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The National Recovery Administration sought to promote economic recovery by
expermienting with national economic planning
Hoover's response to the Great Depression could best be described as
restrained and cautious
Hoover believed that unemployment belief
should come from private charities
Why did truman establish a lyalty program in 1947?
to investigate government employees who were potential communists
Which of the follwing was NOT a reason why congress voted to implement the Marshall plan?
to streghten the U.S. militar and win the arms race
The fundamental disagreement between the United States and the Soviet Union at the beginning of the Cold War was over what?
who would control postwar Europe
How did President Eisenhower deal with Joseph McCarthy?
he waited for McCarthy's zeal to be his own undoing
How did the conference at potsdam in July of 1945 end?
in harmony
What did the Marshall plan propose?
infusing massive amounts of American capital into Western Europe
Which statement est describes the transition from war to peace in America after WW2?
it caused inflation and labor unrest
What is one reason why the election of 1936 was noteworthy?
it marked the creation of a new, powerful political coalition
How did the United States react to the 1950 Sino-Soviet treaty?
it refused to recognize the new Chinese regime and focused on Japan as its main ally in Asia
What effect would the Baruch plan have had on America?
it would have given the US a monopoly on atomic weapons
United States troops first went into compate against German troops where?
Africa
During world war 2, who was the closest ally of the US?
Great Britain
In 1946 and 1947, conflict in ____ caused the Truman administration to worry about the spread of communism around the globe
Greece and Turkey
Who was the individual most responsible for promoting African-American rights during the New Deal?
Harry Hopkins
How did Roosevelt go about winning the Democratic nomination in 1932?
He appealed to both the traditionalists and the n ew urban elements within the party
Which country came under Soviet control after World War 2?
Hungary
What effect did the Marshall plan have?
It sparked financial recovery in Western Europe
What ultimately caused the National Recovery Administration to fail?
Its rules favored large corporations over small businesses and laborers
What event brought the United States into World War 2?
The japenese attack on Pearl Harbor
Francis Townsend advocated that the federal government pay $200 each month to who?
all Americans over the age of 60
Which approach did the U.S. military favor when Japan's defeat was deemed inevitable?
an all-out, full-scale invasion of Japan
The passage of the National Security act in 1947
coordinated and unified America's military establishment
With the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939, President Roosevelt did what?
declared american neutrality
What did the Nye Committee investigate?
American Munitions dealers
The weakness of the League of Nations was revealed when it did nothing after Italy invaded where?
Ethopia
What did the NATO assure?
European countries that the United States would help defend them
The United States dropped its first atomic bomb on the city of ____ on August 6th, 1945
Hiroshima
Who did local authorities round up to deport and reduce welfare rolls?
Mexican immigrants
Which New Deal program did the Supreme Court declare unconstitutional?
National Recovery Administration
When the United States and the Dutch East Indies banned trade with japan, what did the Japenese lose their source of?
Oil
What effect did the Great Depression have on immigration to the United States?
Reversed the flow of immigration across the Rio Grande and deported thousands of immigrants
What did the first neutrality act, passed in 1935, prohibit?
Selling arms to nations at war
How did U.S. exports in 1929 compare to exports in 1914?
They tripled
The Truman Doctrine stated that American policy would be to
support any nation resisting armed minorities or aggression from a foreign power
The disarmament plan that the Truman administration proposed to the United Nations after WW2 was called what?
the Baruch plan
Actions in which area helped Truman win the 1948 election?
the Cold War
What did the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act grant workers?
the right to organize and collectively bargain
What does the term "Iron Curtain" refer to?
the separation between Soviet-dominated Europe and Western Europe
The National Security Act (1947) established what?
the three federal agencies