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1
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Inflation rate between 1945-1946?

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25%

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2
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What did Truman make instead of Roosevelts “New Deal”?

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Fair Deal

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3
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What happened in the 1946 Congressional elections?

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Defeat of Democrats

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What Bill was watered down by Congress during Truman?

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Price Control Bill 1946

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5
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What Act contributed to maximum employment during Truman?

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1946 Employment Act

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When was the baby-boom during Truman?

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1945-1950

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7
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Where were suburban houses popular?

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Leviton in Long Island

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8
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What did Truman do to the military?

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Demobilized

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How many men were in the army after Trumans demobilization?

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1.5 million men

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10
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Who won the House and Senate in 1946?

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Republicans

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11
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Why did Truman win his 1948 election?

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Did a 33 day tour of the country criticing the Republicans control of Congress

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12
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What did Democrats win in Trumans second election?

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Both Houses of Congress

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13
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What year was the Housing Act under Truman?

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1949

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14
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What did the Housing Act of 1949 do?

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156,000 units were built by 1952

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15
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How much did unemployment rise to in 1950?

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5%

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16
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Who was mostly affected by unemployment during Truman?

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women and minority groups

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17
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When were the strikes in steel, coal and railroad industries during Truman?

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1945 - 1946

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18
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What did the Traft-Hartley Act agree?

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80 day cooling period before negotiations

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19
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What was included in the Fair Deal?

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Increase in public housing
Anti lynching laws
New Department of Welfare
National Health Insurance
Increase minimum wage

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20
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Percentage of population living in poverty by the end of Truman?

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28%

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21
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Unemployment rate at the end of Truman?

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virtually 0

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22
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When was the Rise in McCarthyism?

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1950

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23
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How many people did Joseph McCarthy accuse of being communist in the US State Department?

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205

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24
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By 1944 how much percentage of the workforce was women?

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36%

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25
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Truman’s character?

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Hardworking Southerner

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26
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When was the Yalta Conference?

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February 1945

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27
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What was agreed at the Yalta Conference?

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Germany will be split into 4 zones, each controlled by USA USSR Britain and France.
USSR agreed to join war against Japan

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28
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When was the Potsdam Conference?

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July 1945

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29
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What was agreed at the Potsdam Conference?

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Truman stood up to Stalin creating tension
Truman failed to inform Stalin about the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

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30
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When was Churchills Iron Curtain Speech during Truman?

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1946

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31
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What was the Marshall Plan?

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Financial aid by Truman to European countries affected by WW2

32
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What was the Truman Doctrine?

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Military commitment

33
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How much money did the European Recovery Plan give European countries?

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$17 billion

34
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When was the Berlin Blockade?

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1948

35
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What was the Berlin Blockade?

A

Soviet Union did not allow movement of West Berlin to the East

36
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What was Truman’s response to the Berlin Blockade?

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Brinkmanship or Berlin Airlift

37
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How long did the Berlin Airlift last?

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324 days

38
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Berlin Blockade caused the creation of which group?

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NATO

39
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When was the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima?

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1945

40
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Truman’s aims in Japan?

A

Avoid spread of communism

41
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When did the Korean War start?

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1950

42
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What Parallel divided Korea?

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38th Parallel

43
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When and who did Stalin install to govern North Korea?

A

1948 Kim II Sung

44
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What happened in 1950 in Korea?

A

1000 North Korean troops invaded the south where US troops were removed

45
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How many American’s died in the Korean War?

A

36,914

46
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What was Truman’s approval rate in 1952?

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22%

47
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What does CORE stand for?

A

Congress of Racial Equality

48
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When and who found CORE?

A

1942 James Farmer

49
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What law was present in the South that affected African-Americans?

A

Jim Crow Laws

50
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What case stated “separate but equal”?

A

Plessy v Ferguson

51
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Did the North have Jim Crow Laws?

A

No

52
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Was the North de jure or de facto?

A

de facto

53
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When and what did Malcom X join?

A

The Nation of Islam in 1948

54
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NAACP stand for?

A

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

55
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Example of Justice System being harder on black defendants?

A

Malcom X in 1946 got 8-10 years for burglary

56
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In 1948 what did Truman issue a executive order about?

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End discrimination in the armed forces

57
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Who opposed Truman wanting the Bill of Rights to become reality?

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Dixiecrats

58
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When does China become communist?

A

1949

59
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When and who was the civil war between in China during Truman?

A

Nationalist and Communist between 1946-1949

60
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Where and when do nationalist in China flee to in Trumans presidency?

A

Taiwan in 1949

61
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Who and when was the Indo-China communist party created?

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1930 by Ho Chi Minh

62
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Who wants to take Indo-China back?

A

French empire

63
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How much of the flee was Truman paying to keep Indo-China in the French empire?

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78%

64
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What year was Japan occupied by Truman?

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1945-1952

65
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Who was in charge of Japan under Truman?

A

General Douglas MacArthur

66
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What ideology was in North Korea and who was in charge during Truman?

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Communist
Kim II Sung

67
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What ideology was in South Korea and who was in charge during Truman?

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Anti - Communist
Syngman Rhee

68
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When did North invade South Korea during Truman?

A

June 1950

69
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Who controlled South Korea after North invasion during Truman?

A

Pusan

70
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What did China do to UN forces?

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250,000 Chinese soldiers pushing back UN forces to 38th parallel

71
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When was stalemate - peace talks in Korea during Truman?

A

January 1951

72
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When and why was MacArthur sacked during Truman?

A

1951
Wanted to use nuclear bombs in China

73
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Why was there an increase in African - Americans in the North during Truman?

A

Greta Migration

74
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What civil rights groups fought for segregation in the South?

A

NAACP
CORE

75
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What civil rights group fought for segregation in the North?

A

Nation of Islam

76
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How did NAACP protest during Truman?

A

Court ruling on the Plessy v Ferguson case

77
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How did CORE protest during Truman?

A

Journey of Reconciliation 1947
First freedom ride

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