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Cold War
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History
9th Grade
01/18/2010

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Marshall Plan
Definition
US offered economic aid to any country that applied
Term
By the end of the Marshall Plan, how many countries benefited and how much did the aid total?
Definition
17 countries
$13 billion
Term
Did the the communist countries in Eastern Europe accept aid from the US?
Definition
No
Term
What year did Stalin close the road access to West Berlin?
Definition
1948
Term
How did the US and Britain supply West Berlin after Stalin cut off access?
Definition
By air
Term
What year did Stalin give up and quietly re-open West berlin?
Definition
1949
Term
What nicknames were given to the pilot Lt. Gail Halvorsen and other pilots who dropped candies out of airplanes during the Berlin Airlift?
Definition
Uncle Wiggly Wings
Raisin Bombers
Candy Bombers
Chocolate Flyers
Chocolate Uncle
Term
What year did the Soviets acquire an atomic bomb?
Definition
1949
Term
What does NATO stand for?
Definition
North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
Term
What was NATOs motto?
Definition
An attack on one is an attack on all
Term
What did HUAC stand for and what did it do?
Definition
House Un-American Activities Commitee
investigated suspected "un-american activites"
Term
A Republican Senator from Wisconsin who accused many people, often without proof, and ruined careers and lives.
Definition
Senator Joe McCarthy
Term
What year was the UN created and headquartered?
Definition
1945
New York City
Term
What other organization is the UN similar to?
Definition
League of Nations
Term
What five countries are permanent on the UNs security council?
Definition
US
USSR
France
China
UK
Term
What did the G.I. Bill of Rights offer to veterans of WWII?
Definition
a house, farm, business loan, college tuition
Term
Who was given the priority in jobs after WWII?
Definition
the Veterans
Term
Who was ushered out of the workforce after WWII?
Definition
The women who were encouraged to enter the workforce during the war.
Term
Who won in the 1948 election? (Truman vs. Dewey)
Definition
Truman
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