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What was the other name for the GI Bill?

Serviceman's Readjustment Act

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List the 3 world leader who met at Yalta.

Churchill, Stalin, FDR
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Who coined the term, " iron curtain"?

Winston Churchill

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What US general led the invasion of Korea?

Douglas MacArthur

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Who discovered the double helix of DNA?

James Watson and Francis Crick

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Describe the Marshall Plan.

To contain Soviet expansion by developing the economies of Western and Southern Europe.

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Describe the Berlin Airlift

The US Air Force began to fly planes filled with supplies into West Berlin

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How many Nationalist fled China to Taiwan?

2 million

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List the countries who signed the Warsaw Pact?

Albania, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Soviet Union, Bulgaria

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Who won the 1952 presidential election?

Eisenhower

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Define a satellite state.

State that is formally independent but under heavy control by another country.

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Who led the Communist takeover of China?

Mao Zedong

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Who invented the pacemaker?

Wilson Gratebatch

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Define the domino theory.

Belief that countries would fall to communism one by one. 

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How much did Americans spend on personal consumption?

143 billion

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What parallel separated North and South Korea?

38th parallel

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By 1956, how much money did the GI Bill contribute to the economy?

14.5 billion

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Who developed the policy of containment?

George Kennan

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List the 3 conditions agreed upon at Yalta. 

Germany's military industry dismantled

Prosecute war criminals

Provide economic aid to Germany

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Why is it called the "cold" war?

There was no physical fight. No bullets fired. Threats. 

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How long was Japan occupied by the US?

between 5 and 8 

Tison 

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list 3 vaccines made in the 1950's

Smallpox, measles, and mumps

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How many lost work days were caused by unions in 1946?

116 million

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How many people were born during the "baby boom"?

75.9 million

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List the countries who joined SEATO.

Australia, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, Phillipines, Thailand, UK, the US