The Cold War and the Post War Boom/1950’s - Chapter 18,19
U.S. History Test Review
When: Thursday April 17, 2014
Assessment: Multiple Choice Test (40-50 questions)
Tips for Studying: Read the selected Chapters and sections, study your packet and homework, and
NATO map activity
I.
Chapter 18 – Section 1&2
Vocabulary/People: UN, containment, iron curtain, cold war, Truman doctrine, Marshall plan, Berlin
airlift, NATO, Warsaw Pact, Chiang Kai-Shek, Mao Zedong, 38th parallel,
Korean War, Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Concepts
 Significance of United Nations, role of UN in Korea
 Cause /Effect of Berlin Airlift
 Cause of tension between US and Soviet Union
 How the Truman doctrine and Marshall plan intended to combat the spread of communism
 The factions who fought in the Chinese Civil War and the Korean War. Understanding of who
US supported and why
 Issues of MacArthur and Truman
II.
Chapter 18 – Section 3,4
Vocabulary/People: HUAC, Hollywood Ten, Black list, Alger Hiss, Rosenberg’s, McCarthyism, Joe
McCarthy, H-Bomb, Ike-Dwight Eisenhower, Dulles, Brinkmanship, CIA,
Eisenhower Doctrine, Nikita Khrushchev, Francis Gary Powers, U-2, Duck and
Cover, Brinkmanship, covert vs. overt
Concepts
 Purpose of HUAC
 Background of Hiss and Rosenberg cases and what happened
 Cause and Effect of McCarthyism
 Difference between A-bomb and H-bomb
 Role of Eisenhower and Dulles during Cold War
 Significance of U-2 incident
 Purpose of CIA operations in Iran and Guatemala
III.
Chapter 19 – Section 1-4 (p. 634-663)
Directions: For this chapter see your Chapter 19 questions (Facebook packet). You are
responsible for the vocabulary and review questions (1-17) to prepare yourself. I
will be available Thursday after school if you would like to review for the test or have
any questions.