Quit the Fightin'
The United Nations is an international organization formed after World War II for what purpose?
to promote peace
What are some ways in which the American and Communist world views conflict?
Role of government, freedom, religion, influence on other countries
Film actors, writers, and producers who were brought before a Congressional committee to find out about their Communist affiliations were called what?
the Hollywood Ten
What was the Act called that required Communist and Communist front groups had to register with the Justice Department and said that anyone who had once been a Communist could not enter the country?
McCarran Act
What law of 1944 benefited veterans returning from World War II?
The GI Bill (of Rights)
What part of the U.N. organization holds the real power in making decisions? – the 5 permanent members include U.S., Russia, Great Britain, France, China
Security Council
In 1949, Communist forces ran the Nationalist government off the mainland in what country?
China
What question did the film actors, writers, and producers refuse to answer before Congress?
“Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?”
Name one job did Alger Hiss held?
Attorney in the State Department and other departments;
secretary-general of the U.N. organizing conference;
president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
What do we call the large increase in population during the postwar years?
The Baby Boom
What was the plan called that said the U.S. would help people fighting aggression or subversion?
Truman Doctrine
What chilling development especially concerned American policy makers?
The news that the Soviets had an atomic bomb
What did Joseph McCarthy claim about Communists in the U.S. government?
That the State Department and other agencies were infested with Communists
What accusation did Whittaker Chambers make against Hiss?
That he had once been a Communist agent
What is inflation?
Falling value of the dollar and rising prices
What was the plan called that helped the countries of Western Europe rebuild their economies and resist Communist influence?
Marshall Plan
How did the U.S. get supplies to West Berlin when the Russians blockaded it?
By an airlift
What atmosphere did McCarthy create?
One of fear and suspicion
What was the legal response Hiss made to Chambers’ charges?
Hiss sued Chambers for slander.
Why was inflation a problem after World War II?
People were ready to spend, businesses wanted more profit, and workers demanded more pay.
What is NATO?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization; a mutual defense pact of several North American and European countries
How did the Soviet Union act aggressively after World War II?
Controlled Eastern Europe, threatened Turkey and Greece
What televised event began McCarthy’s downfall?
The Army-McCarthy hearings
What was the outcome of the Hiss case?
Hiss was found guilty of perjury and sent to prison.
What president appointed the first Civil Rights Commission and other groups; he forbade discrimination in Federal hiring and ordered the military to be desegregated?
President Truman