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Ch.24 Cold War

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  • #3 aid package for veterans
    GI Bill
  • #36 What policy did the U.S. and USSR try in 1953 after Stalin died and Khrushchev became leader of the USSR?
    "peaceful coexistence"
  • #35 Who led the March on Washington?
    Martin Luther King Jr.
  • #12 president that had the policy of "containment" with Communism
    Truman
  • #17 anti-Communist alliance
    NATO
  • #34 What did MLK write to justify his civil disobedience (protests and not following Jim Crow laws) to local pastors?
    "Letters from Birmingham Jail"
  • #66 Who was the first person to set foot on the moon?
    Neil Armstrong
  • #49 What did Winston Churchill mean by the "Iron Curtain"?
    the division between free Europe and Communist Europe
  • #67 What space mission was the first to put a man on the moon?
    Apollo 11
  • #65 What country put the first man on the moon?
    USA!
  • #60 What was the first artificial satellite put into orbit?
    Sputnik I
  • #61 What country put the first artificial satellite into orbit?
    The Soviet Union
  • #13 Truman's policy of giving aid to anti-Communists government
    Truman Doctrine
  • #55 What was the Marshall Plan?
    plan for rebuilding Europe after WW2
  • #20 years of the Korean War
    1950-1953
  • #21 phrase coined by Churchill to describe the division of Europe and Communist Europe
    the "Iron Curtain"
  • #59 How does the set up the UN restrict its power?
    Members of the General Assembly are not forced to follow all the UN's decisions. Any permanent member of the Security Council can veto a decision.
  • #5 act that limited the power of labor unions
    Taft-Hartley Act
  • #4 movement after WW2 to warmer areas of the U.S.
    Sun Belt migration
  • #18 action to overcome the Soviet blockade of Eastern Germany and Berlin
    Berlin Airlift
  • #2 Truman's domestic policy
    Fair Deal
  • #53 What are the 3 parts of the UN?
    General Assembly, Security Council, and Secretariat
  • #38 What kept East Berliners from trying to escape to West Berlin?
    armed guards at the Berlin Wall
  • #45 List 2 things that changed in America after WW2.
    GI Bill, soldiers got married, baby boom (supply and demand shifts), housing shortages, green revolution, Sun-belt Migration, suburbanization
  • #31 What was the Truman Doctrine?
    Somebody has to keep Communism from spreading. Let America give aid, money and military, to governments that are fighting Communism within their own countries.
  • #14 leader of Chinese Communists
    Mao Zedong
  • #51 What did the 23rd Amendment do?
    gave residents of Washington D.C. the right to vote in national elections
  • #29 What was MacArthur's view of the Korean War?
    We needed "total victory". We needed to whatever it took to stop the Communist takeover of Korea, even bomb China.
  • #24 What does an injunction do?
    It keeps a union from going on strike or stops an ongoing strike.
  • #19 couple that gave atomic secrets to USSR
    Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
  • #47 Who was the Communist dictator of Cuba?
    Fidel Castro
  • #68 Why did MLK write "Letters from Birmingham Jail"?
    justify his civil disobedience to pastors
  • #41 Democratic presidential candidate who won the 1960 election
    John F. Kennedy
  • #1 ran against Truman in 1948
    Thomas Dewey
  • #62 Who was the first American to go into space?
    Alan Shepard
  • #69 What was the policy of not allowing the Soviet Union to create anymore Communist governments in other countries?
    containment
  • #32 What group did Mao Zedong lead?
    Chinese Communists
  • #43 turned Cuba Communist
    Fidel Castro
  • #6 Southern laws that segregated black and white people
    Jim Crow laws
  • #27 What was the Sun-Belt migration?
    A lot of Americans moved to warmer areas of the U.S. after WW2. (the South and Southwest)
  • #33 What group did Chiang Kai-shek lead?
    Chinese Nationalists
  • #26 What did the Taft-Hartley Act do?
    limited power of labor unions
  • #44 What waterway was improved in the 1950s by the US and Canada?
    St. Lawrence Seaway
  • #50 Which amendment gave residents of Washington D.C. the right to vote?
    23rd
  • #63 Who was the first human to go into space?
    Yuri Gagarin
  • #64 Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?
    John Glenn
  • #57 What was the result of the Marshall Plan?
    The Soviet-controlled countries rejected help. Countries that took the aid were greatly benefited and built their countries back better than before.
  • #22 What countries were offered help by the Marshall Plan?
    All European countries, even ones under Soviet control
  • #23 What was the "green revolution"
    agricultural improvements after WW2
  • #7 court order to stop a strike
    injunction
  • #30 What was Truman's view of the Korean War and other Cold War "flareups"?
    He wanted to just contain Communism. He only wanted "limited warfare"; let North Korea stay Communist.
  • #56 Why was the Marshall Plan needed?
    Europe was devastated after WW2.
  • #39 What crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war?
    the Cuban Missile Crisis
  • #25 What did "Jim Crow" laws do?
    segregated black and white people
  • #40 the first black leader to become famous nationally
    Martin Luther King Jr.
  • #8 agricultural improvements after WW2
    green revolution
  • #46 What year did the Korean War start?
    1950
  • #15 leader of Chinese Nationalists
    Chiang Kai-shek
  • #54 What program did JFK start to go against Communism in Latin America?
    Alliance for Progress
  • #10 plan for the U.S. to aid in the rebuilding of Europe
    Marshall Plan
  • #9 tensions between Soviet Union and the U.S.
    Cold War
  • #16 Communist alliance
    Warsaw Pact
  • #52 What was the result of the Korean War?
    Korea was back where it was when the war began? It was divided at the 38th Parallel. North Korea was Communist, aided by the USSR and China. South Korea was fre
  • #37 In which effective peaceful protest did MLK give his "I have a dream..." speech?
    March on Washington
  • #48 Who was the Communist dictator of Vietnam?
    Ho Chi Minh
  • #42 became leader of USSR after Stalin
    Nikita Khrushchev
  • #11 general who wanted total victory in Korea
    MacArthur
  • #28 What did the GI Bill do?
    gave veterans aid, help in finding homes and jobs, paid for college
  • #58 Can the UN bring last world peace? Defend your answer.
    No, as long as sinners rule on earth, there will be no lasting world peace. Lasting peace will only come when Jesus is king.