Chapter 27 & 28

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In the election of 1948

Democrats won majorities in Congress and the White House.

The person usually credited with formulating the doctrine of containment was

George F. Kennen

The United States entered the Korean War

against the wishes of President Truman.

Truman removed General Douglas MacArthur

because MacArthur did not want to fight an all-out war in Korea and China.

Among the factors that cushioned the economic impact of demobilization after World War II were all the following except

government regulation that limited consumer spending.

The main economic problem faced by Truman in his first term was

inflation.

In the area of civil rights, President Truman

issued an Executive Order banning racial segregation in the armed forces.

The domestic program that Harry Truman sent to Congress in September 1945

proposed to continue and enlarge the New Deal.

East Germany was controlled after World War II by the

soviet union only

The Inchon landing in September 1950

successfully brought an end to the Korean Conflict.

Joseph McCarthy

used the fear of communist infiltration to advance his own political ambitions.

The Marshall Plan of economic aid

was "directed not against country or doctrine, but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos."

The McCarran Internal Security Act of 1950

was passed over Truman's veto.

The G.I. Bill of Rights greatly contributed to the growth of an educated middle class in the United States.

True

The role of the housewife and mother in the American suburbs became more complicated thanks to having larger families, less help from extended family members, and the decline of delivery services.

True


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