Which action was taken by the United States government to help Europe’s economic recovery after World War II?
creating the Marshall Plan
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Which domestic issue challenged the United States following the end of WWII?
Integrating returning servicemen into the economy
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This case ended Jim Crow Law
Brown v. Board
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The US joined the battle to keep this country from going completely communist.
What is Korea?
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"Kill the Reds" was a slogan against what country?
Soviet Union
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During the 1950’s, how was United States Senator Joseph McCarthy able to increase his political power?
He capitalized on the widespread fear of communism in society.
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After WWII many americans moved out of the city and into the __.
suburbs
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These were protests against segregation on interstate buses
What are Freedom Rides?
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President after Truman
Who is Eisenhower?
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What was the main reason for the arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War?
fear of one country dominating the other
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In the 1950’s, Senator Joseph McCarthy was most closely associated with issues related to
Communist infiltration and the denial of civil liberties
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The baby boom primarily resulted from the
delay in marriages during World War II ; soldiers returning from WWII.
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This organization was founded to promote the "common welfare" of Native Americans.
What is National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)?
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Eisenhower's nickname
Ike
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The successful launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957 signaled the fear that __.
Soviets had better technology; were ahead of the U.S. in space race; better education or intelligence
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In his response to the 1948 Berlin Blockade, what was President Harry Truman’s main concern?
A military encounter could result in war with the Soviet Union
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The rapid growth in personal income in the decade after World War II contributed to
of the middle class
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The ruling in Brown v. Board of Education did what to Plessy v. Ferguson
What is abolished?
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Name of the Act that reduced Labor strikes, "Right To Work"
Taft Hartley
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The Allied leaders met at the Yalta Conference near the end of WWII in order to __.
divide Germany / plan for after WWII
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The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan represented attempts by the United States to deal with the
spread of communism
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What was the main purpose of the GI Bill passed by Congress shortly before the end of World War II?
to provide economic aid to veterans
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My death was used as a talking point in the civil rights movement. My mother held an open casket service so people could see what people had done to me.