Federal legislation of 1947 that limited the tools available to labor unions in labor-management disputes
What is Taft-Hartley Act of 1947
100
when the US requested $400 million to fight communism
What was the fateful hour
100
young navy veteran, and rising politician who won a southern California congressional seat by hammering on his opponent’s connections to supposedly Communist-dominated organizations.
Who is Richard Nixon
100
policy statement that committed the US to a military approach to the Cold War
What is NSC paper 68
200
Republican candidate who ran against Truman
Who was Tomas Dewey
200
another name for the GI Bill of Rights
What is The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944
200
gave $13.5 billion in aid over 4 years to help rebuild Europe, was established on June 5, 1947
What was the Marshall Plan
200
President Truman responded to Republican landslide with this
What is Executive Order 9835 in March of 1947
200
pacific war started on June 25, 1950 when North Korea attaced South Korea
What is the Korean War
300
-intended to clear substandard areas and replace them with modern apartments
-established a goal of adequate housing for all Americans
What is the Housing Act of 1949
300
suburban Long Island community of postwar rental houses built by William Levitt for veterans of WW2
What were Levittown houses
300
event when soviet troops bloced traffic into the city of Berlin
What is the Berlin Blockade
300
Much larger assault on civil liberties from
What is mid-1940’s to mid-1950’s
300
truman decided at this time to authorize work on the super bomb (H-Bomb)
What is January 1950
400
the year that congress improved the social security program
What is 1950
400
allowed veterans to get home-purchase loans from private lenders without a down payment
What was the purpose of the Veterans Administration (VA)?
400
called for the CIA and the NSC
What is the National Security Act of 1947
400
The Courts punished members of
What are suspect organizations
400
the first hydrogen bomb exploded in ths South Pacific at this time
When was November, 1952
500
the rural cities that truman stopped at on his campaign to be president
What were whistle stops
500
10% of its total
What percentage of black enlistees did the army hope to limit
500
signed in 1949 as a mutual defense pact
What is NATO
500
The Communist Party in the US was in rapid decline as a political factor after