history

Question 1

What was the Trumann Doctrine?

Answer 1

• president truman, match 1947 US government led by him
• truman doctrine was a ptomise to support any country at risk of communism take over

Question 2

how did the US decide to hekp truman?

Answer 2

• financially
  as they thought thats communism ideas where more likely to take over poor countries

Question 3

what did the marshall plan do?

Answer 3

gave 13 billion dollars to europen countries suffering from economic problems after world war 2

Question 4

Why did the USA fear Communism?​

Answer 4

feared that communism would take over america

Question 5

why was there a red scare in america?

Question 6

3 reaosn why america was scared of communism

Question 7

when was the marhsall plan anmd truman doctrine>

Answer 7

1945

Question 8

what did truman doctine not like?

Answer 8

communism

Question 9

what was truman doctrine idea?

Answer 9

stop spreading commusim, not stop it but contain it

Question 10

what policies did he set?

Answer 10

policy of containment, policies to contain communism

Question 11

whatw as the marshall plan?

Answer 11

action of president truman

Question 12

how much money did the truman and marshall plan provide?

Answer 12

13-17 billion of aid to europen western countries:
- greece
- turkey

Question 13

what were the reaons for the red scare?

Answer 13

• cold war
• edgar hoover
• truman doctrine

Question 14

who was edgar hoover?

Answer 14

• director of fbi
• anti communist
• arrested suspected communists in 1919-20
• believed communists were spies working within government

Question 16

president trumans 2 ways to stop communism

Answer 16

1- marshall plan- promised europen countries to rebuild their economies
2-truman doctrine- usa would support any country threatened by communist takeover

Question 17

what was the hiss case?

Answer 17

alger hiss was a government that officially chnaged with being a communist. sent to prison for 5 years

Question 18

what does HUAC stand for?

Answer 18

house of Un American Comitee

Question 19

what did huac do?

Answer 19

investigated schools, education, industries and government to find out if there is any communists

Question 20

who were hollywood 10?

Answer 20

griup of screewriters, editors and directors that did not cooporate with HUACS hearing on anti-communists activities and were arrested then blacklisted

Question 21

who was joseph mccarthy?

Answer 21

• ambitious politician
• chairman of HUAC
• had power and influence in washinton
• he apperead on radios and tb and was very convincing even though he had little evidence he was good at convincing people he was saying the truth

Question 22

what did mccarthy claim?

Answer 22

claimed he has a list of people who were communists. including 205 people who worked in the government

Question 23

Why did the USA fear Communism?​

Answer 23

• end of 1954 mccarthy lost support
• didnt have evidence to support his claims
• shown on tv to be a bully and liar
• went too far on his accusations

Question 24

Why did the USA fear Communism?​

Answer 24

• people lost their jobs
• 400 people sent to prison
• people labelled as un american

Question 25

huacs goal was to ensure that people were scared.,.

Answer 25

of communism

Question 26

impact of huac in america oin 1950s?

Answer 26

- hollywood 10 - hiss case

Question 27

what was the hiss case

Answer 27

- suspected that it was cimmunists and huac intervented by doing disciplinary meetings - hiss sentenced for 5 years - shows that even people of the government can be spies

Question 28

what was mccarthy known for?

Answer 28

leading the red scare

Question 29

why did people of USA fear communism

Answer 29

proved the world was divided

Question 30

huac was main reason of red scare:

Answer 30

public hearings, made sure eveyone that supported communism would be arrested - made public scafed of communism - main reason because peopel wpuld see posters and images that were against communism and if they were linked to it they would be arrested or even sentence to death?

Question 31

what was segregration

Answer 31

seperation of groups of people base doff their ethnicity or religion

Question 32

what were jim crow laws

Answer 32

legal laws used to seperate the white and blacks

Question 33

why didnt america just vote to change segregation?

Answer 33

- enforced infierority - liked feeling superior - were racist - didnt want to share rights

Question 34

what was the brown vs topeka are?

Answer 34

- linda brown wanted to attend her school but was not allowed to because it was whites only school - oliver brown and the NAACP took the case to supreme court, helped by black lawyers - 1954 supreme court ruled that segregation in schools was illegal and that schools should be desefregated -

Question 35

consequences of Brown vs topeka

Answer 35

- black africans lost their jobs - southern people became more violent, revival of kkk - whites determained to mantain segregation -

Question 36

what is constitution?

Answer 36

basic laws in a country or organization that is governed by

Question 37

what is legislative?

Answer 37

- making of laws

Question 38

what is executive?

Answer 38

carries out the laws

Question 39

what is judicial

Answer 39

evaluates the laws