exam pt 11 Flashcards

1
Q

What program is where veterans of all branches buy new homes and 4 million homes are made across USA, thousands of the people find a work and 8 million students go to college, was also a “blessing in from God?”

A

GI Bill

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What kind of committee where the republican party find communists in the USA and investigate college professors to see what they are teaching in the classrooms.

A

House Un-American Committees

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3
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Funds info to Soviet Union about plans in Europe and southeast Asia. Who is this?

A

Alger Hiss

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4
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Lawyer who prosecutes Alger Hiss on treason against USA and wins the verdict of guilty.

A

Richard Nixon

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5
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What happened after Eugene & Ethel Rosenburg sent info of the Manhattan project to soviets?

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Nixon prosecutes them and gets a guilty verdict.

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6
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Who has a paper with 502 names of known communist working in the federal government. He tries to blacklist people he didn’t like so he can become president.

A

Joseph Mccarthy

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7
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For 2 years what does the USA go through where thy tries to go after the 502 people to make people not trust them?

A

McCarthyism

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8
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Why is McCarthy stopped?

A

He talks about Eisenhower’s wife, and he went after him and got him to reveal he was lying.

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9
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Who is the first republican president in 20 years?

A

Dwight Eisenhower

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