USII.8,b,d- Life After WWII

A country that with strong military, economic, and political plans. These countries use their power to influence global politics. (USA and Soviet Union)

• Leader of the Alliance

• World Leader

• Global Super Power

• King Power

Who had a plan to help rebuild Europe and prevent communism from spreading?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Harry S. Truman

• George C. Marshall

• John F. Kennedy

Which statement describes the Marshall Plan?

• An alliance designed to combine the forces of all democratic nations in Western Europe
• An economic plan to spend 12.5 billion dollars on reconstructing Western Europe
• A failed military plan to cripple communist influence in Western Europe
• A peace treaty with the Soviet Union that was ultimately rejected

Following WWII, The Soviet Union occupied most of:

• Eastern Europe

• Western Europe

• Southern Europe

• Northern Europe

This organization group is an international peace keeping body that replaced the League of Nations after World War II:

• United Nations

• NATO

• WARSAW

• Trans Pacific Alliance

Which country did the USA occupy, helping them become a democratic government and strong ally?

• Germany

• Italy

• Austria-Hungary

• Japan

What is rationing?

• When citizens aren't allowed to buy everything- they get a fair shair, and it's organized by the government

• When the government controls all aspects of life and citizens don't have property or rights

• When the government asks citizens to volunteer for the army so that they don't have to draft people

• When factories build war supplies instead of consumer supplies

Which is FALSE?

• Rationing ended after the war

• Many women left jobs take care of the homes again

• African Americans gained the same rights as White Americans

• Labor unions became more powerful

Americans started to purchase goods with...

• Debit

• Credit

• Checks

• Loans

What is the baby boom?

• There was a deadly explosion at a hospital

• The generation of babies born in the USA after WWII

• More parents had twins and triplets than ever before

• Babies were sent to other countries to help rebuild their populations