Post WWII

Question 1

nazi criminals were taken to trial
justice jackson
24 nazis went to trial
1 committed suicide 
1 was medically unfit and died
3/22 were acquitted 
the rest were sentenced to death by hanging or prison time 
each was allowed to get their own attorneys

Answer 1

nuremberg trials

Question 2

direct result of WWII
wanted to prevent future similar conflicts
promoted peace

Answer 2

united nations

Question 3

many of the displaced people went here
united nations helped w this
1948

Answer 3

israel

Question 4

modernized production in russia

factories owned by government

Answer 4

five year plans

Question 5

round up peasants, put them on a huge piece of land to work and mass produce food together

Answer 5

collectivization

Question 6

wealthy farmer
killed their crops and livestock because they were not put in charge
stalin liquidates the class and people in it
major food crisis

Answer 6

kulak

Question 7

stalin went after those who disagreed with his idea of communism
aka “stalin’s reign of terror”
millions were purged (old communist members, army members, industrial management, religious people)
many were sent to a labor camp or exiled to siberia

Answer 7

the great purge

Question 8

labor camps

Answer 8

gulags

Question 9

war on religion

Answer 9

the great purge

Question 10

must serve for 4 years

lower loans on homes, medical insurance, payed tuition

Answer 10

G. I. bill

Question 11

when communist uprising happens, we must get involved

containing communism

Answer 11

truman doctrine

Question 12

wanted to get people involved in the rebuilding of europe
worked well
helped US because it was a loan, helping us economically

Answer 12

marshall plan

Question 13

most powerful alliance on planet
needed to help citizens
north atlantic treaty organization

Answer 13

NATO

Question 14

communist version of NATO

Answer 14

warsaw pact

Question 15

civil war broke out in
dynasty was no longer, leading to a mess
communist uprisings

Answer 15

china

Question 16

ruler of china, ultimately brought communism to china
totalitarian control
allied w russia

Answer 16

mao zedong

Question 17

factories being built
people had to work hard and long
terrible products
over 50 million chinese starved to death

Answer 17

great leap forward

Question 18

lead US troops in engagement
wanted to attack china but truman said no
began speaking out against truman, getting him fired

Answer 18

douglas macarthur

Question 19

won by a landslide
both parties wanted him to run for their side
immediately seeking peace
wanted to end in stalemate, still following truman doctrine
election 1952

Answer 19

eisenhower

Question 20

border still remains
most heavily guarded borders
worlds largest minefield surrounded by sniper posts

Answer 20

korea today

Question 21

where did korea split

Answer 21

38” parallel

Question 22

mutually assured destruction

“two scorpions in a bottle”

Answer 22

MAD

Question 23

round ball soviets launched into space

first object placed in space

Answer 23

sputnik

Question 24

race to get to space first

Answer 24

space race

Question 25

pushing eachother to the brink of war

so tense in situation that one move could lead to war

Answer 25

brinkmanship

Question 26

took oil companies away and gov became in charge

Answer 26

iran

Question 27

important for european trade
britain decided not to find, because communists were also helping fund
britain and israel v egypt
ex of brinkmanship

Answer 27

suez canal

Question 28

US will protect middle eastern nations fighting communist nations

Answer 28

eisenhower doctrine

Question 29

soviet’s decided to use violence to spread communism

US opened immigration quota, but would not enter battle

Answer 29

hungary

Question 30

wisconsin senator
said he had 200 names of communists serving in the gov
went on for years
ruined people’s lives
went after important people
high level of disrespect 
refused to produce his list
senator voted to censor him
alcoholic
drank full bottle of whiskey per day

Answer 30

joseph macarthy

Question 31

married couple
husband had ability to obtain nuclear secrets and sold them to soviets
wife was accomplice
found guilty and given electric chair

Answer 31

rosenbergs

Question 32

created major roads
autobon
transport military supplies and land planes
every 5 miles, 1 mike needs to be straight in case of emergency plane landings

Answer 32

federal highway act

Question 33

separate crews for each task that needed to be accomplished

have to have standardization

Answer 33

levittown

Question 34

everyone did what they were supposed to do

youth conformed

Answer 34

silent generation

Question 35

people in suburbs made it a competition to have he best things

Answer 35

keeping up with the jones’

Question 36

most products revolved around things you need
Items are significantly cheaper than before
biggest consumer item was baby products

Answer 36

consumerism

Question 37

countries within soviet union

communism forced upon them

Answer 37

satellite state/ nation

Question 38

rachel carson

beginning of environmental movement

Answer 38

silent spring

Question 39

C. I. A. got involved
1950
overthrew gov

Answer 39

shah on iran

Question 40

what was the first major decision UN made

Answer 40

taking over israel

Question 41

code name for hydrogen bond

Answer 41

mike

Question 42

leader after stalin

Answer 42

khrushchev

Question 43

first dog sent to space

Answer 43

laika

Question 44

round up peasants, put them on huge piece of land to work and mass produce food together
stalin

Answer 44

collectivization

Question 45

equality
want people to give up economic freedoms for well-being of everyone
stalin

Answer 45

communism