How Well Do You Know This Decade in History? 1950-1959

The end of World War II marked the start of the Cold War, a global conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. This large scale struggle between these two world powers affected nations with hot wars in Latin America, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and parts of Africa. While the world feared the prospect of nuclear annihilation, countries around the globe gained independence, and people in the United States fought for their civil rights. Think you know history? Challenge your mastery with this military, political, and pop culture history quiz of the 1950s.

This quiz was expert written by Colleen Curran. Colleen earned an MA in History at Boston College in 2016. She specialized in nineteenth and twentieth-century American race and labor history. She currently works as an Editor for the Massachusetts Historical Commission and continues her education in the Sustainable Development Program at the Harvard Extension School.