MP3 9 Weeks Review 25-26

The Truman Doctrine helped stop the spread of communism by

• imposing tariffs on goods

• providing economic and military aid to countries

• negotiating a peace treaty with the Soviet Union

• by building an Iron Curtain between East and Western Europe.

Cold War "Containment" means....

• to surround a country with a Navy
• to attack any communist country
• to stop the spread of communism
• to place missiles in Cuba

Program that provided a wide range of financial benefits to World War 2 Veterans, many former soldiers bought homes and attended college through the program.

• Red Scare

• Beatnicks

• G.I. Bill (Servicemen's Readjustment Act)

• Suburbs

The creation of a national space program (NASA), and the increasing funding for math, science, and technology education was a main effect of

• McCarthyism

• the Korean War

• the launch of Sputnik

• The Marshall Plan

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution increased the power of the executive branch by

• allowing the president to use military force without a declaration of war by Congress

• appointing Supreme Court justices without the approval of Congress

• authorizing the president to make laws

• allowing executive privilege

The credibility gap developed during the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal led to increased

• voter turn out

• loss of trust in the federal government

• Nativism

• All of the above

The domino theory, which provided the basis for U.S. entry into the Vietnam War, was the belief that intervention was necessary to prevent

• Japanese Internment

• The Tet Offensive

• the expansion of communism across Southeast Asia

• the defeat during the Korean War

Similar to the Harlem Renaissance, the Chicano Movement expressed cultural pride among minority groups by

• mass demonstrations

• protesting

• painting murals

• voting

The War Powers Act

• Reestablished limits on executive war powers

• Congress let the president declare war

• implemented a draft during the Vietnam War

How has space exploration improved the standard of living in the United States?

• By leading to technological innovations that made some jobs obsolete

• By leading to the creation of new industries based around new technology

• By leading to automation that allows robots to work on space missions

• By leading to the development of companies focused on commercial space travel