Chapter 23 Quiz
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
