Truman’s Presidency
Who became president after FDR died in 1945?
Harry Truman
What term did Churchill use to describe the division of Europe?
Iron Curtain
What was dropped from planes to children during the Berlin Airlift?
Candy (Operation Little Vittles)
Who was the first Catholic U.S. president?
John F. Kennedy
What form of protest involved sitting in segregated spaces?
Sit-ins
What secret project was Truman unaware of before becoming president?
The atomic bomb project
What was the U.S. policy to support countries resisting communism called?
The Truman Doctrine
What term describes the population boom after WWII?
Baby Boom
What was significant about the 1960 election debates?
First televised debates
Who was a key leader of the Civil Rights Movement?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
What conference did Truman attend before deciding to use the atomic bomb?
The Potsdam Conference
What plan gave over $13 billion to help rebuild Europe?
The Marshall Plan
What program helped WWII veterans with education and housing?
The GI Bill
Which president stood at 6 feet 4 inches tall?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Why did LBJ not run for reelection in 1968?
Unpopularity due to the Vietnam War
What were the names of the bombs dropped on Japan?
Little Boy and Fat Man
What event involved the U.S. flying supplies into West Berlin?
The Berlin Airlift
What famous incorrect newspaper headline was printed after the election?
“Dewey Defeats Truman”
Who gave Americans the goal of landing a man on the moon?
JFK
What act outlawed discrimination in 1964?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
What major organization was created in 1945 to help keep peace?
The United Nations
What Cold War conflict involved North Korea invading South Korea?
The Korean War
What campaign strategy helped Truman win the 1948 election?
Whistle-stop campaign
Who was JFK’s opponent in the 1960 election?
Richard Nixon
What theory said if one country fell to communism, others would too?
Domino Theory