1940s

What policy did the US adopt to stop the spread of communism?

• Dollar Diplomacy

• McCarthyism

• Containment

• Brinkmanship

What program provided military aid to Turkey & Greece to stop communist aggression?

• Marshall Plan

• Lend-Lease Act

• Berlin Airlift

• Truman Doctrine

What economic plan provided aid to rebuild Europe?

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Lend-Lease Act

What was the 12 member mutual defense alliance created against the USSR

• NATO

• SEATO

• Warsaw Pact

• Triple Entente

What 3rd Party emerged in the 1948 Election in response to the growing Civil Right Movement?

• Republican

• Libertarian

• Communist

• Dixiecrats

What was the dividing line set up by the US & USSR in Korea after WW II?

• 36-30 line

• 38th parallel

• 17th parallel

• Iron Curtain

Who was chosen as the commander of the forces sent to liberate South Korea?

• Gen. George Patton

• Gen. Douglas MacArthur

• Harry Truman

• Joseph McCarthy

What significant global event took place during the early 1940s?

• World War I

• World War II

• The Cold War

• The Vietnam War

Which U.S. President implemented the New Deal policies that were still influential in the 1940s?

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Harry S. Truman

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

What was the primary purpose of the United Nations, established in the 1940s?

• To promote international trade

• To maintain international peace and security

• To regulate global financial markets

• To advance technological innovation