Doctrine or Act
President Truman's domestic policies
Fair Deal
He used the phrase "iron curtain" to refer to the division between free and Communist countries of Europe
Winston Churchill
This is a term for agricultural improvements in the U.S.
Green Revolution
In 1950 UN peacekeeping forces were in conflict with Communists in which country?
Korea
Who was the Democratic presidental candidate in 1960?
John F. Kennedy
Gave residents of Washington D.C. the right to vote
23rd Amendment
Stalin's successor
Nikita Khrushchev
The first sattelite launched by Soviet Union
Sputnik I
Who broke the color barrier in major league baseball?
Jackie Robinson
What was the end result of the Korean War?
Korea remained a divided nation
Policy offering military aid to anti-communist governments
Truman Doctrine
He led the Communist forces in China.
Mao Zedong
This is the court decision that led to ending segregationin public schools
Brown vs. Board of Education
Which conflict during the Cold War carried a threat of nuclear war?
Cuban missile crisis
How were Alaska and Hawaii different than the other 48 states?
location, ethnic backgrounds
aid for military veterans
GI Bill
He led the Nationalists in China
Chiang Kai-shek
The name given to the time period of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union
Cold War
The Big Three countries that called for another world peacekeeping organization were
Britain, Germany, the United States
Name three conditions that occurred in America following World War 2.
baby boom, urban growth, housing shortages
military alliance between Communist countries
Warsaw Pact
He was the Communist leader in Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
A power that denied any access across Germany to West Berlin in 1948
the Soviet Union
The GI Bill was part of what?
Fair Deal
Which presidential candidate thought Dewey would defeat him in 1948?
Harry Truman