Beginning of the Cold War and 1950s Jeopardy Review

Beginning of the Cold War and 1950s

Jeopardy Review

1. Who developed a vaccine for the crippling disease

poliomyelitis or Polio?

1. Who developed a vaccine for the crippling disease

poliomyelitis or Polio?

1. Who developed a vaccine for the crippling disease

poliomyelitis or Polio?

Dr. Jonas Salk

2. It caused fear that the USSR had gained a military superiority,

and raised concerns about the state of America’s science

education.

2. It caused fear that the USSR had gained a military superiority,

and raised concerns about the state of America’s science

education.

2. It caused fear that the USSR had gained a military superiority,

and raised concerns about the state of America’s science

education.

The 1957 Soviet launch of Sputnik I

3. What is the foreign policy favored by Secretary of State

John Foster Dulles that advocated never backing down in dealing

with the Soviet Union and pushing negotiations to the brink

of nuclear war?

3. What is the foreign policy favored by Secretary of State

John Foster Dulles that advocated never backing down in dealing

with the Soviet Union and pushing negotiations to the brink

of nuclear war?

3. What is the foreign policy favored by Secretary of State

John Foster Dulles that advocated never backing down in dealing

with the Soviet Union and pushing negotiations to the brink

of nuclear war?

Brinkmanship

4. Established the CIA, reorganized the military under a new Department of Defense, and

created the National Security Council.

4. Established the CIA, reorganized the military under a new Department of Defense, and

created the National Security Council.

4. This established the CIA, reorganized the military under a new Department of Defense, and

created the National Security Council.

The National Security Act of 1947?

5. What was Truman’s extension of Roosevelt’s New Deal that

included proposals for a nationwide system of compulsory

health insurance and a crop-subsidy system?

5. What was Truman’s extension of Roosevelt’s New Deal that

included proposals for a nationwide system of compulsory

health insurance and a crop-subsidy system?

5. What was Truman’s extension of Roosevelt’s New Deal that

included proposals for a nationwide system of compulsory

health insurance and a crop-subsidy system?

Fair Deal

6. Who is William J. Levitt?

6. Who is William J. Levitt?

6. William J. Levitt

The “the Henry Ford of housing” by mass-producing affordable,

two-bedroom houses in suburban communities.

7. What caused the Red Scare in the late 1940s and early 1950s?

7. What caused the Red Scare in the late 1940s and early 1950s?

7. What caused the Red Scare in the late 1940s and early 1950s?

Mao Zedong’s establishment of a Communist government in

China, fear of Soviet expansion, and the Republican’s desire to discredit the Democrats and

recapture the presidency.

8. What is the foreign policy doctrine that committed the U.S. to policing the Mid-East to keep

out Communism?

8. What is the foreign policy doctrine that committed the U.S. to policing the Mid-East to keep

out Communism?

8. What is the foreign policy doctrine that committed the U.S. to policing the Mid-East to keep

out Communism?

The Eisenhower Doctrine

9. What was the largest company in the world during the 1950s and

a leader of the American economy?

9. What was the largest company in the world during the 1950s and

a leader of the American economy?

9. What was the largest company in the world during the 1950s and

a leader of the American economy?

General Motors

10. Its capture in 1960 undermined Eisenhower’s efforts to ease tensions between the U.S.

and the USSR.

10. Its capture in 1960 undermined Eisenhower’s efforts to ease tensions between the U.S.

and the USSR.

10. Its capture in 1960 undermined Eisenhower’s efforts to ease tensions between the U.S.

and the USSR.

What is the U-2 spy plane piloted by Gary Powers and shot down

over the Soviet Union on May 1, 1960?

11. A program of financial aid to rebuild European countries after

WWII and to stabilize them against Communism.

11. A program of financial aid to rebuild European countries after

WWII and to stabilize them against Communism.

11. A program of financial aid to rebuild European countries after

WWII and to stabilize them against Communism.

What is the Marshall Plan?

12. Who gained power in Russia after Stalin died?

12. Who gained power in Russia after Stalin died?

12. Who gained power in Russia after Stalin died?

Khrushchev

13. Who is Jackie Robinson

13. Who is Jackie Robinson

13. Who is Jackie Robinson

First African American to play in major league baseball: the Brooklyn Dodgers, 1947

14. What is the name of the first satellite that the Soviet Union

launched?

14. What is the name of the first satellite that the Soviet Union

launched?

14. What is the name of the first satellite that the Soviet Union

launched?

Sputnik

15. What are the characteristics of families portrayed on 1950s

T.V. programs.

15. What are the characteristics of families portrayed on 1950s

T.V. programs.

15. What are the characteristics of families portrayed on 1950s

T.V. programs.

White, middle class, nuclear families with traditional gender

roles.

16. The GI Bill

16. The GI Bill

16. The GI Bill

What is the Serviceman’s Readjustment Act, signed by

FDR in 1944 to give returning veterans money for education or training, and low-cost loans for

businesses and housing.

17. Her refusal to stand up and move touched off a year-long boycott, a legal challenge to

public transportation segregation laws, and catapulted Martin Luther King, Jr. to national

prominence.

17. Her refusal to stand up and move touched off a year-long boycott, a legal challenge to

public transportation segregation laws, and catapulted Martin Luther King, Jr. to national

prominence.

17. Her refusal to stand up and move touched off a year-long boycott, a legal challenge to

public transportation segregation laws, and catapulted Martin Luther King, Jr. to national

prominence. Who is Rosa Parks?

18. The Consumer demand, federal defense spending, and

technological advances such as the first introduction of

mainframe computers did what?

18. The Consumer demand, federal defense spending, and

technological advances such as the first introduction of

mainframe computers did what?

18. The Consumer demand, federal defense spending, and

technological advances such as the first introduction of

mainframe computers did what?

What fueled the economic prosperity of the 1950s?

19. He accused several government officials of being

Communists and led investigations of them.

19. He accused several government officials of being

Communists and led investigations of them.

19. He accused several government officials of being

Communists and led investigations of them.

Who is Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy?

20. What happened to Rosie the Riveter? (i.e. women with

wartime jobs)

20. What happened to Rosie the Riveter? (i.e. women with

wartime jobs)

20. What happened to Rosie the Riveter? (i.e. women with

wartime jobs)

Most quit their jobs and returned home, but more were working

outside the home in 1959 than in 1950.

21. It kept West Berlin from falling under Soviet control.

21. It kept West Berlin from falling under Soviet control.

21. It kept West Berlin from falling under Soviet control.

What is the Berlin Airlift from June 1948 to May 1949.

22. Who fought in the Korean War?

22. Who fought in the Korean War?

22. Who fought in the Korean War?

The United States, South Korea, North Korea, China, and a small

number of U.N. troops.

23. What caused the rapid expansion of television in the

1950s?

23. What caused the rapid expansion of television in the

1950s?

23. What caused the rapid expansion of television in the

1950s?

Creation of a nationwide network of transmission towers and signal relays, new broadcasts by ABC,

NBC, and CBS, and the affordability of receivers.

24. What was the Federal Interstate and Defense Highway

Act ?

24. What was the Federal Interstate and Defense Highway

Act ?

24. What was the Federal Interstate and Defense Highway

Act ?

What 1956 law appropriated $25 billion to construct a system of interstate highways to improve

transportation in the U.S. and, if necessary, facilitate the move-ment of troops and weapons?

25. What name did disc jockey Alan Freed give to an energetic style of music with a strong back beat, initially performed by Black musicians, that became popular with 1950s teenagers?

25. What name did disc jockey Alan Freed give to an energetic style of music with a strong back beat, initially performed by Black musicians, that became popular with 1950s teenagers?

25. What name did disc jockey Alan Freed give to an energetic

style of music with a strong back beat, initially performed by Black musicians, that became popular

with 1950s teenagers?

Rock ‘n’ Roll

26. Bomb shelters, duck-and-cover drills, and “shelter” signs

on city buildings.

26. Bomb shelters, duck-and-cover drills, and “shelter” signs

on city buildings.

26. Bomb shelters, duck-and-cover drills, and “shelter” signs

on city buildings.

What were measures taken by homeowners, school, and city

officials in the 1950s to prepare for a nuclear attack.

27. What Supreme Court decision overturned Plessy v.

Ferguson by ruling that separate but equal school facilities for

Blacks and Whites were unconstitutional?

27. What Supreme Court decision overturned Plessy v.

Ferguson by ruling that separate but equal school facilities for

Blacks and Whites were unconstitutional?

27. What Supreme Court decision overturned Plessy v.

Ferguson by ruling that separate but equal school facilities for

Blacks and Whites were unconstitutional?

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

29. Who was Jack Kerouac?

29. Who was Jack Kerouac?

29. Who was Jack Kerouac?

Well-known writer of the “Beat Generation,” who wrote his best-known book, On the Road, in 20 days and published it in 1957.

30. It authorized military action against North Korean invaders of

the South.

30. It authorized military action against North Korean invaders of

the South.

30. It authorized military action against North Korean invaders of

the South.

What is the United Nations?

31. 38th parallel

31. 38th parallel

31. 38th parallel

What was the border between North and South Korea at both the start and end of the Korean

War?

32. Why did Truman remove General Douglas MacArthur in

1953?

32. Why did Truman remove General Douglas MacArthur in

1953?

32. Why did Truman remove General Douglas MacArthur in

1953?

Because he was insubordinate and wanted to attack China

directly.

33. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

33. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

33. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

Who are the husband and wife executed in 1953 for giving nuclear secrets to the Soviet

Union?

34. Who were the Hollywood 10?

34. Who were the Hollywood 10?

34. Who were the Hollywood 10?

Who were a group of 10 Hollywood writers who refused to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee’s

1947 investigation of communists in Hollywood.

35. Why were Richard Nixon and Alger Hiss important?

35. Why were Richard Nixon and Alger Hiss important?

35. Why were Richard Nixon and Alger Hiss important?

Who were a young Congressman from California elected in 1946

and a State Department employee accused by Nixon of being a

Soviet spy and jailed for seven years?

36. Who were the Baby boomers?

36. Who were the Baby boomers?

36. Who were the Baby boomers?

What name is given to the 76 million children born between

1946 and 1964?

37. The Iron Curtain

37. The Iron Curtain

37. The Iron Curtain

What phrase did Winston Churchill coin in 1946 to

describe the forced segregation of Eastern Europe from the West?

38. What was the Truman Doctrine?

38. What was the Truman Doctrine?

38. What was the Truman Doctrine?

What is the foreign policy that committed the U.S. to support

free people resisting subjugation by armed minorities or by outside

pressure?

39. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

39. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

39. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

What is the mutual defense pact the U.S. entered with Canada and

10 European nations in 1949?

40. The Nuremberg Trials

40. The Nuremberg Trials

40. The Nuremberg Trials

What were the trials of Nazi leaders for war crimes before an

international tribunal at Nuremberg, Germany?

41. What name is sometimes given to the Constitution of Japan

because Douglas MacArthur directed the democratization of Japan during the period of U.S. occupation from 1946 to 1952?

41. What name is sometimes given to the Constitution of Japan

because Douglas MacArthur directed the democratization of Japan during the period of U.S. occupation from 1946 to 1952?

41. What name is sometimes given to the Constitution of Japan

because Douglas MacArthur directed the democratization of Japan during the period of U.S. occupation from 1946 to 1952?

The MacArthur Constitution

42. Thirty-six thousand Americans died here but war was

never declared.

42. Thirty-six thousand Americans died here but war was

never declared.

42. Thirty-six thousand Americans died here but war was

never declared.

Where is Korea between 1950 and 1953?

43. What is the diplomatic philosophy, championed by

George F. Kennan, of staunchly resisting Communism wherever it tried to expand in the world?

43. What is the diplomatic philosophy, championed by

George F. Kennan, of staunchly resisting Communism wherever it tried to expand in the world?

43. What is the diplomatic philosophy, championed by

George F. Kennan, of staunchly resisting Communism wherever it tried to expand in the world?

Containment

44. Communist rebels in Turkey and Greece plus Britain’s post-war economic hardships led to

the formulation of this U.S. foreign policy

44. Communist rebels in Turkey and Greece plus Britain’s post-war economic hardships led to

the formulation of this U.S. foreign policy

45. Communist rebels in Turkey and Greece plus Britain’s post-war economic hardships led to

the formulation of this U.S. foreign policy

What is the Truman Doctrine?

46. This new communication and entertainment medium

contributed to the discrediting of Joseph McCarthy in 1954

46. This new communication and entertainment medium

contributed to the discrediting of Joseph McCarthy in 1954

46. This new communication and entertainment medium

contributed to the discrediting of Joseph McCarthy in 1954

What is television?

Final Jeopardy

Category

Cold War in Asia

U.S.-supported leader of the Nationalist Chinese who fled to Formosa after being defeated by

Mao Zedong’s Communists

Who is Chiang Kai-shek