Unit 2: Postwar America

What term refers to the tense relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II?

All of the following actions or agreements promoted the containment of communism except __________.

Examples of agreements/actions that prompted the containment of communism include:

What was one success of the Marshall Plan?

What was the main goal of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?

Why wasn't President Truman expected to win the 1948 election?

What was the outcome of the Korean War?

How did General MacArthur respond when China sent troops to support the North Koreans during the Korean War?

Which action prompted British prime minister Winston Churchill to declare that an "iron curtain" had fallen across Europe?

Which policy first committed the United States to the containment of communism?

Which organization was formed to provide mutual defense and stop Soviet aggression?

Which program offered millions of dollars to aid European recovery from World War II?

How did the United States and Great Britain prevent starvation in a democratic German city blockaded by the Soviets?

Which was a key issue in Truman's run for reelection in 1948?

Who won the presidential election of 1948?

How did the United States respond to communist Mao Zedong's assumption of power in China?

What was the U.S. response to North Korea's invasion of South Korea?

Who commanded U.S. troops during the Korean War, but was fired for insubordination?

What was McCarthyism?

What was partly responsible for the trials of Alger Hiss and the Rosenbergs?

What accounted for Dwight Eisenhower's popular appeal and subsequent victory in the 1952 presidential election?

Which was a great influence on Eisenhower's foreign policy?

Why did the United States help overthrow governments in Guatemala and Iran?

What did the launch of Sputnik in the Soviet Union and the establishment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the United States signal?

What concern did President Eisenhower express in his farewell address?

Which was an early event in the Cold War?

What was the Iron Curtain?

Describe the key principles of the policy of containment forged by American diplomat George F. Kennan.

What was the Truman Doctrine?

How did the United States and Britain respond to the Soviet blockade of Berlin?

Which military alliance did the Western bloc of nations form to defend against Soviet aggression after World War II?

Which policy did the United States implement in postwar Japan?

Which act marked the beginning of the Korean War?

Why did U.S. general Douglas MacArthur leave his command of troops near the end of the Korean War?

Which was an outcome of the Korean War?

Who was not a subject of Red Scare investigations?

In the 1950s, what tactic spread fear using often baseless accusations of communist activities in the United States?

Which was not an element of President Dwight Eisenhower's foreign policy?

Which concern did President Eisenhower express in his farewell address?

Why did the CIA support covert activity to restore the shah to power in Iran?

Why did the United States support the overthrow of an elected Guatemalan president?

What effect did U.S. covert actions have on American influence in Latin America and the Middle East?

What was the Eisenhower Doctrine?

Which was not a reason for post-World War II economic growth in the United States?

What happened when developers built affordable, mass-produced houses in places such as Levittown?

What was the baby boom?

How did easy credit affect the postwar economy?

What was not a result of the car culture that developed in the postwar era?

Which is true of the early development of computers in the 1950s?

How did television affect society in the 1950s?

Which was not a sign of a religious resurgence in the 1950s?

What was one effect of McCarthyism in the 1950s?

Which book challenged conformity by suggesting it would make workers incapable of independent thought?

How did the American workforce change during the 1950s?

Which was not an element of John F. Kennedy's election to the presidency?

How did John F. Kennedy's inaugural words to "ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country" affect young voters?

After World War II, the United States experienced an economic boom. Which of the following did not contribute to that boom?

What was the main purpose of the GI Bill?

What technique did William Levitt apply to the home-building industry?

Which of the following was a major trend in American society in the 1950s?

After World War II, the United States experienced an economic boom. Which did not contribute to that boom?

Although overall per capita income rose after World War II, poverty still existed in certain areas of the country. Where was it the greatest?

How did African Americans fare during the economic boom in the 1950s?

What was one effect of the GI Bill on American society in the postwar era?

Why was there a baby boom during the postwar era?

What is one way that housing changed in the postwar period?

What pattern of segregation emerged during the postwar era?

How did automobile ownership change after World War II?

What was not a significant technological development of the postwar era?

How did television influence American life beginning in the 1950s?

One of the societal pressures of the 1950s was conformity. In what way were women expected to conform?

What is one reason for a general pressure to conform in American society during the 1950s?

How did art change during the 1950s and 1960s?

Which J.D. Salinger character rejected conformity in a novel that created a great deal of controversy?

Which phrase most often characterizes the teen culture of the 1950s?

What type of music did Elvis Presley perform when he appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in the 1950s?

Which was not a factor that helped determine the outcome of the election of 1960?

What stood in the way of President Kennedy's goals of sending a man to the moon, increasing federal spending for education, and increasing aid to relieve poverty?

"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." Why was this excerpt from Kennedy's inaugural address so memorable?