Cold War Unit 4 Review Questions

  1. What lesson was the Children’s book, Tootle the Engine, meant to teach?
  2. What percent of the World’s goods did the US produce in the 1950’s?
  3. What percentage of new construction was occurring in the suburbs?
  4. What percentage of the World’s population did the US comprise?
  5. What religious statement was added to currency during the 1950’s?
  6. What revolt in Eastern Europe that the US did not intervene in allowed for the Soviets to brutally intervene
  7. What virus did Dr. Jonas Salk, Dr. Thomas Francis, and Dr. Albert Sabin help eliminate?
  8. What was Massive Retaliation?
  9. What was Modern Republicanism?
  10. What was the Atom’s for Peace Plan
  11. What was the congressional legislation passed in 1947 that streamlined the defense of the United States?
  12. What was the name of the business organizations that started in the 1950’s that created a chain of the same stores or restaurants that spread throughout the country?
  13. What was the name of the regional defense alliance signed by the United States and 18 other nations in the Western Hemisphere?
  14. What was the new type of hotel accommodations that were invented in the 1950’s to deal with the increased mobility of the automobile culture?
  15. What was the purpose of the Highway Act of 1956?
  16. Where was the first commercial nuclear power plant?
  17. Which 2 elections did Eisenhower win with landslide victories?
  18. Which Asian nation was divided by an international conference into a Communist North and an anti-Communist South at the 38th parallel?
  19. Which document in 1957 said that the United States will use force “to safeguard the independence of any country in the Middle East requesting aid against Communist inspired aggression”
  20. Which President issued a bold challenge to the nation to land a man on the moon before the end of the 1960’s?
  21. Which revolutionary leader overthrew the corrupt Cuban dictator and seized power in 1958
  22. Which states were admitted into the Union during the 1950’s?
  23. Which two groups battled for control of Palestine?
  24. Which weapon did the United States begin working on after learning about the successful dononation of a Soviet atomic bomb?
  25. Who was Eisenhower’s Vice President?
  26. Who was John Foster Dulles?
  27. Who was one of the founders of the mass production of similar houses that were found in the suburbs?
  28. Who was the famous doctor and author that wrote many books and articles explaining his theories on how children should be raised?
  29. Who was the first human to travel in outer space was:
  30. Who was the first US astronaut to orbit the Earth?
  31. Who was the founder of Playboy magazine that helped breakdown America’s obscenity laws?
  32. Who was the king of Rock-n-Roll?
  33. Who was the pioneer of the transformer?
  34. Who was the Secretary of Defense who also served as President of General Motors?
  35. Why did America and Great Britain cut off all aid to Egypt?
  36. By 1953, what percentage of American families owned a television?
  37. Congressional Legislation that authorized $32 Billion for the construction of more than 40,000 miles of federal highways.
  38. He was the inventor of the polio vaccine which was one of the most feared diseases in the Post War era, leaving patients that survived paralyzed and with breathing problems.
  39. How long did it take the Soviets to successfully test their own hydrogen bomb after the successful detonation of the American Hydrogen weapon?
  40. In 1953, the CIA organized the leader from which Middle Eastern country?
  41. In the conflict in Palestine which one of the competing groups did the United States supported?
  42. President was able to bring the Korean War to an end in 1953?
  43. The sharp increase of births in the US that occurred in the Post WWII years causing an enormous population increase in the US.
  44. These were the housing developments and communities built outside of the confines of a city or metropolitan area which was noted for more living space and commutes to workplaces.
  45. What Asian country was the United States aiding France to help defeat in 1954?
  46. What became one of the fastest growing occupations due to the medium of television?
  47. What book did Dr. Seuss write in response to the need for children to learn how to read and to try to catch up to the Soviets?
  48. What class within America grew by the greatest amount during the 1950’s?
  49. What group called for the creation of two states within Palestine?
  50. What invention replaced large vacuum tubes in a computer, making computers smaller and faster?