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He was controversially fired by Truman, despite his stunning success at Inchon.
Who is MacArthur
This show is used an example of the American ideal
What is "Leave it to Beaver"
This was set up in 1944 before the war ended and successfully enhanced global health, food production, and cultural development as well created the new state of Israel, and guided former European colonies to independence
What is the United Nations
Group of Southern Democrats led by Strom Thurmmond who opposed Truman's civil rights initiatives. They had their own nominating convention in Alabama, very similar to 1860...
Who are the Dixiecrats
This segregated the US Army
What is Executive Order No 9981
He exemplified Cold War hysteria; he met his match when accused the Army of harboring communists
Who is Sen Joseph McCarthy
This provided benefits including $16 million in loans for veterans to buy farms, homes, or businesses, paid for vet education, and no doubt directly contributed to the economic boom in the post war era and the huge growth of the middle class
What is the GI Bill
This called for substantial military aid to rebuild Europe. It was very successful
What is the Marshall Plan
Reason why it seemed Thomas Dewey was likely to win the 1948 election
What is the Democratic Party was split
Name one item discussed at the Yalta Conference
What is the Soviet Union entering the Pacific Theater, the Soviets would sponsor free elections in Eastern Europe, and the unconditional surrender of Germany
Soviet specialist who came up with the idea of containment
Who is George Kennan
This outlawed closed shops, forced labor to pay for the damages it caused during strikes, and forced union leaders to take anti-communist oaths
What is the Taft-Hartley Act
In response to Soviets shutting off western access to Berlin, this occurred
What is the Berlin Airlift
Name of Truman's domestic policy which included extending social security, universal healthcare, and aid to education to name a few
What is the Fair Deal
Name TWO nations who sit on the UN Security Council
There are five: the US, Britain, France, Russia, and China
His book represented a changing America - when parenting advice use to be found from tradition, now it required a book
Who is Dr Benjamin Spock
This area saw rapid growth in the postwar period, no doubt partially due to the weather
What is the Sunbelt
This was in direct response to Soviet threats in Greece and Turkey; the US would give financial support to any country that was not communist
What is the Truman Doctrine
This called for a massive increase in defense spending
What is NSC 68
This represents a major change in home building which is common place today
What is Levittown
He was a theologian who was an adamant supported of American foreign policy in the Cold War; he saw the world split into two camps - the children of light versus the children of darkness
Who is Reinhold Niebhur
Give one reason for American movement to the suburbs
What are the baby boom, government mortgage guarantees, and new federally funded highways
This was America's first peace time alliance had a key component that stated an attack on one is an attack on all, and was a radical departure from American foreign policy
What is NATO
Main cause of America's economic boom
What is colossal military spending
Chinese forces invaded North Korea and pushed American forces to the 38th parallel after the US did this
What is reach the Yalu River