American Cultures Chapter 28

Question 1

Zaibatus

Answer 1

Huge corporations run by single families that had monopolized the Japanese econom

Question 2

Potsdam conference

Answer 2

Marked the first time president Truman had met with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin since president Roosevelt’s death

Question 3

Nuremberg trials

Answer 3

german war crimes trials that took place in nuremberg Germany

Question 4

adolf eichmann

Answer 4

an architect of the jewish extermination program avoided immediate prosecution by escaping to Latin America

Question 5

hideki tojo

Answer 5

was sentenced to death because of crimes. he was japans premier during the war

Question 6

United Nations

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postal war international organization

Question 7

trygve lie

Answer 7

served as the UN’s first Secretary General

Question 8

zionism

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the movement seeking a jewish homeland in palestine

Question 9

David Ben Gurion

Answer 9

Supported the idea of Zionism

Question 10

Ralph Bunche

Answer 10

Second un minister. U.S diplomat

Question 11

Satellite nations

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Countries under soviet control

Question 12

Containment

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Restricted the expansion of soviet communism

Question 13

Cold War

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The competition for global power and influence between these two superpowers

Question 14

George Kennan

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A state department official and soviet expert

Question 15

Baruch plan

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Would impose penalties on countries that did not follow international rules

Question 16

Atomic energy act

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Created the civilian controlled atomic energy commission to over see nuclear weapons research and to promote peacetime use of atomic energyb

Question 17

Truman doctrine

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President Truman’s policy stating that the United States would help any country fighting against communism

Question 18

George Marshall

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Secretary of State

Question 19

Berlin airlift

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Operation in which British and us planes carried food and supplies to West Berlin which was cut off by soviet blockades

Question 20

NATO

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North Atlantic treaty organization 9 Western European nations joined the u.s, Canada, and Iceland in a military alliance

Question 21

Warsaw pact

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The Soviet Union responded in 1955 by forming its own military alliance with other communist countries in Eastern Europe

Question 22

Chiang Kai-shek

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Led the Kuomintang, or nationalist party against Chinese communists

Question 23

Brinkmanship

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Rested on the threat or massive retaliation, including the use of nuclear weapons

Question 24

Mao Zedong

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Communist leader. Made reforms to give land to peasants

Question 25

Kim il sung

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Became known as the democratic people's Republic of Korea. Led the communist North Korea

Question 26

Syngman Rhee

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President of South Korea

Question 27

Douglas MacArthur

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U.S army's Far East commander

Question 28

Marshall plan

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European recovery program. U.s. gave money to European countries to help them rebuild their economies after ww2

Question 29

Dwight Eisenhower

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Was selected to be the presidential candidate

Question 30

Central Intelligence Agency

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To get her strategic information and pursue Cold War goals

Question 31

Nikita Khrushchev

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Soviet leader. Accused Joseph stain of committing many ruthless crimes

Question 32

U-2 incident

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Caused the brief thaw in the Cold War to come to an abrupt end

Question 33

National security council

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To advise the president on strategic matters

Question 34

House un-American activities committee

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To investigate fascist groups in the United States

Question 35

Hollywood ten

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Went to jail because they refused to answer questions to the huac

Question 36

Alger hiss

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Was accused of being a communist spy

Question 37

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

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Two convicted Americans of providing the Soviet Union with atomic energy secrets

Question 38

Internal security act

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Required communist party members and organizations to register with the federal government

Question 39

Joseph McCarthy

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U.s. senator from Wisconsin. Gave list of communists

Question 40

Hydrogen bomb

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Claimed it would be 1,000 times more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 41

Billy graham

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Evangelist. He warned of the danger of nuclear war and urged Americans to turn to God

Question 42

Sputnik

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First artificial satellite

Question 43

National aeronautics and space administration

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NASA.

Question 44

National defense education act

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Appropriated millions of dollars to improve education in science p, math and foreign languages