Cold War
The Fair Deal
Korean War
Civil Rights
Red Scare
100
Top-Secret report that laid out assumptions of U.S. foreign policy for the next 20 years.
What is NSC-68 page 948
100
President Truman's proposals to build upon the New Deal by adding national health insurance, repealing the Taft-Hartley Act, and adding new civil rights legeslation.
What is the Fair Deal Page 945
100
Name of the General that president Truman fired after ignoring the policies of the president.
Who is General Douglas MacArthur? Page 952
100
The team Jackie Robinson played for.
Who are the Brooklyn Dodgers? page 943
100
Executing order signed by President Truman that required federal government employees to have background checks to ensure they were not Communists or associated with Communists.
What is the Loyalty Order? Page 955
200
Term created by Winston Churchill four days after victory in Europe describing the Russian front and everything beyond it.
What is the Iron Curtain page 391
200
Faction of Democrats who broke away from the main party to protest increased support for black rights.
What are "Dixiecrats" Page 946
200
Date that North Korea invaded South Korea which led to the capture of Seoul three days later.
What is June 25, 1950? Page 950
200
Year President Truman condemned the Ku Klux Klan and he lynching of African Americans.
What is 1946? page 943
200
Term describing anti-Communist hysteria leading to attacks on the loyalty of politicians, public figures, and government employees.
What is "McCarthyism"? Page 957
300
Program of "Containing" communism in Eastern Europe and providing economic and military aid to any nations at risk of Communist takeover.
What is the Truman Doctrine page 934
300
The Dixiecrat nominee for president.
Who is Strom Thurmond Page 946
300
Phrase President Truman used to describe the Korean War and dodge constitutional law that says that only congress, not the president can declare war
What is "Police Action"? Page 951
300
President who ended racial segregation in the military.
Who is President Truman? page 943
300
President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Who is Alger Hiss? Page 956
400
Another Name for East Germany
What is the German Democratic Republic page 937
400
Winner of the 1948 Presidential election
Who is Harry Truman? Page 947
400
Invisible line that divides the Korean Peninsula.
What is the 38th Parallel? Page 950
400
Organization that lobbied to end poll taxes, sued for Latino rights to serve on juries, and developed schools for jobless veterans.
What is the American GI Forum? Page 944
400
Spies accused of giving Soviets information about the atomic bomb.
Who are Klaus Fuchs, Julius Rosenberg, and Ethel Rosenberg? Page 956
500
The three pillars of President Truman's vigilant anti-Communist foreign policy.
What are the United Nations, the Marshall Plan, and NATO? Page 948
500
Parts of the New Deal that gained Congressional Approval.
What are higher minimum hourly wage, expansion of Social Security coverage to 10 million workers not included in the original New Deal bill, and a sizable slum-clearance and public housing program? Page 947
500
The date that a truce agreement was reached in Korea.
What is July 27, 1953? Page 954
500
States that routinely segregated Mexican Americans and whites.
What are Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and California? page 944
500
Committee of U.S. representatives that launched an investigation to investigate Communism within Hollywood.
What is the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)? Page 955
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