Show:
War
People
People 2
Economy and Peace
Challene and Change
100
What plan of Truman's what tested when U.S. funds helped Greece and Turkey fight a Communist takeover?
Containment Policy
100
Who created a plan to rebuild European cities?
George C. Marshall
100
Who used American's fear of Communism for political gain?
Joseph McCarthy
100
What was the main goal of the United Nations?
Prevent Wars
100
How many military men and women lives were lost in World War II?
nearly 400,000
200
In the Korean War who got military support from the Soviet Union and China?
North Korea
200
Who was the U.S. President during the Korean War?
Harry Truman
200
Who helped end school segregation and later joined the Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
200
What Act allowed employers to hire non-union members?
Taft-Hartley Act
200
What did the federal government build to attract home builders to the suburbs?
Interstate Highways
300
What did President Truman order after the Soviets cut off supplies to Berlin?
airlift
300
Who led the Soviet Union during and after World War II?
Joseph Stalin
300
Who was a war hero, NATO commander, and U.S. President?
Dwight Eisenhower
300
The GI Bill helped former soldiers go where?
to college
300
What was the competition between the U.S. and Russia (Soviet Union) to be first in space called?
the space race.
400
What is another name for the European Recovery Program?
Marshall Plan
400
Who used the words "Iron Curtain" to describe Communist control of Eastern Europe?
Winston Churchill
400
Under President Truman's Fair Deal program, what increased?
Minimum Wage
400
Why did the United States need more schools after World War II?
Baby Boom
400
How were woman in the tv commmercials of the 1950's portrayed?
happy housewives
500
Twelve countries formed what organization to protect each other from attack?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
500
Who commanded the American troops in Korea?
Douglas MacArthur
500
Who became famous for starting the civil rights movement by not moving to the back of the bus?
Rosa Parks
500
Because of better irrigation systems and machinery, what became a major part of the nations economy?
Farming
500
What does it mean when products are made by machines rather than by humans in factories?
automation