History Unit 10 Flashcard Review

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What was the Truman Doctrine?

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the U.S. policy that guaranteed aid to any nation threatened by communism

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What was the Marshall Plan?

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a program to aid European nations and to promote prosperity and democracy

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Who won the 1948 presidential election?

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Harry Truman

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Harry Truman was very vindictive after the war and refused to help any of our former enemies such as Japan and Germany. True or False?

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False

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Who led a hunt for communists in the United States in the 1950s? Options: Congressman Richard Nixon, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, Senator Joseph McCarthy

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Senator Joseph McCarthy

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 As part of the renewed “Red Scare”, Americans persecuted their fellow citizens because of the fear of communism.

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true

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What was the Cold War?

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The political and economic “war” between the USSR and the US.

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In 1948, President Truman issued an Executive Order-what did it do?

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Made all U.S. Armed Services integrated regardless of race

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Communism is

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An Economic Idea

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Truman's Campaign Tour was called the

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Whistle Stop Campaign