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Honors 11 History Notes (Cold War -->
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What took the U.S. by surprise? | surrender of Japan |
| Plans for what were "scrapped"? | gradual reconversion |
| 2 days after Japan's surrender what did the Pentagon cancel? | $15 billion in war contracts |
| Discharge of how many military personnel took 1 year? | 12 million |
| __________ squeezed workers, triggering strikes that made ___________ of factories for __________ _____________ difficult. | -Inflation -retooling -civilian production |
| What resulted in contradictory legislation? | Economic turmoil of 1946 |
| The Employment Act of 1946 was a liberal effort to do what 2 things as national goals? | -economic growth -high employment |
| What did the Employment Act of 1946 also establish? | Council of Economic Advisors |
| What was another name for the GI Bill? | Servicemen's Adjustment Act of 1944 |
| The GI Bill was what? | One of the federal government's most successful public assistance programs |
| What did the GI Bill guarantee loans for(3)? | -buying a house -buying a farm -starting a business |
| What did the GI Bill also do? | provided money for schooling |
| What was met by government and private action? | severe housing shortage |
| ________ created huge ____________ ____________ developments of ___________ homes that were built in ___________ _______ fashion in brief periods of time. | -Builders -suburban housing -similar -assembly line |
| Who did the vast new housing tracts tend to isolate from traditional community life(2)? | -women -children |
| What stimulated civil rights activism among African Americans? | issue of housing |
| What groups campaigned for racial justice? | NAACP and other groups |
| The Truman administration ordered what in 1948? | integration of the armed forces |
| Consumer _____ and Baby _____ | Boom |
| What 2 things stimulated the housing boom? | -pent-up demand -postwar family boom |
| New marriages and older ones that had delayed starting a family led to a what? | baby boom |
| Who also fueled a consumer boom as they bought household goods? | fast-growing families |
| _______, Republicans, and the ______ ______ | -Truman -Fair Deal |
| Truman pursued a moderate political strategy aimed at the what? | "vital center" |
| In 1948, Truman faced opposition from haters among which 3 groups? | -Republicans -leftist (more liberal) Progressive Party -racist "Dixiecrats" |
| Truman campaigned against what to affect voters in the election of 1948? | "do-nothing Republican Congress" |
| ___________-_________ Across America | Whistle-Stopping |
| 1948 election party conventions were broadcast on what for the first time? | television |
| Who won the 1948 presidential election? | Truman |
| Hoping to build on the gains of the _____ ______, Truman called for a _____ ______ for all Americans. | -New Deal -Fair Deal |
| What did Congress do in 1950? | revitalized social security |
| Congress rejected a what that fought racial discrimination? | fair employment bill |
| The End of the _______ ________ | Grand Alliance |
| The end of the war had placed who as the dominant power in Eastern Europe? | Soviet Union |
| In 1946, Churchill proclaimed that a what was descending over Eastern Europe? | "iron curtain" |
| What did American leaders worry about? | Eastern Hemisphere might fall under Soviet control |
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