25-26 test Flashcards
What provided military aid for the Allies?
Eisenhower doctrine
Who seceded Stalin in Russia?
Krushep
What was the turning point in the Cold War?
U2 incident
Who was the US general relieved of duty in Korea?
Mac Aruther
What was the turning point in the Pacific War?
Battle of Midway
Who was the supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe?
Eisenhower
Who made propaganda?
Office of war information
What did the federal government make for the Japanese in America?
Internment camps
Where did kamikaze attacks happened and how many of them?
Okinawa (1,900)
The German offense into Russia was turned back at the battle for the city of?
Stalingrad
In operation torch, Gen. Eisenhower led Allied troops in dislodging German forces from Northern?
Africa
The highly successful 99th pursuit squadron comprised of African-American pilots was nicknamed the?
Tuskegee airmen
American General who liberated Paris?
Patton
In which battle did Hitler now surrounded make a last ditch effort to break through Allied forces and recapture Antwerp?
Battle of the Bulge
Who ran for FDR’s vice president in the 1944 election?
Truman
The federal organization that began to investigate communism in Hollywood in 1947?
House un-American activities committee (HUAC)
Senator from Wisconsin who accused members of the State Department and Armed Forces of communist sympathies.
Joseph McCarthy
A group of individuals involved with the film industry he refused to answer summons to testify regarding theirs alleged communist affiliations.
Hollywood 10
Roughly 500 actors, writers, producers, and directors with alleged communist affiliations were put on the blank by Hollywood executives.
Blacklisted
Couple executed for their peripheral involvement in a case of Soviet espionage.
Rosenbergs
State Department official accused by Whittaker Chambers of spying for the Soviet Union.
Alger Hiss
What sent aid to the suffering Western Europe?
Marshall plan
13 billion in aid over the first four years
What was declared that “it must be the policy of United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressures.”?
Truman doctrine
WWII
1941-1945
Early Cold War
1945-1961
