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the cold war had all of the following effects on u.s. society except

- AMERICANS LEFT TO LIVE IN CANADA AND MEXICO - organize campaigns took place to protest nuclear testing - school children went through air raid drills - americans built bomb shelters

truman's popularity and that of the democrats declined by 1952 because of all of the following except

- AMERICANS WERE UPSET ABOUT THE ATOMIC BOMBINGS OF JAPAN - fair deal was too liberal - korean war ended in a stalemate - he was no FDR

all of the following are true regarding the second red scare except

- COMMUNIST TAKEOVER OF U.S. GOVERNMENT - result of the cold war - joseph mccarthy would lead witch hunts - labor unions were targetted

all of the following are true regarding the UN except

- an organization to prevent future wars - THE SOVIET UNION, COMMUNIST CHINA, and COMMUNIST KOREA AND THE US ALL REFUSED TO JOIN ThE UN - eleanor roosevelt worked hard to persuade skeptics to support this international organization - consists the general assembly which includes all the nations who want to join the un and help form policy

post war economic changes included all of the following EXCEPT

- benefits for veterans - inflation and labor unrest - unemployment for minorities - LACK OF JOBS DUE TO MASSIVE PRODUCTION DECREASES AND AN ECONOMIC DEPRESSION

the jews and the arabs went to war for all of the following reasons except

- conflict over palestine - arabs didn't recognize israel - jews invaded palestine for control over oil wells - ARBS WERE CONCERNED OVER ISRAEL'S COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT

the 1950s saw all of the following except

- economic growth - growth of suburbs - PROSPERITY FOR ALL AMERICANS - increased automation in the workplace

all of the following statements are true about the truman doctrine and the circumstances under which it occurred EXCEPT:

- it was unilateral - SOVIET UNION BENEFITTED - result of the cold war - a promise to help "free peoples resist subjugation"

all of the following similarities exist between wwi and wwii except

- labor unrest - MAJOR ECONOMIC DEPRESSION - minorities and women were displaced from jobs - there was a red scare

dwight d. eisenhower was elected in 1952 for all of the following reasons except:

- people had confidence in him bc of wwii - promised a balanced budget - promised an end to the korean war - HE PROMISED SOCIALISM AND LIBERAL CHANGES

all of the following is true regarding the split in the democratic party of 1948 except

- truman represented one faction who was in favor of civil rights - southern democracts/dixicrats had a platform of states rights and upholding segregation - THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WAS IRREPARABLY HARMED BY IN-PARTY FIGHTING AND WOULD NOT WIN ANOTHER ELECTION UNTIL BARACK OBAMA IN 2008 - the split in the democratic party did not hurt truman's ability to get re-elected in 1948, he won due to the ethnic and laborer vote

the u.s. supreme court ruled in brown v. board of education (1954) that

I. segregation in public schools was unconstitutional II. schools must integrate III. the interpretation would be that plessy v. ferguson was thus unconstitutional IV. the interpretation would be that separate was not equal I, II, and III

this group fought for mexican american rights (mainly segregation in schools)

LULAC

the crusade of senator joseph mccarthy was primary directed against

alleged communist spies within the u.s. government

the korean war ended with

an armistice and a division of korea into north and south at the 38th parallel

what did the civil rights act of 1957 state

federal crime to prevent qualified people from voting

president truman fired/recalled general douglas macarthur because

he was insubordinate (did not follow orders) to president truman

the national defense education act of 1958 appropriated money to

improve science, math, and foreign language education

during eisenhower's administration _________ was secretary of state and he called for containment and believed in practicing ____________, or the policy of giving your enemy threats leading up to, but not engaging directly in war

john foster dulles / brinkmanship

in 1949 china came under the control of

mao zedong and the communist party

the relocation act of 1956, passed during the eisenhower administration urged

native americans to move to urban areas and assimilate

the korean war began when

north korea attack south korea

by refusing to give up her seat on a bus, this person was arrested and convicted of violating alabama segragation laws

rosa parks

middle class youths of the 1950s were referred to as this because of their unwillingness to conform

silent generation

sputnik

soviet satelite

the nurmeberg war crime trials resulted in

the idea that "just following orders" is not an excuse for crimes against humanity

zionism is

the movement to have a jewish homeland in palestine

why did president truman oppose the post war strikes

they created economic instability

which of the following statements is correct about the case of julius and ethel rosenberg

they were convicted of espionage, condemned to death for giving atomic secrets to the soviets

there was labor unrest after wwii because

wages did not rise to meet the increased cost of living (inflation)


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