USHISTORYUNIT12REVIEW

The informal relationship between the military and the defense industry is known as?

Many people believed suburbs offered?

Who wrote the novel Tomorrow! to educate the public about the horrors of atomic war?

Migrants from the Great Plains heading west in search of better lives were called

What did Winston Churchill describe as an “iron curtain” falling across Eastern Europe?

What is the term for the cultural separation between children and their parents?

What type of American spy plane shot down by the Soviets in 1960?

According to John Kenneth Galbraith, postwar America had an “economy of abundance” because of?

What early computer that handled business data?

Deadly radiation left over after a nuclear blast is called?

Who was the States’ Rights, or Dixiecrat, Party candidate for president in 1948?

Sen. McCarthy created the media frenzy that began his anti-Communist witch hunt by?

Which event finally brought the United States into World War II?

The purpose of the Nuremberg Trials was to

Which researcher who developed an oral vaccine for polio?

After World War II, the GI Bill—made it possible for many returning soldiers to?

What was seized by the Egyptians, who intended to use its profits to fund other projects?

___ invested in stocks, so that they could make a quick profit.

A key factor that enabled the U.S. economy to continue to grow after World War II was?

What is the result when the government spends more than it collects in taxes?

The Red Scare began in 1945, when a clerk in the Soviet Embassy in Canada, defected and?

Communist countries of Eastern Europe that were dependent on the Soviet Union?

In the Long Telegram, U.S. diplomat George Kennan proposed a policy of?

The British entered World War I when

The 1950s saw major medical breakthroughs that led to improved treatments for cancer, polio, ?

The mountainous region of the United States that stretches from Georgia to New York?

Pres. Truman’s legislative agenda included?

Drills performed by American school children in preparation for a Soviet attack were?

Work that takes place mostly in offices, instead of in factories is called?

The Nazis’ “final solution” referred to their plans to

African American musician who recorded hit rock ’n’ roll songs in the 1950s was?

At the Potsdam Conference, Pres. Truman took a firm stand and insisted that?

The military alliance formed in Eastern Europe by the Soviet Union is?

The beat poet who criticized modern American life for its sterility, conformity, and emptiness?

The United Nations Security Council could ask its members to?

The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to?

According to the Sel. Svc Act, the order in which men were called to service was determined by

On June 6, 1944, nearly 7,000 ships carrying more than 100K soldiers set sail for the coast of

“Dynamic conservatism” meant a policy approach that balanced economics with?

President Roosevelt’s policies for ending the Depression became known as the

The payments Germany was required to make as punishment for starting the war were called

Name the general in charge of occupied Japan, fired by President Truman for insubordination?

Who authored the play A Raisin in the Sun, about a working-class African American family?

What separated North and South Korea after the armistice that ended the Korean War?

Who was the FBI director who urged HUAC to hold public hearings on Communist subversion?

The National Socialist German Workers’ Party, also known as the

The largest public works program in American history was the?

To prevent nations from allying themselves with the Soviets, Pres. Eisenhower decided to use?

Many Americans stereotyped young people who favored unconventional clothing and hairstyles as?

Farmers on the Great Plains began to lose their crops during the Depression because

The federal government’s termination policy, launched after World War II, was intended to?

Although most Americans enjoyed prosperity, at least one in five Americans?

In response to Communist aggression, Pres. Truman outlined a policy known as the?

Henry Ford was able to cut daily work hours and increase wages due to the success of

The method of loaning money to the government to pay for war is