Post War Review
People:
1. Stalin
2. Truman
3. Marshall
4. Churchill
5. Elvis
6. Eisenhower
7. Mao Tse-tung (or Zedong)
8. MacArthur
9. McCarthy
10.Jackie Robinson
11.Chiang Kai-shek
Vocab:
1. Cold War
2. Iron Curtain
3. Standard of Living
4. Satellites
5. Yalta
6. Inflation
7. Television
8. Containment of Communism
9. Capitalism
10.Communism
11.United Nations
12.NAACP
13.Red Scare
Korean War
1. Know both alliances for this war.
2. Know who the communists were in this war.
3. What was MacArthur’s role in the Korean War?
United Nations
1. What are the two main purposes of the UN?
2. Who is on the Security Council?
3. What is veto power?
Know NATO and Warsaw Nations.
Text Reading
Multiple Choice
1. On June 26, 1945, in San Francisco, California, 50 nations signed the charter creating the
a. cold war.
b. United Nations.
c. Yalta agreement.
d. League of United Nations.
2.After the war this capital city and this country were divided among four nations.
a. Berlin, Germany
b. London, England
c. Paris, France
d. Leningrad, Russia
3.In the Middle East, Jews and Arabs both claimed this region that the British had controlled.
a. Israel
b. India
c. Palestine
d. Lebanon
4.This provided for unemployment and health benefits for GIs.
a. Fair Deal
b. U.S. Marine Bill of Rights
c. Marshall Plan
d. Servicemen's Readjustment Act
5.This outlawed the closed shop.
a. GI Bill of Rights
b. Taft-Hartley bill
c. Truman Doctrine
d. Marshall Plan
6.President Harry S Truman fired this popular general.
a. Dwight Eisenhower
b. Douglas MacArthur
c. Thomas Dewey
d. Strom Thurmond
7.The "Big Three" Allied leaders met to discuss the postwar world at Yalta in
a. Great Britain.
b. France.
c. the United States.
d. the Soviet Union.
8.Union leaders called this act the "slave labor bill."
a. GI Bill of Rights
b. Taft-Hartley bill
c. Fair Deal
d. Dewey bill
9.Before being joined by the United Nations forces, the South Koreans held only this city.
a. Pyongyang
b. Pusan
c. Inchon
d. Seoul
10.The 1950s hunt for Communists in the United States was dominated by
a. Joseph Welch.
b. Richard M. Nixon.
c. Joseph McCarthy.
d. Margaret Chase Smith.
11.Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1952 running mate was
a. John J. Sparkman.
b. Oveta Culp Hobby.
c. Richard Nixon.
d. Adlai E. Stevenson.
12.From 1945 to 1960, the total value of goods and services produced each year in the United States increased
about
a. 250 percent.
b. 200 percent.
c. 10 percent.
d. 100 percent.
13.Between 1945 and 1960, per capita income increased
a. 46 percent.
b. 213 percent.
c. 14 percent.
d. 111 percent.
14.Some critics claimed that the sameness of suburban and corporate life had this cost.
a. too many cars
b. loss of structure
c. loss of individuality
d. loss of materialism
15.Author of The Feminine Mystique, this writer discovered many suburban housewives were dissatisfied
with their lives.
a. Jack Kerouac
b. John Kenneth Galbraith
c. Allen Ginsberg
d. Betty Friedan
16.In 1961 when Eisenhower left office, the government had a surplus of
a. gold.
b. $300 million.
c. unemployed government workers.
d. bureaucrats.
17.The economic boom of the 1950s raised the
a. beat generation.
b. cold war fears.
c. standard of living.
d. presidential election stakes.
18.In the 1950s, 85 percent of new home construction took place here.
a. small towns
b. suburbs
c. inner city
d. rural areas
19.In the 1950s teens kept up with the latest hit songs on this television show.
a. American Bandstand
b. Howdy Doody
c. I Love Lucy
d. Father Knows Best
20.This boycott helped pave the way for the successes of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
a. taxicabs
b. public restrooms
c. public buses
d. public restaurants