United States wanted to "contain" the spread of this ideology.
What is communism
100
December 7, 1941
What is the bombing of Pearl Harbor
100
Provided financial assistance for college and job training to WW II veterans.
What is G.I. Bill of 1944
100
A statement consisting of one or two sentences arguing your point of view in a research paper.
What is thesis statement
200
Asked US Congress for $400 million in aid to help Turkey and Greece to fight communism.
Who is Harry Truman
200
Financial aid provided to countries of western Europe
What is the Marshall Plan
200
June 6, 1944
What is the invasion of Normandy (D-day)
200
Established loyalty oaths for government employees
Harry Truman (Executive order 9835)
200
This senator exploited the fear of Communism within the government.
Who is Joseph McCarthy (R-WI)
300
Led Vietnamese independence movement
Who is Ho Chi Minh
300
A policy which assumed that the United States must fight for freedom with both its checkbook and its armed forces.
What is Truman Doctrine
300
The year China turned communist.
What is 1949
300
This act authorized the construction of 810,000 public housing units as well as providing federal funds for the renewal of urban zones. Promised “a decent home and suitable living environment for every American family.”
What is Housing Act of 1949
300
Leader of Egypt from 1956 to 1970
What is Gamal Abdel Nasser
400
Two participants of the "kitchen debate."
Who is Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev
400
Developed gradually when the US and USSR failed to resolve three crucial issues: control of postwar Europe, economic aid, nuclear disarmament.
What is the Cold War
400
The beginning and end of the Berlin Blockade
What is 24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949
400
It was the largest public works project in American history through that time.
What is Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956
400
Failed attempt to invade Cuba
What is Bay of Pigs Invasion
500
Argentinian Marxist who traveled across Latin America on a motorcycle and was moved by the poverty he witnessed.
Who is Che Guevara
500
the Military-industrial complex.
What is the network of people and companies that produced weapons and military technology such as the US military, the Department of Defense, and private military contractors.
500
The beginning and end of the Korean War
What is Jun 25, 1950 – Jul 27, 1953
500
A federal law that monitors the activities and power of labor unions.
What is Taft-Hardy Act of 1947
500
This committee was created to investigate Communism in US life; it could subpoena anyone and they were required to appear or be jailed.
What is House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)