. Board of Education
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Question First African American to integrate the University of Mississippi in 1962
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Answer 4 – 40 James Meredith
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Question 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
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Answer 4 – 50 Freedom Riders
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Question 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
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Answer 5 – 10 Containment
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Question First suburb in the United States. Located outside New York. Built from for returning WWII veterans.
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Answer 5 – 20 Levittown
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Question This phenomenon brought black and white young people together through a common interest. Revitalized the nations youth and distanced themselves from their parents’ generation.
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Answer 5 – 30 Rock N Roll
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Question Barrier that divided Germany from 1961 to Built by the GDR to prevent emigration and defection to the West.
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Answer 5 – 40 Berlin Wall
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Question US Senator from ; considered the face of the Red Scare in the United States. Investigated thousands with potential ties to the communist party.
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Answer 5 – 50 Joseph McCarthy
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