Chapter 25 The United States in the Cold War

Which president was responsible for the Interstate Highway Act?

What did Stalin promise at Yalta?

__________ publicly called for the bombing of supply bases in China.

Why did Truman fire MacArthur?

At the end of the Korean War, the two sides established

TERM: a contest in which nations compete to build more and more powerful weapons

Whose name has come to be assoc'd with accusing someone of disloyalty w/o having any evidence?

Who took control of the Soviet Union after Stalin’s death?

T/F: During the 1950s, Americans increasingly used RRs for traveling and transporting goods.

Which of the following countries has a veto in the UN Security Council?

Which country supported the Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh?

As jobs and people moved to the suburbs,

What action of President Truman’s probably pleased workers?

Which African country became a flashpoint between the US & the Soviet Union dring the Cold War?

With Europe weakened by World War II, many Asian countries

In '62, Pres Kennedy imposed a naval blckde 2 prevent Sviet ships frm bringing ___ ___ to Cuba.

What is the Peace Corps?

On June 25, 1950, North Korean troops suddenly invaded

After Japan’s defeat in World War II, North Korea was backed by the __________ __________.

Which country launched the world’s first human-made satellite into orbit?

After the lanch of ___, Ams were afrd that the SU wuld easily b abl 2 lanch missles @ Am cities

The explosion of an atomic bomb by the Soviet Union in 1949

What was the Berlin Airlift?

In the 1950s, social critics focused attention on

When did the Cold War begin?

Because demand far exceeded the supply of goods after World War II, the nation experienced

During the two years of Korean peace talks beginning in 1951, the fighting __________.

Which two countries led the arms race?

How did the Korean War end?

What does the United Nations have that the League of Nations did not?

TERM: teen idol who shocked adults with his music and dance moves

TERM: politician who threatened to expose Communists during the Cold War

Which organization did East Germany join?

Who ran for re-election on a platform of “peace, progress, and prosperity” in 1956?

Why did the US consider the situation in Cuba to be serious enough to mount a naval blockade?

T/F: The GI Bill helped former soldiers attend college.

During the 1950s, what new product had the most significant impact on American life?

Which of the following helped the United States change back to a peacetime economy?

What was the Marshall Plan?

T/F: War hero Adlai Stevenson easily won the 1952 presidential election.

When Communists took over China, the Chinese Nationalists fled to the island of __________.

Who led the UN military forces during the Korean War?

Which of the following was passed by Congress after Truman won the 1948 election?

What caused the inflation that followed World War II?

The United States ended aid to Cuba when _________ _________ announced that he was a Communist.

Sen. McCarthy of WI built his career by threatening to expose ___ spies in the U.S. government.

In 1949, what nation became the second to detonate an atomic bomb?

TERM: policy of blocking Communist expansion

Following Stalin’s death, __ __, the new Svt ldr, predicted that cmmunsm wuld dstry wstrn dem.

Which of these was NOT true of the Taft-Hartley Act?

The UN Secrty Cuncl has mre pwr than the UN __ __ 2 deal w/ intrn'l disptes tht mght lead 2 wr.

Which 2 people were found guilty of supplying secret information 2 the SU during the Cold War?

T/F: Of all the new products of the 1950s, TV had the greatest impact on American homes.

Any permanent member of the UN Security Council can block a proposed action by using its _____.

The Truman Doctrine declared that the US would help other nations to resist the spread of ____.