12-1: Roots of the Cold War
What two countries opposed each other during the Cold War?
The United States & the Soviet Union
True or False: President Truman won re-election in 1948
True
What is the capital of South Korea? Seoul or Pynongyang
Seoul
Who won the Presidential election in 1952?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Define perjury
Lying under oath
What was the Iron Curtain?
Divided Europe into communist and democratic countries.
What term is used when prices rise faster than wages?
Inflation
True or False: The United States once controlled South Korea
True
The collapse of this industry plunged 1,000s into poverty in the Appalachians
Coal
True or False: Truman's Equality Deal aimed to create jobs, build housing, and create a health insurance plan.
False --> It was named the Fair Deal
Which President helped form the United Nations?
Harry S. Truman
What slogan did the Republicans use that allowed them to take control of the House & Senate (think Inflation)?
Had enough?
The original goal of the UN forces in Korea was to push the North Koreans back across which parallel line?
The 38th Parallel
The Soviets launched the first satellite. What was it called?
Sputnik
How did President Eisenhower want to change the federal government?
He wanted to make it smaller
The Policy of Containment did what?
A plan by the United States to "contain" the Soviet expansion.
President Truman took steps to improve civil rights towards African Americans by doing what?
Desegregated the military
Ended discrimination for federal jobs
What became the NEW political goal for the war after the North Koreans were pushed back?
A democratic Korea
What percent of Americans still lived in poverty in the 1950s?
20%
Which 3 world leaders met at the Yalta conference?
FDR, Stalin, Churchill
What was the program called that sent economic aid to Europe?
Marshall Plan
What did President Truman threaten to do to striking miners and railroad workers?
He threatened to draft them into the army.
What did the agreement ending the Korean War create?
A demilitarized zone
Where did the United States & the Soviet Union meet to ease Cold War tensions?
Geneva, Switzerland
Which region did both Jews and Arabs claim?
Palestine