Quiz 37, Chapter 20, pp. 391-398 Flashcards
The _____ Doctrine pledged American help for any free nation threatened by Communist takeover.
Truman
During World War II, Japanese suicide planes were known as
kamikazes
The ____ Plan was a European recovery plan proposed to combat postwar poverty and unrest.
Marshall
Israel was established as an independent state in ___ to provide a haven for Jewish survivors of the Holocaust.
1948
General ____ became the military governor of Japan after the war.
MacArthur
Which President decided to use the atomic bomb on Japan?
Harry Truman
What is Cold War?
a conflict between the ideologies of Americanism and Communism
How was the US military able to get food and supplies into West Berlin?
the Berlin Airlift
What was organized after WWII to promote peace among all the nations of the world?
UN
What alliance was established between the Western European nations, Canada, and the US in order to defend against Communist aggression?
NATO (or North Atlantic Treaty Organization)