Chapter 24 Test

Question 1

Legislation that provided benefits such as money for education and home purchases to World War II veterans?

Answer 1

GI Bill

Question 2

Term used by Winston Churchill to describe the invisible barrier between Communist Eastern Europe and non-Communist Western Europe?

Answer 2

Iron Curtain

Question 3

Idea that communism must not be allowed to expand to other nations?

Answer 3

Containment

Question 4

Practice of giving money or other assistance to support anti-Communist governments?

Answer 4

Truman Doctrine

Question 5

American aid given to rebuild European countries ravaged by World War II?

Answer 5

Marshall Plan

Question 6

Military alliance of non-Communist nations in Europe and North America?

Answer 6

NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question 7

Military alliance of Communist countries in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union?

Answer 7

Warsaw Pact

Question 8

Idea that if one country falls to communism, other neighboring countries will also fall?

Answer 8

Domino Theory

Question 9

President Kennedy’s program which included aid to poor areas, medical insurance for the elderly, and an ambitious space program?

Answer 9

New Frontier

Question 10

Change in the Constitution which gave the residents of the District of Columbia the right to vote in national elections?

Answer 10

23 Amendment

Question 11

Volunteer program in which Americans lived in and worked to help poverty-stricken countries?

Answer 11

Peace Corps

Question 12

Conflict between the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and its allies where both sides tried to avoid direct military conflict?

Answer 12

Cold War