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50 Cards in this Set
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Higher wagers
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There was much labor unrest after WWll. Millions of workers struck for ____________________________ in 1945-46.
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coal and railroad
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Truman was a strong labor supporter, but he used federal troops to put down strikers in the ________________ and the ____________________ industries.
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You have to belong to a union in order to work in a union place of work.
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What is a "closed shop"?
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You don't have to belong to a union in order to work at a union work place.
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What is the "right to work"?
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A strike undertaken by the workers without the approval from the officials of the union.
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What is a "wildcat strike"?
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An unfair labor practice in which a union attempts to strike a neutral third party in order to put pressure on the company that is involved in a certification action.
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What is a "secondary boycott"?
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The Taft-Hartley Act
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What act prohibited the closed shop, abolished the checkoff system, allowed states to pass the "right to work" laws, outlawed wildcat strikes and secondary boycotts, and strengthened the President's ability to intervene in strikes?
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Harry Truman won the Presidential election.
Thomas Dewey lost the 1948 Presidential election. |
Who won the 1948 Presidential election? Who was thought to be a "shoe-in" for the victory?
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Fair Deal
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Truman used his victory to push for an updated version of FDR's New Deal, called the __________________________.
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increased
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Much of the Fair Deal was defeated in Congress, but other parts were achieved: minimum wage was ____________________, Social Security ____________________, ________________________ projects begun, and public housing was built.
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The term refers to a state of hostility between nations without actual fighting.
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What is a "cold war"?
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It was between the United States and the Soviet Union. They formed military alliances, carried on an arms race, and supported opposing sides in several civil wars.
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Who was the "cold war" between after WWll?
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USSR
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Before WWll ended, it was clear the _____________________ would change from ally to enemy.
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Eastern
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Postwar, the Soviets controlled __________ Europe.
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Iron curtain
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Winston Churchill coined the term ______________________ which is the dividing line between free Western Europe and communist, Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe.
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the United States and the Soviet Union
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A "cold war" began between what two superpowers?
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Winston Churchill
"iron curtain" |
On March 5, 1946 _________________________ delivered a speech at Westminster College in which he announced that an " ____________________________" had divided Europe into free nations in the West and communist nations in the East.
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They both wanted eastern and western Germany to be united. They believed that Europe would be more stable if Germany was united.
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The Soviet Union wanted Germany to remain weak and divided. What did the United States, Great Britain, and France want?
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Berlin blockade
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In 1948 they decided to combine the three western zones within Germany. The Soviets responded by cutting off all surface traffic into Western Berlin in an attempt to force the Western nations to reconsider. This was known as the ________________________________.
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They airlifted 2.5 million tons of supplies into West Berlin, and the Soviets realized they were beaten and lifted the Berlin blockade.
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How did the U.S. and Great Britain respond to the Berlin Blockage?
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Turkey and Greece
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In 1947 Joseph Stalin supported communist rebel movements in what two countries?
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Truman Doctrine
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President Truman said, "The U.S. will prevent communist nations from being created anywhere in the world." This became known as the _____________________.
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Soviet
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Turkey and Greece remained free from a _______________ takeover because of U.S. assistance and became our allies.
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The Marshall Plan
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What is a massive economic aid plan designed to strengthen Western European nations in the face of Soviet hostility?
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Berlin Blockade
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The _______________________ was the first major Cold War crisis between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
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Berlin Airlift
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What was the massive U.S. and British airlift operation to supply West Berlin?
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USSR (Soviet Union)
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In 1949, the ________________________ exploded its first atomic bomb.
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arms race
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The American feeling of postwar security was gone, and a nuclear _______________________ began.
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hydrogen
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In 1952, the U.S. tested their first _______________________ bomb, and the Soviets tested their first H-bomb in ____________.
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containment
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The U.S. policy for most of the Cold War became one of _________________________________.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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In 1949, the U.S. and its allies formed _______________________________________________ known as NATO.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization, founded in 1949 as an alliance between the U.S., Canada, and 10 Western European countries.
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What was NATO?
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They formed its own defensive military alliance, the Warsaw Pact
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How did the Soviets respond to NATO?
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Red Scare
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The general fear of communism in the postwar U.S. was called the _________________________.
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House Un-American Activities Committee - investigated suspected spies, communist sympathizers
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What does HUAC stand for?
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Alger Hiss
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Who was a spy that was captured?
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Joseph McCarthy
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Senator ______________________ became famous for his anticommunist investigations. He made may accusations about communists infiltration.
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McCarthyism
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Making accusations without citing specific evidence is known as ___________________________________.
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atomic bomb
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Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were American communists convicted of passing secrets about the __________________ to the Soviet Union. After the conviction, they were executed in the _______________________________ in 1953.
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nuclear fallout shelter
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A _____________________________ is an enclosed space specially designed to protect occupants from radioactive debris (or fallout) resulting from a nuclear explosion. Many of these were constructed during the Cold War.
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Duck and cover
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____________________ and ____________________ is a method of personal protection against the effects of a nuclear explosion, which the United States government taught to school children from the 1950s to the 1980s.
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Japan
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During WWll the Nationalists and Communists struggled, but temporarily united to fight ______________.
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Mao Zedong
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Who led the Communists in China?
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Chiang Kai-shek
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Who led the Nationalists?
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The U.S. supported Chiang and the Nationalists
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After WWll, a civil war broke in China again. Which side did the U.S. support?
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Mao Zedong and the Communists
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In 1949, ________________ and the __________________ won the civil war in China and the People's Republic of China was formed.
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President Truman
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The formation of the People's Republic of China was a major setback for the U.S. containment policy. many blamed _______________________________ for "losing China".
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USSR
United States |
After WWll, North Korea was controlled by the ___________________________ and South Korea was controlled by the ____________________________________.
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two
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During 1948-49, foreign troops withdraw from Korea and __________________ separate countries were created.
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38th parallel
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On June 25, 1950, North Korea crossed the ______________________________________ and invaded South Korea.
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