WorksheetsUnit 4: Midcentury Modern
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
An international organization founded in 1945 to further the causes of peace, prosperity, and human rights
World Bank
Nuremberg War Crimes Trials
United Nations
GI Bill of Rights
A law passed in 1944 to provide federal funds to help returning GIs make the transition to civilian life
GI Declaration of Independence
GI Constitution
GI Bill of Rights
GI Wish List
As part of the Cold War and in response to the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an agreement signed in 1955 by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania to establish a military alliance for mutual defense
Warsaw Pact
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North American Free Trade Agreement
Molotov Plan
The Truman Doctrine - After World War II, the U.S. foreign policy practice of attempting to restrict the expansion of Soviet influence around the world
containment
atomic energy
proletariat
collectivism
The ideological barrier that separated the Communist-dominated countries of Eastern Europe from the Western democracies.
Iron Curtain
Shower Curtain
Berlin Wall
segregation
A U.S. foreign policy, established in 1947 by President Harry S. Truman, of providing economic and military aid to countries—initially Greece and Turkey—that were attempting to resist communism
Truman Doctrine
Bush Doctrine
Eisenhower Doctrine
Truman Plan
A U.S. plan, initiated by the Secretary of State George Marshall and implemented from 1948 to 1951, to aid in the economic recovery of Europe after World War II by offering certain European countries substantial funds
Molotov Plan
Marshall Plan
Marshall Fields
Marshall Act
What was the purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
to give money to Eastern Europe
to control atomic weapons
to contain communism
to promote international trade
The long telegram written by American diplomat George Kennan resulted in
the establishment of the Central Intelligence Agency
the containment policy of the Truman Doctrine
the Berlin Airlift
the beginning of the Cold War
What were the main concerns of Stalin and the Soviets at the end of World War II?
capitalism and democracy
trade and economic growth
security and communism
education and human rights
Eisenhower, in Executive Order 10450, denied jobs in the federal government to “criminals… or notoriously disgraceful conduct, habitual use of intoxicants to excess, drug addiction, sexual perversion…” in the name of national security.
This specifically contributed to a period known as the …
Lavender Scare
Baby Boom
Cold War
Mental Health Crisis
the art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, especially in politics.
brinksmanship
mutually assured destruction
covert operations
the Marshall Plan
When the United States, Britain, and France merged their zones in Germany, the Soviet Union responded by
threatening to declare war
building the Berlin Wall
Blockading West Berlin
organizing a military alliance
What was the goal for the United States in entering the Korean War in 1950?
to contain communist forces
to stop Japan from taking over Korea
to protect the US access to resources in Korea
to stop guerrillas who threatened the democratic regime
As a result of the successful Soviet launch of the Sputnik satellite…
The United States declared war on the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union put an atomic bomb into orbit
The tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union decreased
The United States passed the National Defense Education Act
