Initially this was the main goal of the GI Bill

eliminate problem of not having enough jobs for veterans

Main reason Cuba wanted aid from the USSR?

Cuba did not want to trade with US

Why was the Limited Test Ban Treaty significant?

important step in gaining control of nuclear weapons

Reason Truman did not want to extend the Korean War into China

China's mutual pact with USSR and chance of WWIII

Dramatic increase in car ownership in the 1950s contributed to all of the following except

decreased usage of national parks

An example or synonym of McCarthyism

making unsupported accusations against a person

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Unit 8 Cold War

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Early Cold War based off Louisiana US History EOC Key Concepts.

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Initially this was the main goal of the GI Bill
provide home loans
eliminate problem of not having enough jobs for veterans
give soldiers hope
send veterans to college
2
LBJ was
an experienced politician
mistrusted bc he was Catholic
never elected president
opposed to helping the poor
3
Main reason Cuba wanted aid from the USSR?
spread communism
USSR owed Cuba for helping during WWII
Cuba did not want to trade with US
revenge on the US for being a protectorate
4
Why was the Limited Test Ban Treaty significant?
JFK was shot three months later
kept atmosphere and oceans safe
Castro grew confident the US wouldn't attack Cuba
important step in gaining control of nuclear weapons
5
Were defeated in the Chinese Civil War despite receiving massive aid from the US.
Communitst
Soviets
Peasants
Nationalists
6
Reason Truman did not want to extend the Korean War into China
Truman's power struggle with MacArthur
China wanted to spread communism
China had nothing to do with the Korean War
China's mutual pact with USSR and chance of WWIII
7
Dramatic increase in car ownership in the 1950s contributed to all of the following except
widening gap between the middle class and poor
noise pollution
decreased usage of national parks
Interstate Highway Act
8
The willingness of the US to the edge of all out war is known as
nationalism
Brinkmanship
McCarthyism
military industrial complex
9
Is best known for investigating communism in the film industry.
Hollywood Ten
HUAC
NATO
CIA
10
An example or synonym of McCarthyism
filing for bankruptcy
accusing someone of being a capitalist
making unsupported accusations against a person
using family money to run for office
11
Was the leader of the Communist in China
Chiang Kai-shek
Kim II Sung
Syngman Rhea
Mao Zedong
12
Was setup by the USSR in response to efforts from the West to reunify German
Iron Curtain
German Democratic Republic
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Blockade
13
Foreign Policy was issued to stop USSR military action in the Middle East
Eisenhower Doctrine
Monroe Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
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The main goal of this foreign policy was to stop the spread of communism
Warsaw Pact
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Iron Curtain
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Commanded U.S. Forces in Korea
General Patreaus
General MacAuthur
General Grant
General Patton

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