American involvement in Vietnam spanned over the course of how many years?
a) 25
b) 17
c) 10

Who popularized the term 'Iron Curtain' as a reference to the Soviet-backed states in Eastern Europe?
a) Franklin Roosevelt
b) Winston Churchill
c) Joseph Stalin
d) Vladimir Lenin

What was the code name for the Berlin Airlift?
a) Operation Overlord
b) Operation Barbarossa
c) Operation Vittles

Which organization consisted of democratic states seeking to establish collective defense against the Eastern Bloc states
a) United Nation
b) European Recovery Organization
c) The Warsaw Pact
d) The League of Nations
e) North Atlantic Treaty Organization

The 'baby boom' occurred between?
a) 1950-1964
b) 1946-1964
c) 1945-1955

Which is NOT true of the Marshall Plan?
a) Provided aid to sixteen European countries
b) Intended to thwart spread of communism
c) Provided aid to Eastern Bloc States

Which of the following countries was not 'behind the Iron Curtain'?
a) Romania
b) The Soviet Union
c) East Germany
d) England
e) Poland

Construction of the Berlin Wall began when?
a) May 1945
b) August 1946
c) August 1961
d) May 1960
e) January 1963

Under which president was the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 passed?
a) Harry Truman
b) Dwight D. Eisenhower
c) Franklin Roosevelt
d) Lyndon B. Johnson
e) John F. Kennedy

Which was NOT typically worn by beatniks? (Pretty sure this isn't a question that will be on the test)
a) Sandals
b) Turtleneck sweater
c) Gray flannel suit
d) Dark clothing
e) Beret

Korea is divided along the ___________.
a) 38th parallel
b) 45th parallel
c) 34th parallel

What was the name for United States' over-arching strategy for dealing with communism throughout the postwar era?
a) Mutually Assured Destruction
b) Containment
c) Domino Theory
d) Extermination

What event in which people rose up against their government began in Poland and eventually led to the fall of the 'Iron Curtain'?
a) Prague Spring
b) The Revolutions of 1989
c) The Warsaw Uprising

President Kennedy's battle with Cold War realities ended when he was assassinated on?

Complications arose again in Cuba in 1962 during what became known as the _______________________. The United States received intelligence that the Soviet Union had been delivering nuclear missiles to Cuba.

In its early years, the United Nations was successful in (multiple answers)
a) Preserving peace in several "hot spots" like Iran.
b) Guiding several former colonies to independent nationhood.
c) Establishing international control over atomic technology.
d) Helping to create the new Jewish state of Israel.
e) Establishing international health, science, and food agencies.

The Truman Doctrine stated ________.
a) America would not allow the Western Hemisphere to be settled by European powers.
b) American would help countries against communism.
c) America would invade communist countries.

Who was the first individual to be supported by the United States as the leader of South Vietnam?
a) Edward Lansdale
b) Frederick Nolting
c) Ngo Dinh Nhu
d) Ngo Dinh Diem
e) Ho Chi Minh

Which president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
a) Lyndon B. Johnson
b) John F. Kennedy
c) Dwight D. Eisenhower

Who was the leading Beat Generation author who wrote On the Road?
a) Joseph McCarthy
b) Allen Ginsberg
c) Jack Kerouac

Who promised to allow free elections in Eastern Europe following World War II but secretly ensured the installation of communist governments?
a) Franklin Roosevelt
b) Winston Churchill
c) Joseph Stalin
d) Vladimir Lenin

The 1954 Supreme Court case that ruled racially segregated school systems "inherently unequal" was _____________.
a) Plessy v. Ferguson
b) Sweatt v. Painter
c) Johnson v. Little Rock School District.
d) Brown v. Board of Education

What U.S. government agency oversaw distribution of aid under the Marshall Plan?
a) Department of Defense
b) Economic Cooperation Administration
c) Bureau of Economic Analysis
d) Economic Security Administration
e) Department of Commerce

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the postwar era?
a) Prosperity
b) Economic depression
c) Social conservatism
d) Cold war anxiety
e) Hope for the future

Where was the 'beat' movement centered?
a) Greenwhich Village
b) Washington, D.C.
c) Detroit
d) Portland
e) Chicago