Cold War

Question 1

Bretton Woods Conference

Answer 1

Top secret-program where Americans developed an atomic bomb during WWIITested successfully in New Mexico

Question 2

United Nations

Answer 2

here would be a General Assembly–forum for discussion where each member enjoyed an equal voice
Security Council–responsible for maintaining world peace
Along w/six rotating members, the Council would have five permanent ones

Question 3

Long Telegram containment

Answer 3

from Moscow, American diplomat George Kennan advised Truman administration that Soviets could not be dealt w/as a normal govt

Question 4

iron curtain

Answer 4

line between soviet nations and democratic nations

Question 5

Truman Doctrine

Answer 5

Give money to Greece and Turkey-

Question 6

National Security Council

Answer 6

Council that advises the president on specific issues.

Question 7

Marshall Plan

Answer 7

Gave aid to western europe

Question 8

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Answer 8

the North Atlantic Treaty Organization also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between several North American and European countries based on the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949.

Question 9

decolonization

Answer 9

he releasing of colonies from imperial control

Question 10

totalitarianism

Answer 10

a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.

Question 11

Fair Deal

Answer 11

Truman Announced A Fair Deal. A “Fair Deal” is what President Harry Truman called his plan. … His Fair Deal recommended that all Americans have health insurance, that the minimum wage (the lowest amount of money per hour that someone can be paid) be increased, and that, by law, all Americans be guaranteed equal rights.

Question 12

Taft-Hartley Act

Answer 12

The Taft-Hartley Act became law despite President Harry Truman’s (1945–1953) veto. Also known as the Labor-Management Relations Act, it passed Congress in 1947 and established guidelines to correct unions’ unfair labor practices.

Question 13

Dixiecrats

Answer 13

any of the Southern Democrats who seceded from the party in 1948 in opposition to its policy of extending civil rights.
loyalty review system,

Question 14

Hollywood Ten

Answer 14

Hollywood Ten, in U.S. history, 10 motion-picture producers, directors, and screenwriters who appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee in October 1947, refused to answer questions regarding their possible communist affiliations, and, after spending time in prison for contempt of Congress,

Question 15

Army-McCarthy hearings,

Answer 15

The hearings were held for the purpose of investigating conflicting accusations between the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy. The Armyaccused chief committee counsel Roy Cohn of pressuring the Army to give preferential treatment to G. David Schine, a former McCarthy aide and a friend of Cohn’s.

Question 16

McCarran-Walter Act

Answer 16

he Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965, also known as the Hart-Celler Act, abolished an earlier quota system based on national origin and established a new immigration policy based on reuniting immigrant families and attracting skilled labor to the United States.

Question 17

Levittown

Answer 17

segregated housing in America

Question 18

“baby boom

Answer 18

Those who were born after world war 2 from the soldiers

Question 19

housing segregation

Answer 19

Housing segregation is the practice of denying African American or other minority groups equal access to housingthrough the process of misinformation, denial of realty and financing services, and racial steering.

Question 20

“In God We Trust

Answer 20

Created by the government to oppose the soviets to show everything they are not.

Question 21

Interstate Highway system

Answer 21

created for easier transportation access

Question 22

Sputnik-

Answer 22

First space satellite launch by the russians

Question 23

National Defense Education Act

Answer 23

The National Defense Education Act (NDEA) was signed into law on September 2, 1958, providing funding to United States education institutions at all levels.

Question 24

Iranian coup

Answer 24

was the overthrow of the democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in favour of strengthening the monarchical rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on 19 August 1953, orchestrated by the United Kingdom …

Question 25

Geneva Accords

Answer 25

The agreement temporarily separated Vietnam into two zones, a northern zone to be governed by the Viet Minh rebels, and a southern zone to be governed by the State of Vietnam, then headed by former emperor Bảo Đại.