Chapter 23 Quiz

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Who led the New York School of painters

Jackson Pollock

Economic Aid to Europe

Marshal Plan

The Marshall Plan:

Offered economic assistance to non communist governments.

The Dixiecrats:

Opposed desegregation in the South.

Dixiecrats

States' Rights Party

The charges against which of the following organizations led to the downfall of Joseph McCarthy in 1954?

The Army

NATO

The First peace time alliance for United States

Why did nearly 5 million workers walk off their jobs over the course of 1946?

The removal of price controls resulted in a drop in workers' real income.

Why did the United States allow West Germany to become part of a defense alliance less than ten years after the defeat of Nazi Germany?

The successful Soviet detonation of a nuclear bomb underlined the importance of a militarily united West.

What reason did the Hollywood Ten give for not cooperating with the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearings?

They felt the hearings were a violation of the First Amendment.

Operation Dixiea

attempt to unionize the south

Harry Truman

desegregated the military

Long Telegram

outlined containment policy

McCarren-Walter Act

set quotas on immigration

The 1948 presidential race:

was the last to occur before television forever changed campaigning.

Julius and Ethel Rosenburg:

were executed after a questionable trial.

Taft Hartley Act

"slave-labor law"

Jackie Robinson:

Broke color barrier in major league baseball.

Korean War Commander

Douglas McArthur

Truman's Domestic Program

Fair Deal


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