Truman Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

United Nations - correct answer The end of WWII saw the creation of a new international organization, the _____ _____, to prevent future global wars. Eastern - correct answer At the end of WWII, the Soviet Union controlled most of _____ Europe. Buffer Zone - correct answer Controlling Eastern Europe was essential to the Soviets because they believed they needed a _____ _____ to protect themselves from Western Europe. Iron Curtain - correct answer Winston Churchill called the Sov...

Where did Tammany Hall (political machine) get most of its support? poor immigrants and ethnic communities in the inner cities. they promised them help in return for votes. European Musical Influence+African=a 1890s New Orleans originated musical genre... Jazz Tet Offensive failed attacks by the Vietcong guerillas and North Vietnamese, but it simultaneously ended US hopes for an early end to the Vietnam War What even triggered the Truman Doctrine? The Greek Civil War ...

ABCTE Elementary Education Exam 206 Questions with Verified Answers Magna Carta - CORRECT ANSWER (1215) a charter of liberties (freedoms) that King John "Lackland" of Englad was forced to sign; it made the king obey the same laws as the citizens of his kingdom 13th Ammendment - CORRECT ANSWER officially abolished slavery, prohibits involuntary servitude. Articles of Confederation - CORRECT ANSWER 1st Constitution of the U.S. (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, n...

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 26Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (GI Bill) - correct answers Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 22, 1944, it was also known as the GI Bill. It provided veterans of the Second World War with funds for college education, unemployment insurance, and housing. (p. 557) early marriages - correct answers One sign of confidence in post-World War II era was an explosion of marriages at a younger age and new births. (p. 558) baby boom - cor...

YES, Truman's hostility towards the SU caused the Cold War- 1st point: the change of leader in US - The change from FDR to Truman in 1945 certainly increased the level of personal animosity and suspicion between the leaders of the world's superpower's: while FDR had worked quite well with Stalin at Yalta for example, Truman was vehemently anti-Communist and clearly distrusted Stalin - While therefore at Yalta FDR and Stalin had forged more of a consensus, both agreeing to join the new UNO a...

Where did Tammany Hall (political machine) get most of its support? correct answers poor immigrants and ethnic communities in the inner cities. they promised them help in return for votes. European Musical Influence+African=a 1890s New Orleans originated musical genre... correct answers Jazz Tet Offensive correct answers failed attacks by the Vietcong guerillas and North Vietnamese, but it simultaneously ended US hopes for an early end to the Vietnam War What even triggered the Truman D...

Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (GI Bill) correct answersSigned into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 22, 1944, it was also known as the GI Bill. It provided veterans of the Second World War with funds for college education, unemployment insurance, and housing. (p. 557) early marriages correct answersOne sign of confidence in post World War II era was an explosion of marriages at a younger age and new births. (p. 558) baby boom correct answersBetween 1945 and 1960, 50 ...

Big Three at Yalta Correct Answer 1945; Stalin, FDR, Churchill; only accept ultimate surrender from Japan; Atomic bomb Correct Answer Trinity test; Bakini test was last; Haroshima and Nagasaki Hydrogen bomb Correct Answer "Superbomb" Equivalent to 500 atomic bombs; started developing after the USSR bomb Hiroshima Correct Answer Truman ordered an atomic bomb drop on Japan after they would not surrender. Nagasaki Correct Answer The Japanese still refused to surrender, so the second a...

What is a partisan realignment? correct answersA durable shift in a political system's configuration of voters' partisan identifications and political parties' vote shares. How, according to the textbook, do political parties "provide a vital function in any democratic system"? correct answersThey promote compromise and cooperation among various interests. They allow the multiplicity of interests to find their voices, even though those voices may be somewhat muted. How did the issue o...

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