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What was the other name for the GI Bill?
Serviceman's Readjustment Act
List the 3 world leader who met at Yalta.
Who coined the term, " iron curtain"?
Winston Churchill
What US general led the invasion of Korea?
Douglas MacArthur
Who discovered the double helix of DNA?
James Watson and Francis Crick
Describe the Marshall Plan.
To contain Soviet expansion by developing the economies of Western and Southern Europe.
Describe the Berlin Airlift
The US Air Force began to fly planes filled with supplies into West Berlin
How many Nationalist fled China to Taiwan?
2 million
List the countries who signed the Warsaw Pact?
Albania, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Soviet Union, Bulgaria
Who won the 1952 presidential election?
Eisenhower
Define a satellite state.
State that is formally independent but under heavy control by another country.
Who led the Communist takeover of China?
Mao Zedong
Who invented the pacemaker?
Wilson Gratebatch
Define the domino theory.
Belief that countries would fall to communism one by one.
How much did Americans spend on personal consumption?
143 billion
What parallel separated North and South Korea?
38th parallel
By 1956, how much money did the GI Bill contribute to the economy?
14.5 billion
Who developed the policy of containment?
George Kennan
List the 3 conditions agreed upon at Yalta.
Germany's military industry dismantled
Prosecute war criminals
Provide economic aid to Germany
Why is it called the "cold" war?
There was no physical fight. No bullets fired. Threats.
How long was Japan occupied by the US?
between 5 and 8
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list 3 vaccines made in the 1950's
Smallpox, measles, and mumps
How many lost work days were caused by unions in 1946?
116 million
How many people were born during the "baby boom"?
75.9 million
List the countries who joined SEATO.
Australia, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, Phillipines, Thailand, UK, the US