UNIT 8 1945-1960

Question 1

conflict between communist soviet union and democracy USA

Answer 1

cold war

Question 2

provided one hopeful sign for the future. organization to maintain international security.

Answer 2

united nations (UN)

Question 3

a country that is formally independent in the world but under heavy political, economic, and military influence or control from another country.

Answer 3

satellite state

Question 4

metaphoric line used in the cold war to symbolized the separation between the U.S (and allies) and Soviet Russia

Answer 4

iron curtain

Question 5

plan by the U.s to stop the SPREAD of communism (not to end it just to stop it).

Answer 5

containment

Question 6

Under Truman congress submitted $17 Billion in European Recovery Program. (better known as-)

Answer 6

Marshal plan

Question 7

economic and military aid to assist the “Free People” of Turkey and Greece

Answer 7

Truman Doctrine

Question 8

In result to the Soviets cutting off all access by land to German city. Truman ordered U.S planes to fly in supplies to the people of west Berlin

Answer 8

Berlin airlift

Question 9

National Security had recommended, enlargeing the U.S government defense spending to 20%, convince the american public that the costly arms build up was imperative for the nations defense, and form alliances with non-Communist countries around the world

Answer 9

NC-68

Question 10

a military alliance for the defense of the communist states of east Europe.

Answer 10

Warsaw pact

Question 11

during the Korean War, Korea was divided along what Parallel

Answer 11

38th parallel

Question 12

conflict between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea)

Answer 12

Korean War

Question 13

united states pushed communist powers to the brink of war, Eisenhower’s hard line became known as-

Answer 13

Brinkmanship

Question 14

in order to eliminate the chance of a suprise nuclear attack. The soviets rejaceted a proposal

Answer 14

spirit of Geneva

Question 15

first launched satellite by USSR

Answer 15

spudnik

Question 16

U.S. government agency that provides objective intelligence on foreign countries and global issues to the president

Answer 16

CIA

Question 17

The USSR shot down the US spy plane flying over the Soviet Union

Answer 17

U-2 incident

Question 18

intense competition between USSR and US to develop superior weapons systems.

Answer 18

arms race

Question 19

CIA trained force of Cubans landed at the ———- Cuba but failed to set off a general uprising as planned.

Answer 19

Bay of Pigs (BOP)

Question 20

Castro invited the Soviets to build underground missile sites that could launch offensive missiles capable of reaching the US in minutes

Answer 20

Cuban missile crisis (CMC)

Question 21

reduced the risk of using nuclear weapons

Answer 21

Flexible response

Question 22

empower, develop and provide gainful employment for the youths; facilitate peace and volunteerism, community services, neighborhood watch and nation-building.

Answer 22

peace corp

Question 23

after the war was over there was an explosion in marriages and births

Answer 23

baby boom

Question 24

Americans moved into warmer climates, lower tax regions where

Answer 24

sunbelt

Question 25

Under Truman, he enacted the national health insurance, federal aid to education, civil rights legislation, funds for public housing, and the new farm program.

Answer 25

fair deal

Question 26

known as the slave labor bill. required workers to join the union before being hired.

Answer 26

Taft-Hartley Act

Question 27

provied powerful support during the transition of 15 million war vets to a peacetime economy

Answer 27

GI bill

Question 28

Eisenhower called his balanced and moderate approach-

Answer 28

Modern republicanism

Question 29

linked all of the major cities

Answer 29

interstate highway act

Question 30

kenedy called for aid to education, federal support of healthcare, urban renewal, and civil rights, but his domestic programs languished in congress.

Answer 30

new fronteir

Question 31

an invention that made it easier for people to see what is happing

Answer 31

television

Question 32

group of rebellion writers. Advocated, drug use and societal standards

Answer 32

beatniks

Question 33

national association for the Advancement of colored people

Answer 33

NAACP

Question 34

NAACP lawyer, in brown v board

Answer 34

Marshall

Question 35

argued segregation of black children in public schools was unconstitutional.

Answer 35

Brown v Board

Question 36

Eisenhower orders federal troops to protect black students attending a mainley white school

Answer 36

little rock

Question 36

used the states nation guard to protect to stand guard to also protect nine students in little rock

Answer 36

Faubus

Question 37

active member of NAACP whom refused to move from her seat to the back of the bus

Answer 37

Rosa Parks

Question 38

he emerged as the inspirational leader of a nonviolent movement to END segregation

Answer 38

MLK

Question 39

without violence MLK lead the-

Answer 39

nonviolent movement

Question 40

a non violent action as a result of colored people being refused service at a whites only place.

Answer 40

sit-in

Question 41

ministers and churches in the south get behind the civil rights struggle

Answer 41

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

Question 42

promote voting rights and end segregation. they participated in sit-in and etc.

Answer 42

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

Question 43

bus took on more white passengers, then the driver ordered the colored people to move to the back of the bus to make room for the white people.

Answer 43

Montgomery Bus Boycott