Ch. 26: The Cold War (pp. 651-656)

What were the names of the two new nations in Germany?

The National Security Act of 1947 created the Department of Defense, National Security Council, & CIA.

"Right-to-work" means that a person can work without joining a union.

The Democratic Republic of Germany was controlled by the U.S.S.R.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)...

The U.S. was the first to test and explode the atomic bomb in 1949.

The GI Bill provided housing, education, and job-training to veterans.

When did the Soviet Union create the Warsaw Pact?

The capital of the Democratic Republic was East Berlin.

The capital of the Federal Republic was Munich.

Chiang Kai-Shek's followers fled from China and created what is now the country of...

A "closed shop" means that a person must be a union member before being hired.

The GI Bill allowed local governments to discriminate against women and black veterans.

Truman's Fair Deal, a 21-point domestic program, was passed by Congress.

Truman won a landslide victory in 1948.

The West German republic included parts of Berlin, which was in the Soviet zone.

What does CIA stand for?

The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 anti-labor union.

National Security Council report #68 (NSC-68) called for the expansion of U.S. military power in the world.

The National Security Act of 1947 weakened the powers of the executive branch.