Ch.23, Sect.1 & Ch.22, Sect.3: American Society in the Cold War

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What happened to the US economy after World War II ended?

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The economy continued to expand thanks to continued consumer spending.

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What did the popular GI Bill of 1944 do?

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It provided funds to help veterans establish businesses, buy homes, and attend college.

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What was the chief reason why the Republicans gained control of both houses of Congress during the congressional elections of 1946?

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Many Americans were unhappy about increased labor unrest and strikes caused by high inflation

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All of the following was part of the historic Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 EXCEPT: It outlawed businesses from becoming a “closed shop”, It allowed state legislatures to pass “right-to-work” laws, It banned the use of union money to support political campaigns, It empowered state legislatures to ban the creation of unions in their respective states, It prohibited unions from engaging in “featherbedding”.

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It empowered state legislatures to ban the creation of unions in their respective states.

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Why were the some southern Democrats, known as "Dixiecrats", unhappy with Pres. Truman and decided to run against him in 1948?

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They were angry at Truman’s support of civil rights

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Which candidate won a surprising victory in the presidential elections of 1948?

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Harry S. Truman (D)

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Passed by the Republican Congress in 1947 and ratified by the states in 1951, what does the 22^nd Amendment do?

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It limited a president to serving only two terms, or ten years in total

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Who was the Soviet diplomat that started the Second Red Scare in 1945 by defecting to Canada and revealing a Soviet effort to infiltrate the US and Canadian governments?

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Igor Gouzenko

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Pres. Truman instituted a “loyalty review program” in early 1947 to...

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screen all federal employees for communist ties

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_____ was the long-time FBI director who spied on suspected communists in the US and encouraged the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) to investigate communist subversion.

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J. Edgar Hoover