Key People
Acts, Pacts, and More
Key Terms
Administration, Organization, Etc.
Economy
Key People Cont.
Key Terms Cont.
Acts, Pacts, and More Cont.
100
After Joseph Stalin died, this person became the head of the Soviet Union.
Nikita Krushchev
100
This Act authorized funds to build 41,000 miles of roads consisting of multilane expressways that would connect nation's major cities.
Interstate Highway Act
100
This was list of persons who were not hired because of suspected communist ties.
Blacklist
100
This government organization coordinates United States efforts in space.
(NASA) National Aeronautics and Space Administration
100
This term refers to large-scale buying, where much of it is on credit.
Consumerism
100
This person was an American Military General and became a World War II hero.
Douglas MacArthur
100
This refers to an independent nation under the control of a more powerful nation.
Satellite State
100
With fear that Communism would spread to other countries, this American foreign policy was formed.
Truman Doctrine
200
Also known as Chiang Kai-Shek, this person was a nationalist leader.
Jiang Jieshi
200
Implemented by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, this is a policy that stated the US would use force to protect any nation threatened by communism.
Eisenhower Doctrine
200
This term was used to describe an ideal or typical household with a father, mother, and children.
Nuclear Family
200
This organization was formed in 1949, which encompasses a military alliance formed to counter Soviet expansion.
(NATO) North Atlantic Treaty Organization
200
What act, implemented by President Rosevelt, had the biggest impact on post-war economic prosperity in the United States?
GI Bill of Rights
200
This person was a known evangelist. They attracted millions to religious revivals around the nation.
Billy Graham
200
This term was coined by Winston Churchill to describe the border between the Soviet satellite states and Western Europe.
Iron Curtain
200
This initiative eased the return of World War II veterans by providing them education and employment aid.
G.I. Bill of Rights
300
This person was the founder of Walmart and became one of the most successful businessmen in late 20th century.
Sam Walton
300
This pact united military alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellite states.
Warsaw Pact
300
This was a policy in which the United States and the Soviet Union hoped to deter nuclear war building up enough weapons to destroy one another.
Mutually Assured Destruction
300
This agency is a US intelligence gathering organization.
(CIA) Central Intelligence Agency
300
What had the largest role in increasing consumer consumption during the 1950's.
The ease of getting credit
300
This person was an experienced diplomat who helped organize the United Nations after World War II.
John Foster Dulles
300
This term refers to the loyalty and devotion to one's nation.
Nationalize
300
This policy would strengthen existing New Deal reforms and establish new programs, such as national health insurance.
Fair Deal
400
This person was sentences to 5 years in prison after being accused of being a spy.
Alger Hiss
400
Under concerns that some may advocate to overthrow the government, this act was passed in 1940.
The Smith Act
400
This term refers to sending home members of the army as well as disorganizing or disarming troops that were once active.
Demobilization
400
This organization is a defensive alliance aimed at preventing communist aggression in Asia.
(SEATO) Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
400
In the 1950s, middle class prosperity and the abundance of inexpensive goods had the unexpected outcome of inspiring this.
Rock n' Roll Music
400
This person was an author, American diplomat, and leading authority on the Soviet Union.
George F. Kennan
400
This is a policy of keeping communism contained within its existing borders.
Containment
400
“The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all, and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence recognised by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually, and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.”—Article 5, NATO Treaty; April 4, 1949
Article 5 of the NATO Treaty promises this for all member nations.
Mutual defense
500
This person led Communists during a civil war against Jiang Jieshi.
Mao Zedong
500
SEC. 100. The Veterans' Administration is hereby declared to be an essential war agency and entitled, second only to the War and Navy Departments, to priorities in personnel, equipment, supplies, and material under any laws, Executive orders, and regulations pertaining to priorities, and in appointments of personnel from civil-service registers the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is hereby granted the same authority and discretion as the War and Navy Departments and the United States Public Health Service: Provided, That the provisions of this section as to priorities for materials shall apply to any State institution to be built for the care or hospitalization of veterans.—TITLE I, CHAPTER I-HOSPITALIZATION, CLAIMS, AND PROCEDURES, Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 19. This text is from an act otherwise known by this name.
GI Bill
500
This allows a company to distribute its products or services through retail outlets owned by independent operators.
Franchise Business
500
This was a congressional committee that investigated possible subversive activities within the United States.
(HUAC) House Un-American Activities Committee
500
This term refers to the rate at which goods are produced or services performed.
Productivity
500
This Unites States senator made a charge that the State Department was infested with communist spies.
Joseph R. McCarthy
500
This type of war is fought to achieve only specific goals.
Limited War
600
This Secretary of State's approach to war can best be described as "brinkmanship" which means to pursue a dangerous policy to limits of safety before stopping.
John Foster Dulles
600
“The truth of the matter is that Europe's requirements for the next 3 or 4 years of foreign food and other essential products—principally from America—are so much greater than her present ability to pay that she must have substantial additional help, or face economic, social, and political deterioration of a very grave character. The remedy lies in breaking the vicious circle and restoring the confidence of the European people in the economic future of their own countries and of Europe as a whole. The manufacturer and the farmer throughout wide areas must be able and willing to exchange their products for currencies the continuing value of which is not open to question.”—Congressional Record, June 30, 1947
This text outlines the basis for this American initiative.
Marshall Plan
600
This model of this Soviet satellite displayed in Moscow was intended to inspire feelings of Soviet nationalism.
The Sputnik III
600
By doing this, the Eisenhower administration transformed the American landscape forever.
Funding highway construction that helped the suburbs spread.
600
In 1950, America saw the greatest increase in the production of televisions because of this cause.
Postwar Prosperity
600
China's entry into this war became a significant impact.
The Korean War