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Because most families owned a home and car, where did many city-dwellers move in the 1950's?
The suburbs (residential areas just outside of cities)
Rural areas (farms)
Urban areas (city apartment buildings)
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What was John McCarthy known for (in the 1950's)?
Being a competitor against McDonald's for best hamburger
Rooting out communist spies from US government & other place
Being a well-known baseball player with the Brooklyn Dodgers
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After the chaos of WW2, what happened to the population in the US?
It soared (called the baby boom)
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What were the two ideas about government against each other during the Cold War?
Atheism vs. Agnosticism
Communism vs Monarchy
Socialism vs Monarchy
Communism vs Democracy
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At the Geneva Summit, what kind of short-lived shift in thinking did the Soviets seem to have?
Capitalism & communism could peacefully exist side-by-side
That the Soviets should give up on communism
That Democracy could include Communism
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What thing happened regarding Israel in 1948?
It became a Soviet satellite state
It was taken over by Nebuchadnezzar
It made peace with Palestinians
It became a state (or its own country)
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Why did Truman fire MacArthur? Explain what war & what was happening?
MacArthur wanted to invade China & get rid of Communism, Truman just wanted to contain it. (Korean War)
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Name the international organization begun in 1942 as a result of the Atlantic Charter.
Central Intelligence Agency
United Soviet Socialist Republic
United Nations
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Who became president in 1953? What was his nickname?
John F. Kennedy (Ken)
Harry Truman (True-Blue)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (Ike)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Roo)
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What happened in 1950 in Korea and how was the US involved?
North Korea (Communists) invaded South Korea; US entered the Korean War
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What did Churchill call the division in Europe behind which there was tyranny?
Blitzkrieg
Berlin Wall
Iron Curtain
Operation Overlord
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After the Bay of Pigs, Soviet leader Khrushchev renewed threat to invade West Berlin, what did the Communists do?
Built a barbed wire fence (& later a wall) between West & East Berlin. The Berlin Wall.
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