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| The United States funded and led the push to create this organization. It was intended to promote peace, unity, and cooperation between all the world's countries. |
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| Describe three reasons the U.S. became a leader and superpower |
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| it was never invaded during WWII. It's economy was strong. It possessed the atomic bomb. |
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| The tension between the USSR and the United States that almost led to fighting was known as |
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| What country did the United States replace as the world's leader and major power? |
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| Great Britain aka The United Kingdom |
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| During the mid 1940s labor unions frequently employed this tactic to gain better wages |
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| Unions began to strike in record numbers because |
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| inflation hurt how much they could purchase, and because overtime pay was cut |
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| Truman issued executive orders and the courts issued injunctions in attempt to stop … |
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| the strikes that were crippling the nation |
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| This package of benefits helped veterans with home loans, college tuition, and money until they could find a job |
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| This law weakened the Wagner Act and the unions |
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| The Taft Hartley Act made it so that .. |
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| When being hired workers were not automatically enrolled in unions and allowed the president to prevent strikes for 80 days |
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| Truman was so angry at railway workers for striking that he wanted to … |
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| draft strikers into the army … |
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| Truman pursued a policy of trying to keep Communism from spreading. IT was known as |
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| The goal of the containment policy was to |
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| stop the spread of Communism |
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| What did West Europe, West Berlin, and West Germany all have in common? |
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| They all had Democratic governments |
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| What happened to Eastern Europe and East Germany? |
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| They were forced to become Communist nations under Stalin's control |
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| Truman demanded the power to draft this group of people. |
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| Railway workers that had gone on strike |
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| the _________ ____________ declared that the U.S. would send aid to any country fighting to be free of subjugation (slavery) |
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| After the U.S., France, and England create the country of West Germany the Soviets responded by… |
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| What was Stalin hoping to accomplish by blockading Berlin? |
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| He hoped to starve it into turning to Communism |
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| The ultimate goal of the Soviet Union was to |
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| oversee a world revolution in which the whole world would be Communist and be under their control |
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| Adriana's grandpa was a veteran. He was able to go to college for free and got a home loan. This is because of the |
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| As part of the Truman Doctrine, the U.S. sent 400 million to these two countries |
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| Why did we send aid to Greece and Turkey? |
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| They were fighting against Communist revolutionaries. |
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| This was an alliance of Western European countries and the U.S. that was intended to deter (prevent) the Soviets from ever attacking |
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| NATO was created because of |
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| Truman responded to the blockade of Berlin by |
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| creating the Berlin Airlift, in which we sent 5,000 tons of supplies a day to feed West Berlin |
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| Why did Truman bother helping the people of West Berlin? |
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| He wanted to stop the spread of Communism (Containment Policy) |
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| Truman's popularity was diminished after _________ became Communist |
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| When North Korean Communists attacked South Korea Truman responded by |
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| Sending U.S. troops and committing the U.S. to fighting the Korean War |
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| Why did we fight the Korean War? |
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| Because Northern Korean Communists were attempting to conquer South Korea |
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| Did we win the Korean War? |
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| No. After China sent in troops we ended up in a draw. Today Korea is still split in two. |
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| Today, Korea is still split at the … |
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| General MaCarthur and U.N. forces were almost defeated in Korea because … |
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| The Chinese sent 300,000 troops to support North Korea |
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| What music became popular during the 1950s? |
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| Eisenhower believed that if there was a war between the U.S. and Soviets the result would be known as |
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| Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) |
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| Because Eisenhower assumed MAD made war unlikely, he changed the military by |
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| The middle-east took on new importance because it possessed this important resource |
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| During the 1950s more and more people began to live in the |
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| residential areas on the outskirts of a city. You probably live in one. |
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| The golden age of television occurred during the |
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| In the 1950s this new technology came about and would become more important than radio |
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| Joseph McCarthy often had little evidence when he publicly declared that certain people were… |
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| This man was accused of being a communist and giving secrets to the Soviets |
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| People who were accused of being communists were shunned and couldn't find work. They had been … |
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| If you were blacklisted, that meant that … |
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| someone had accused you of being a Communist. No one wanted to interact with you. |
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| During the 1940s-50s, what happened to family's average income? |
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| It tripled! Daaaaaaaaang. |
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| hunting for Communists with little evidence |
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| White collar jobs increased after WWII. What are they? |
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| Office jobs that often require degrees |
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| Blue collar jobs decrease during the 1950s. A blue collar job is |
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| a job where you work with your hands and get dirty. Example: Carpenter, factory worker, plumber … |
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| Fast food businesses spread everywhere because they are |
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| franchises. Anyone can open up their own branch so long as they follow the rules of the franchise and pay some of their income |
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| when numerous businesses, often unrelated, merge together. Example: Disney owns Pixar, ABC, DC Comics |
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| This industry was one of the biggest employers in the U.S., and had no competition from the Japanese and Germans … yet |
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| Jack in the Box, Wendy's, McDonalds, Pizza Hut, are all examples of |
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| franchises. Anyone can open up their own branch so long as they follow the rules of the franchise and pay some of their income |
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| During the 1950s, pretty much all the cars in the world were made by these three companies |
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| General Motors, Ford, Chevrolet |
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| During the 1940s, Mexicans temporarily came to the U.S. because of this government program |
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| Mexicans came to the U.S. in order to work in this field |
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| In the 1950s, Mexican immigrants were rounded up and deported. This program was known as |
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| After WWII, most immigration came from this region of the world |
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| Latin America (Mexico in particular) |
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| Describe the U.S. economy after WWII |
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| America entered a boom period in which unemployment was low and wages increased dramatically |
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| This man represented the new music of the 1950s |
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| Elvis Presley, the Rock n' Roll King |
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| After the Russians created their own atomic bombs, a war between our countries would lead to |
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| Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) |
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| Millions of Mexicans came to America in order to |
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| work in America's agricultural sector |
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| General Electric creates home appliances, owns NBC, owns power plants, and creates medical equipment. This is an example of a |
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| What world power fell into decline after WWII and was unable to help Greece and Turkey fight off Communists? |
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| After WWII, West Europe was in ruins and broke. Besides the Marshall Plan, what else could help them financially? |
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| The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank |
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| Advances in technology led to the expansion of this kind of work |
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| During the 50s people left the cities and began to move to the … |
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| The Bracero program started during |
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| Why was the Bracero Program started? |
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| American men were drafted into the army, an alternate force of labor was needed. Mexicans. |
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