Heritage Studies 5 Chapter 15 Quiz

Name some changes that occurred in postwar America.

What is the name for placing too much importance on things money can buy?

The program proposed by President Truman the promoted health insurance, aid for education, housing for the poor, a higher minimum wage and protecting the rights of African Americans was called the...

In what ways were black Americans discriminated against after the war?

The tensions that rose between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II was called the...

The communist dictator of China shortly after World War II - ​ (a)  

Led the United Nations soldiers in South Korea until Truman called him back to the United States - ​ ​ (b)  

A US senator who investigated government leaders he suspected of being Communists - ​ ​ (c)  

• Mao Zedong
• Douglas MacArthur
• Joseph McCarthy

An important change in civil rights occurred when the __ Court ruled that, under the Constitution, black children must be able to attend the same schools as white children.

The Soviet Union and China agreed to work together for the cause of __ .

China supported __ Korea in the Korean War.

Although neither North nor South Korea won the Korean War, the United States succeeded in saving __ Korea from communism.