Chapter 24

Quiz for Document 24-6: “Get the Feel of a Fallout Shelter” (c. 1950s)

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Question 1

During the 1950s and 1960s, the nation’s civil defense offices issued hundreds of advertisements such as the “Get the Feel of a Fallout Shelter” advertisement. Propaganda like this was designed to promote a civilian counterpart to which of the following military plans?A. The Korean War
B. The Loyalty-Security Program
C. The creation of SEATO
D. NSC-68

Question 2

Which of the following messages is best illustrated by the advertisement of the model shelter?A. Fear is unnecessary.
B. International warfare is inevitable.
C. Nuclear warfare is survivable.
D. Patriotism requires sacrifice.

Question 3

The details in the photograph of the model shelter imply that social and material conditions in the aftermath of nuclear warfare will beA. catastrophically and radically different from life before the war.
B. limited but familiar and manageably tolerable.
C. much the same as before the war with considerable social and material continuity.
D. worth the sacrifice to maintain democratic liberties.