Unit 6: Containment Struggles

On March 12, 1947, President Harry S. Truman presented this address before a joint session of Congress. His message asked Congress for $400 million in military and economic assistance for Turkey and Greece.

• Truman Doctrine
• Monroe Doctrine
• Eisenhower Doctrine
• Roosevelt Doctrine

On April 3, 1948, President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act of 1948. It became known as the ________________, named after the Secretary of State, who in 1947 proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe.

• Marshall Plan
• Truman Plan
• Roosevelt Plan
• Eisenhower Plan

At midnight on May 14, 1948, the Provisional Government of ________ proclaimed a new State. On that same date, the United States recognized the provisional government as de facto authority of the _______ state (de jure recognition was extended on January 31, 1949).

• Israel; Jewish

• Soviets; Russian

• black shirts; Italy

• brown shirts; Germany

The ____________ signed on July 27, 1953, formally ended the war in Korea. North and South Korea remain separate and occupy almost the same territory they had when the war began.

• alliance pact

• armistice agreement

• surrender document

• peace treaty

On December 2, 1954, the Senate voted to ________ Senator Joseph McCarthy, who had led the fight in Congress to root out suspected Communists from the Federal Government. It described his behavior as "contrary to senatorial traditions."

• support
• censure
• praise
• commend

In this milestone decision, the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. It signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States, overruling the "separate but equal" principle set forth in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case.

• Smith v. School District
• Jones v. Board of Education
• Black v. Education Department
• Brown v. Board of Education

This act authorized the building of highways throughout the nation, which would be the biggest public works project in the nation's history.

• National Parks Service Act of 1916
• Social Security Act of 1935
• Clean Air Act of 1970
• National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956

Executive Order 10730 of September 23, 1957, signed by President Dwight Eisenhower, sent federal troops to maintain order and peace while the ___________ of Central High School in Little Rock, AR, took place.

• closing

• segregation
• integration / desegregation

• opening

On January 17, 1961, in this speech, President Dwight Eisenhower warned against the establishment of a "military-industrial complex."

• Hello Address
• Goodbye Address
• Welcome Address
• Farewell Address

On January 20, 1961, President John F. Kennedy delivered this speech in which he announced that "we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty."

• farewell address

• inaugural address

• second inaugural address

• Berlin Speech