unit 7 Flashcards
____ ended after negotiations reestablished the 38th parallel as the border.
The Korean War
The Soviet Union developed _____of its own by 1949.
atomic weapons
President Truman met with Allied leaders in ________Germany, for a conference.
potsdam
The Twenty-Second Amendment limits the____ to two terms
President
Named for Truman’s Secretary of State, the ______Plan provided economic aid to rebuild European countries.
Marshal
_____surrounded itself with satellite nations and worked to expand communism throughout the world.
Soviet Union
The International Military Tribunal tried___ war criminals
Nazi
The headquarters of the United Nations is in____
New york city
the United Nations’ most powerful group
security council
formed by a charter signed by 50 nations on June 26, 1945
united nations
—was the lead spokesperson for the Nazi defendants at Nuremberg.
Hermangoering
and his wife were convieted of espionage and executed____
Julius Rosenberg
The___was instrumental in overturning Plessy v. Ferguson.
NAACP
General____was supreme commander for the Allied forces in Europe during World War II.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
___was the most-decorated American soldier of the war, earning 33 medals while capturing or killing 240 German soldiers.
Audie Murphy
_____ Vsigns signified victory over the Axis powers and victory over prejudice.
Double
____fought valiantly as members of the 442d Regimental Combat Team.
Japanese american
The 1950s experienced a(n)____
cycle leading to spiraling prices due to high demand.
inflationary
a policy advocating the use of any nonmilitary measure in order to stop the spread of communism
Truman Doctrine
President Truman’s plan to continue tight federal control of the economy
Fair Deal
General____was in charge of the Allied forces fighting in the Southwest Pacific.
Douglas MacArthur
was the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court.
Thurgood Marshall
___is a term invented by Winston Churchill describing the communist oppression that took over eastern Europe.
Iron curtain
____Gardens freed up produce to be sent to soldiers and refugees.
Victory
____assisted civilians in preparing to survive a nuclear attack.
civil defense system
The increase in births in America after World War II was called the _ boom.
Baby
“The Buck Stops Here” was President’s____famous motto.
Truman
Senator investigated the State Department in an effort to root out communist agents.
Joseph McCarthy
Communists nations formed the___
Pact in 1955 for their common defense.
Warsaw
The Allies selected____as the site for war crime trials because it was home to the Nazi Party and anti-Semitic laws.
Nuremberg
The___Airlift was an Allied effort to airlift supplies to trapped citizens.
Berlin
The____Airmen were African American combat pilots during World War II.
Tuskegee
Supreme Court Justice — was the lead American prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials.
Robert Jackson’s
_____made permanent the story of the Holocaust and other Nazi crimes against humanity.
Nuremberg Trials
At the ____Conference, President Roosevelt and Allied leaders considered the prosecution of German war crimes and whether the Soviet Union would participate in the United Nations
Yalta
The economic Correct____ of the 1950s was reflected in the huge growth of vacation and tourism.
prosperity
____pledges members to the protection of territory, political independence, and security of member nations should a threat occur.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
President Truman called Eleanor Roosevelt “The First Lady of the Correct ____ “for her many contributions.
World
