Cold War Day 3

Created a government benefits programs to help the elderly/disabled/retired; increased governments responsibility

• Dust Bowl
• Justification for war
• Social Security Act
• Unconstitutional programs

Caused by drought and poor farming practices

• Dust Bowl
• Justification for war
• Social Security Act
• Unconstitutional programs

Economic and political interdependence of nations; stop spread of totalitarian governments

• Dust Bowl
• Justification for war
• Social Security Act
• Unconstitutional programs

Supreme Court used the 10th Amendment to overturn some New Deal programs

• Dust Bowl
• Justification for war
• Social Security Act
• Unconstitutional programs

After World War II, the U.S. adopted a foreign policy of containment. The goal of containment was to -

• prevent the spread of Communism to other countries outside the Soviet Union
• protect Americans traveling from Communist countries in order to avoid potential conflict
• place an embargo on all goods from the Soviet Union in order to hurt their economy
• prohibit people from Communist countries from immigrating to America

Which sentence best completes this diagram?

• The president authorizes a military strike against forces threatening the borders of Western Europe.
• Congress appropriates funding for nuclear arms facilities in Western Europe.
• The president signs a treaty requiring reparations to be paid to Western European countries.
• Congress passes a bill to provide financial assistance to Western European countries.

Which statement correctly completes this timeline?

• The Allied powers divide Germany and Berlin into four sectors.
• German citizens vote to reunite East and West Germany.
• The United States and Great Britain airlift supplies to West Berlin.
• The United Nations sends troops into Eastern Europe.

U.S. flew planes over the Soviet blockade to get supplies to West Berlin without military conflict

• Berlin Airlift
• Espionage Act
• Homestead Act
• New Deal

Resulted in the settling of the frontier by farmers

• Berlin Airlift
• Espionage Act
• Homestead Act
• New Deal

Limited Americans’ freedom of speech

• Berlin Airlift
• Espionage Act
• Homestead Act
• New Deal