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These areas increased in population dramatically in the 1950s
a) rural
b) the North Pole because people were determined to find the real Santa
c) non-Cold War countries
d) suburbs

The Space Race began because the USSR successfully
a) put a person in space
b) created a weapon that would fire from space
c) put a satellite into space
d) documented Santa's sleigh flying over the North Pole

Schools held these drills
a) nuclear bomb
b) lockdown
c) flood
d) polite requests for Santa

The Cold War basically involved
a) fear of immigrants
b) a continuation of alliances from World War II
c) trying to create more weapons than the other side
d) fighting near Santa's workshop

Many people built these in or near their homes
a) garages for the first time in history
b) bathrooms
c) landing pads for Santa's sleigh
d) bomb shelters

Girls fashions included wearing
a) poodle skirts
b) saddle shoes
c) both of these
d) none of these

School dances were called
a) Rec nights
b) Santa Shows
c) Sadie Hawkins
d) Sock Hops

This economic invention began in the 1950s
a) ATM machines
b) plastic credit cards
c) asking Santa for expensive gifts
d) electronic banking

The percentage of homes with televisions by the end of the 1950s
a) 75%
b) 25%
c) 90%
d) 50%

The Red Scare involved
a) an irrational fear of Santa's red suit
b) a fear of communisim
c) terrorist attacks using chemicals
d) the discovery of the polio vaccine

The leader of American forces in Korea was originally
a) General Patton
b) General Eisenhower
c) General MacArthur
d) Santa

This style became popular with boys in the 1950s
a) wearing leather jackets
b) rolling up the legs of their jeans
c) both of these
d) none of these

Before the World War II, the Korean peninsula was controlled by
a) China
b) Japan
c) Russia
d) Santa

The 38th parallel is a(n)
a) concrete wall
b) place where Santa hides Christmas gifts as they're being made
c) line of latitude
d) court case about segregation

The United Nations became the first organization to
a) go to war to stop one country's attack on another country
b) negotiate a cease-fire agreement between warring countries
c) officially recognize Santa
d) sent aid to people behind a blockade

Joseph McCarthy accused several people of being
a) communists or communist spies
b) illegal immigrants
c) racist
d) the reason Santa won't deliver to adults

The US airlifted food to
a) North Korea
b) South Korea
c) West Berlin
d) Santa's Elves

A microwave (a new invention of the 1950s) cost this much
a) $20
b) $200
c) Nothing--Santa gave them out at Christmas
d) $1300

The USSR had this type of government
a) democracy
b) fascism
c) communism
d) Santa as dictator

At the end of World War II, this city was divided into areas controlled by the USSR and the rest of the Allies.
a) Korea
b) Berlin
c) London
d) the North Pole

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