Domain 5

What was the significance of the Cold War?

• A political, economic and military competition between the Japan and America, last four decades

• A political, economic and military competition between the Soviet Union and America, last four decades

What was the significance of the Containment Policy?

• U.S. foreign policy to stop the spread of Capitalism

• After Soviet Union takes control of Berlin, U.S. foreign policy to stop the spread of Communism

What was the significance of the Marshall Plan?

• U.S. foreign policy to stop the spread of Communism by giving any country military and economic aid (example Turkey and Greece)

• U.S. foreign policy to stop the spread of Communism in Europe by giving European countries $13 billion dollars to rebuild their countries.

What was the significance of the Truman Doctrine?

• U.S. foreign policy to stop the spread of Communism by giving any country military and economic aid (example Turkey and Greece)

• U.S. foreign policy to stop the spread of Communism in Europe by giving European countries $13 billion dollars to rebuild their countries.

What was the significance of the Korean War?

• U.S. troops help stop the spread of Communism to South Korea

• U.S. troops help stop the spread of Democracy to South Korea

What was the geographic significance of the Korean War?

• Creates the 38th Parallel to divide Communist North Korea from Democratic South Korea

• Creates the 38th Parallel to divide Democratic North Korea from Communist South Korea

How did the G. I. Bill impact Americans?

• Provided education, medical care, pension, and mortgage loans for military veterans

• Decreased taxes, increase in military spending, decrease in social programs

How does President Truman impact the Civil Rights Movement?

• He passed an executive order requiring Japanese-Americans to enter internment camps

• He passes an executive order integrating the U.S. military

How did Joseph McCarthy impact the Cold War?

• He criticized Roosevelts attempt to get Americans out of the Great Depression

• He accused government workers of being spies for the Soviet Union

Define: McCarthyism

• Rule by the people, when the population is allowed to vote on a political issue

• The reckless accusations unsupported by evidence