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AM Hist Ch 21
Cold War - JFK
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who fought in both WWII and Korean War | Gen. Douglas MacArthur |
| What was America’s enemy in the Cold War | Communism |
| What did Winston Churchill mean by an “iron curtain” | an invisible wall of Communist slavery in Eastern Europe |
| Who did Truman defeat in the 1948 election | Dewey |
| What was the Marshall Plan | Secretary of State John Marshall’s plan to alleviate postwar poverty and unrest in Europe after WWII |
| What was the Truman Doctrine | The US foreign policy pledging to assist any free nation threatened by a Communist takeover |
| What nation-state was proclaimed to be a haven for Jews after WWII | Israel |
| Why were Julius & Ethel Rosenberg hanged | They were tried and convicted of treason – selling atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union |
| What did Dr Jonas Salk develop | Polio vaccine |
| What was the Berlin Airlift | The US effort to supply food and supplies to the city of Berlin during the winter of 1947-48 after the Soviets blockaded the free, western portion of the city |
| On what date did America officially enter WWII | December 8, 1941 – the day AFTER Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese |
| Who was the first black major league baseball player | Jackie Robinson of Cairo, GA |
| What black Olympic athlete earned 4 gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Games | Jesse Owens |
| Who was the first man to orbit the earth | John Glenn |
| What president was a liberal democrat who increased government welfare through his “New Frontier” programs | John F. Kennedy |
| Who was the Soviet leader who attempted to put missiles in Cuba | Nikita Khrushchev |
| What is the name of the government-initiated, volunteer group who provided assistance in improving health and farming practices in Third World countries | Peace Corps |
| What is the name of the Congressional law giving power to the president to use force, if necessary, against Communist aggression in the Mid-East | Eisenhower Doctrine |
| Who is the Communist leader of Cuba | Fidel Castro |
| What is Americanism | A society based on individual responsibility, biblical morality, a limited government protecting life, property and family and a capitalistic economy |
| What is Communism | A political ideology based in socialist Marxism, whereby the government controls the economy, atheism is encourage (the state is the supreme being), oppression of individual choice, life is expendable and family units are not valuable. |
| Which president signed a bill funding the Interstate Highway System? | Eisenhower |
| Which presidential election had the first televised debates? | Kennedy - Nixon 1960 |
| Who was the senator who charged that the State Department had been infiltrated by Communist spies | Joseph McCarthy |
| What senator was accused by the media of conducting a "witch hunt" of Communist infiltration of the armed forces and later denounced by the US Senate -- all without producing any proof of no Communist infiltration? | Sen. Joseph McCarthy |
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