History Exam on Units 21-25 Flashcards
The British had to evacuate thousands of troops at the French city of ___.
Dunkirk
The ___ cleared forest land and helped build state parks.
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
At the worst point of the Depression, about ___ of American workers were unemployed
one fourth
The Communist attempt to cut off supplies to West Berlin was defeated by the ___
Berlin Airlift
Dwight Eisenhower was elected president in 1952 and 1956, both times defeating ___.
Adlai Stevenson
President Harry Truman ordered that the ___ be desegregated.
military
During the 1920s, new laws ___ immigration into the country
restricted
___ provided unemployment and retirement benefits.
Social Security
___, ___ and Mussoline were dictators who came to power after the Great War (World War I).
Hitler, Stalin
The Japanese attacked the United States at ___ on December 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor
The 1920 presidential election saw ___ take a prominent place on the American scene as the Democratic vie presidential candidate.
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill called this conflict the ___.
Battle of Britain
The number of cars and radios in use dramatically ___.
increased
Eisenhower encouraged the major transportation project of the ___.
Interstate highway system
Germany had a difficult time paying the ___ required by the Treaty of Versailles, and these payments were eventually ___.
reparations; cancelled
