Truman Quiz

Question 1

1947 Truman Doctrine

Answer 1

Foreign Affairs
U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent them from falling into the Soviet sphere.[2] Historians often consider it as the start of the Cold War, and the start of the containment policy to stop Soviet expansion.

Question 2

1948 Marshall Plan

Answer 2

Foreign Affairs
United States gave economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism.

Question 3

1948/49 Berlin Blockade/ Air Lift

Answer 3

Foreign Affairs
Soviets Blockade Berlin and For almost a Year US and Allies Fly in supplies to keep the Citizens of Berlin Alive and Healthy

Question 4

1949 August USSR Atomic Bomb

Answer 4

Foreign Affairs

Soviet Discovers Atomic Bomb

Question 5

Late 1949- China goes communist

Answer 5

Foreign Affairs

China goes communist becoming an enemy of the United States

Question 6

1945 Red Scare

Answer 6

Domestic Affairs
The term Red Scare denotes the promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism, used by anti-leftist proponents.

Question 7

1947 Smith Act Ensued

Answer 7

Domestic Affairs
The original legislation authorizes the U.S. State Department to communicate to audiences outside of the borders of the United States through broadcasting, face-to-face contacts, exchanges (including educational, cultural, and technical), online activities, the publishing of books, magazines, and other media of communication and engagement.

Question 8

1947 Loyalty Program

Answer 8

Kennan-Shaping Containment Domestic Affairs
The order established the first general loyalty program in the United States, designed to root out communist influence in the U.S. federal government.

Question 9

1947 CIA created

Answer 9

HUAC- Hollywood 10
NSA Formed
Domestic Affairs
(House Committee on Un-American Activities)

Question 10

1948 Alger Hiss Trial

Answer 10

Domestic Affairs

Hiss was accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948 and convicted of perjury in connection with this charge in 1950.

Question 11

1949/50 Bert, Duck and Cover

Answer 11

Domestic Affairs

Fall Out Shelters

Question 12

1950 McCarthyism

Answer 12

Domestic Affairs
McCarran Act
Rosenburgs Arrest
The term has its origins in the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from 1950 to 1956 and characterized by heightened fears of communist influence on American institutions and espionage by Soviet agents.

Question 13

1954 Openheimer Fired

Answer 13

Domestic Affairs
The Oppenheimer security hearing was a 1954 inquiry by the United States Atomic Energy Commission into the background, actions and associations of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American scientist who had headed the Manhattan Project that developed the atomic bomb for the United States during World War II. The hearing resulted in Oppenheimer’s top secret security clearance being revoked.

Question 14

Truman and Congress Dont agree

Answer 14

Domestic Scenario’s

Desegregation of Army and labor strikes

Question 15

Baby Boom

Answer 15

Converting Post War Economy
Inflation
Strikes
Domestic Scenerio’s

Question 16

GI Bill of Rights

Answer 16

Domestic Scenerio’s

Benefits for returning soldiers

Question 17

Taft Harley Act

Answer 17

Domestic Scenerio’s
Vetoed by Truman Congress revoked veto
Hurt unions and workers and outlawed Closed shop

Question 18

21 Points

Answer 18

Domestic Scenerio’s

Will Become Trumans Fair Deal