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

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)...

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

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

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.

What does CIA stand for?

The capital of the Democratic Republic was East Berlin.

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

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

The capital of the Federal Republic was Munich.

Truman won a landslide victory in 1948.

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

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

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

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

When did the Soviet Union create the Warsaw Pact?

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

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

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

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