Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
UShist 9.1
Quiz practice
Term | Definition |
---|---|
Richard Nixon | Congressman member of HUAC; became president in the late 60's. |
Harry S. Truman | President who desegregated the military and began the containment policy. |
Communism | Truman Doctrine promised to aid any country threatened by this: |
Fair Deal | Truman's domestic program |
Cold War | Rivalry between the two world superpowers after WWII. |
inflation | when prices rise |
Marshall Plan | U.S. funded post-WWII economic recovery program for western Europe. |
Containment | Policy with a main goal of preventing the spread of communism. |
William Levitt | used assembly-line techniques to mass-produce houses. |
Civil Rights | Truman created this commission to respond to racial tensions. |
Berlin Airlift | Was launched to save the city when Soviets blockaded it. |
Women | returned to jobs in more traditional fields at the end of WWII. |
Warsaw Pact | Alliance of the Soviet Union and other communist Eastern European countries. |
Winston Churchill | invented the phrase "Iron Curtain" to describe the Cold War |
Created by:
Freshmensphs
Popular U.S. History sets