Module 6: Week 6
Quiz: Content - The Cold War and Postwar Affluence
46 out of 50
1. Why is Bert the Turtle significant?
a. As a cartoon character, he tried to explain what to do in case of a nuclear attack.
2. What was the Alger Hiss case about?
a. The House Un-American Activities Committee accused Hiss of being a
communist.
3. William Levitt built lower-priced homes that stimulated the growth of suburbs.
a. True
4. How many tons of supplies did the allies provide to West Berliners during the Soviet
blockade?
a. 2 million tons
5. How much aid did the United States provide Western Europe through the European
Recovery Program?
a. $13 Billion
6. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the early Cold War?
a. Joseph Stalin
7. How did the United States respond to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin in 1948?
a. It used an airlift to re-supply West Berlin.
8. Which statement best describes how well the American pilots performed in the Korean
War?
a. The American pilots were better than the North Koreans, the Russians, and the
Chinese.
9. While they received technical aid from the Chinese and the Russians, North Koreans
piloted most of the fighter plane missions for its side in the Korean War.
a. False
10. The McCarran Internal Security Act outlawed all communist organizations in the United
States.
a. False
11. What best describes the Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek by 1945?
a. It had little popular support.
12. What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
a. To aid in the economic reconstruction of Western Europe.
13. Which of the following best describes the Marshall Plan?
a. Member nations numbered more than 30 by 1950
14. What is true about the majority of working women following World War II?
a. They wanted to keep working
15. Churchill and Stalin desired postwar Europe to be controlled by the great powers.
a. True
16. What was decided at Casablanca in 1943?
a. Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agreed the Axis powers must surrender
unconditionally.
17. According to your textbook, what best describes the United States’ policy of
“containment”?
a. It focused on stopping Soviet expansion rather than creating a unified world.
18. What vaccine did the American scientist Jonas Salk develop in 1954?
a. Polio
19. Which of the following is NOT true about the American West after World War II?
a. Due to its rapid growth, infrastructure like bridges and dams were desperately
needed, but lacked funding
20. What did President Dwight Eisenhower warn against the dangers of in his farewell
address to the nation?
a. The “military–industrial complex”
21. What was the U.S. government’s primary motive for the development of rocket and
missile technology in the 1950s?
a. The long-range delivery of weapons.
22. The percentage of the population living in poverty between 1950 and 1960 rose during
this decade.
a. False
23. According to your textbook, what is true about the Supreme Court decision in Brown v.
Board of Education (1954)?
a. It declared that separate educational facilities were unlawful.
24. According to your textbook, which of the following statements regarding early television
is true?
a. Television quickly became the most powerful medium of mass communication in
history.
25. What did U.S. policy in the Middle East between 1945 and 1959 cause?
a. The Eisenhower administration assisting in the construction of the Aswan Dam.
