Unit 9: The Cold War

What caused the tension between the Soviet Union and the United States after WWII?

• The US was Capitalist and the USSR was Communist 

• Both wanted control of Hawaii

• The US allyship with Great Britain

• The Monroe Doctrine

What was the goal of the Truman Doctrine?

• To CONTAIN Communism

• To grow the US economy

• To invade The Soviet Union

• To land a man on the moon

What did Joseph McCarthy accuse his political enemies of being?

• Communist

• Imperialist

• Pacifist

• Pro-Immigration

Each of the following are problems the US faced after WWII EXCEPT:

• A severe housing shortage

• Millions of veterans out of work

• Discrimination and racial violence

• Mexico invading Texas

What actions did President Truman take to deter the labor strikes? 

• He outlawed Unions

• He vowed to arrest all protesters

• He ratified the 23rd Amendment

• He threatened to use federal power to recruit workers to the military so they could be ordered back to work

How did Truman use his executive power to advance civil rights?

• He ordered the construction of suburbs

• He initiated the Truman Doctrine

• He appointed MLK to his cabinet

• He integrated the US military

How did Truman and Eisenhower differ on civil rights? 

• Truman was Pro-Civil Rights and Eisenhower was indifferent to them

• Truman was Anti-Civil Rights and Eisenhower was Pro

• Both men were Anti-Civil Rights

• Both men were Pro-Civil Rights

What was the baby boom?

• A massive increase in birth rates post-WWII

• A small increase in birth rates post-WWII

• A massive decline in birth rates post-WWII

• A small decline in birth rates post-WWII

How did manufacturers influence Americans to become a “throwaway society”?

• Planned Obsolescence 

• Making goods that would last

• Manufacturing goods in China

• Manufacturing goods in America

What was the primary concern for voters in the election of 1952?

• Taxes

• Civil Rights

• Women’s Suffrage

• The rise of Communism around the world