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American Pageant Chapter 36 The Cold War Begins
American Pageant Chapter 36 The Cold War Begins
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What was the McCarran Internal Security Bill?
Allowed the president to detain suspicious people
Allowed Congress to detain suspicious people
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Which made provisions for sending former soldiers to school?
Veterans Administration
The Employment Act
GI Bill
NSC-68
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What did HUAC do?
Spied on the Soviet Union
Investigated private citizens to see if they were Communist
Investigated 3 million federal employees
4
What did Dennis v. United States (1951) uphold?
The Smith Act
The Marshall Plan
The Loyalty Program
The Containment Doctrine
5
Federal Housing Administration encouraged...
The movement to the suburbs
The movement to rural small towns
The movement to the cities
6
What was Truman's "Point Four" aka "Bold new Program" he announced in his Inaugural Address
plan to help free other countries from Communists
plan to lend money and technical aid to underdeveloped lands
plan to get rougher with Russia
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The resurrected Military draft did NOT shape millions of young people's education, marital and career plans.
False
True
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________ said it would spend $12.5 billion over four years in 16 countries.
Containment Doctrine
The Marshall Plan
"get-tough-with-Russia" Policy
Monroe Doctrine
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What was the Iron Curtain?
The split of West and East Europe between Capitalism and Communism
A giant metal wall built between the East and West
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What did NSC-68 state?
The U.S. should spend less money on the military and more on projects in US
It should come to the aid of South Korea
Rubber Duckies
The U.S. should quadruple its defense spending
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What did the U.N. not do?
Created high tariffs against the USSR
Helped preserve peace in Iran, Kashmir, and other troubled areas
Created the Jewish state of Israel
UNESCO and FAO were created by it
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Why did the Democratic party divide in 1948?
Southern Democrats didn't like that Treuman was in favor of civil rights
Insert another answer cause I'm too lazy to come up with another
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When was the blockade in Berlin lifted?
August 1950
June 1949
May 1949
December 1948
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Why did Truman join NATO?
All of the Above
To provide the framework for the reintegration of Germany into Europe
To strengthen the policy of containing the USSR
To reassure Europeans that America would not abandon them
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Why did the Korean War start?
North Korea became communist because of the USSR
North Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel into South Korea
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Who did the Taft-Hartley law hurt?
The Military
Robber Barons
Communists
Labor Unions
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What were the new parties?
All of the Above
New Progressive Party
States Rights Party- Southern Democrats
18
Why was MacArthur fired? If you think Blue is the answer do not click green
He wanted to blockade China after they attacked them cause they were too
He was being rude and became a communist
Continuation of Blue: close to the Chinese Boarder
Ducks
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What was the Social Security Act of 1950
Restricted access to healthcare
Raised Minimum wage
extended old-age insurance to more people
20
Who led the Commitee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)
Nixon
Kennedy
Eisenhower
McCarthy
21
What is not a reason why Americans found the "Sphere of Influence" of Russia threatening?
Russia wanted to turn every country into a cold barren wasteland
It clashed with FDR's dream of an "Open World" and it spread communism
Americans were terrified of communism and dictatorship
22
Who was President From 1945-1953?
Eisenhower
Kennedy
FDR
Truman
23
Which bellow encouraged world trade by regulating currency exchange rates?
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
The GI Bill
International Bank for Reconstruction and World Development
The Marshall Plan
24
What did the National Security Act not do?
Create the Containment Doctrine
Create the National Security Council
Create the CIA
25
By recognizing Israel on May 1948, Truman angered Arab counties and complicated relations between the U.S. and them.
True
False
26
There was a long economic boom from 1950-1970?
False
True
27
The Veterans Administration, which loaned $16 to veterans, was enabled by the GI bill
False
True
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FHA didn't want to make loans to minorities like African Americans resulting in...
limiting African American mobility out of the inner cities
A new American revolution creating a whole new government
29
Julius and Ethel Rosen Burg were found innocent of spilling atomic secrets to the USSR
False
True
30
The Big Three announced a new organization: The United Nations at which conference
Tehan Conference
Yalta Conference
31
Who were the original countries of NATO?
Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Denmark, and the United States
Britain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, and the United States
Britain, France, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, and the United States
France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the United States
32
The Collapse of China was a depressing defeat for America and the Allies in the Cold War
True
False
33
Where were Nazi leaders punished?
Berlin
Dresden
Munich
Nuremberg
34
Why was the H-Bomb created?
To attack Spunik
To out nuclear weapon the USSR
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Why did Stalin not remove troops from Iran despite priomising to?
He wanted oil concessions
He didn't want Iran to become super friendly with the Allies
He wanted to use Iran to spread more communism
36
What happened in 1948 Berlin?
East and West Germany started a war with each other
East and West Germany United
Soviets choked off all rail and highway access to Berlin
The Soviets tried to gain more land in West Germany
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Who controlled East Germany and who controlled West Germany?
Soviets- East. Allies-West
Allies-East. Soviets-West
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How many federal employes did the Loyalty Program investigate for being Communist?
4 million
1 million
1.2 million
3 million
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Which is not the Containment Doctrine
Said the flow of soviet power can be stopped by containment
All plastic containers and evil and created by communists
Held Russia was relentlessly expansionary
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What area grew in popultion greatly
MidAtlantic
New England
The Sunbelt
The Midwest
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Taft-Hartley: outlawed the "closed"(all union) shop, made unions liable for damages among themselves, etc
False
True (also made leaders take a non communist oath)
42
What was the Employment Act?
A Government Policy "to promote max employment, production, purchasing pwr"
Gave jobs to Veterans from WWII
Allowed Women to get more jobs than they could get before
43
What was the devastating news revealed by Truman in September 1949?
The USSR successfully launched Sputnik
The Soviets exploded an Atomic Bomb
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What did the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development do?
Promoted economic growth in war-ravaged and underdeveloped areas
Forced Rich People to give their money to the poor
Encouraged world trade by regulating currency exchange rates
Allowed other countries in the U.N. to take money from the Soviet Union
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What did this newfound prosperity not do?
Gave Americans confidence to exercise international leadership in Cold War
Insert Answer that I don't want to come up with
Underwrote social mobility and funded programs like medicare
paved the way for the Civil Rights movement
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Where was a MacArthur-dictated Constitution adopted in 1946?
Germany
Japan
Hawaii
South Korea
