Unit 8

What happened after WW2? (US Factories converted back to consumer goods)

What bill (also known as the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act) gave money to returning veterans for education and business?

What period after WW2 led to an increase in childbirths?

Who wrote “Baby and Child Parenting”?

What term refers to the mass migration of white middle class civilians away from inner cities?

What caused “black flight” as well?

What set of trials took place against axis leaders and conspirors as well?

What organization replaced the League of Nations?

How many parts does the United Nations have? What are they?

How many members does the Security Council have?

What are the 5 permanent members of the Security Council? (They have veto power)

Who gave Japanese stockpiles to the Chinese Communist Party?

Who tried to act as an intermediary to encourage a truce that led to the CCP’s recovery?

What battle led to the numerical superiority of the CCP over the GMD?

What group of people migrated to Palestine during and after the holocaust seeking a Jewish homeland?

When was the independence of Israel proclaimed?

What conference made Stalin upset because Churchill and FDR decided to invade Italy?

What conference established the desires of the 3 leaders? (Stalin wants communism in Eastern Europe, Churchill wants a British empire, and FDR wanrs democracy)

What secret agreement did Churchill and Stalin make to secretly divide up Eastern Europe into spheres of influence?

What conference divided Germany and Berlin into different occupation zones?

What conference gave Stalin advantage due to the US and UK having new leaders?

Who violated the terms of the Yalta Agreement?

What term refers to the political barrier between Western Europe and the communist East?

Who proposes containment of the USSR?

What term refers to the action of the US assisting any nation trying to resist a communist takeover?

What act created the Department of Defense, the CIA and the Air Force?

What act gave billions of economic aid to rebuild Europe?

What organization was created by the USSR to give intellectual property to be shared across all communist nations?

What event occurred as a result of the USSR cutting off access to West Berlin?

What occurred as a response to the Berlin Blockade? (the US and UK flew food into Berlin)

When did the US, UK, and France united their zones to become West Germany?

What East German group monitored every citizen to ensure complete compliance with the communist government?

What organization was created to unify the US, Western Europe, and Canada in alliance?

What’s the name of the Soviet version of NATO?

What’s the name of the era defined by the continued tension and competition between the US and the USSR?

Who won the Chinese Civil War?

What term refers to the event in which Mao Zedong killed millions accused of being enemies of the party?

What event led to renewed commitment to Stalinism in China?

What country exploded their own atomic bomb, establishing them as a superpower alongside the US?

What term is defined as a conflict in which two sides use their allies rather than fighting directly?

Name a famous example of a Proxy War

What’s the name of the brutal anti-communist dictator that had the US’s support?

What speech defined our defense priorities in Asia, excluding South Korea?

Where did General MacArthur plan to attack in Korea?

What events ended the Korean War?

What event was inspired by the events of the Korean War?

Who gave atomic bomb secrets to the Soviets?

What UN official was a secret Soviet spy?

What US Senator led an anti-communist hunt?

What US President wanted to cut military spending to help the economy? (He thought war readiness deterred it)

What led to the creation of bomb shelters?

What organization listened to Soviet communications?

Who took over after Stalin died?

What term refers to Soviet slave labor camps?

What’s the name of the first artificial satellite launched by the Soviets?

What organization was created in the US in response to the launch of Sputnik?

What revolutionary group wants Vietnamese independence from the French?

Who led the Viet Minh?

What group won public support? The French or the Viet Minh?

What operation almost saw the capturing of Ho Chi Minh?

What battle was decisive in the Indochina War?

Who won the Indochina War? What did this cause?

Who was inspired to seek independence due to the Indochina War?

What events went down in 1945 resulting in the deaths of thousands as a result of French collision with the FLN?

Who took over France in 1958?

What plan by Charles de Gaulle crushed the FLN?

What does the FLN do in response to the Challe Plan?

What was set in place in 1962 that assured Algeria’s independence?

What movement was led by nations who refused to ally with the US or USSR?

Who started the Non-Aligned Movement?

What communist organization was directed in Moscow?

Who was expelled from Cominform?

What term, now used to refer to poor nations, was used then to describe newer nations who refused to join either side?

What theory stated that if communism spread to one area, it would spread to more?

What organization prevented communist expansion and protected Western interests?

What country encouraged a coup in Iran that led to their instating of a pro-US leader, the Shah?

What country’s government included communists, later replaced by a pro-US leader that the CIA installed due to a coup?

What Hungarian reformer wanted Soviet troops withdrawn from Hungary?

What did the Soviets do in response to Nagy’s revolt?

What Egyptian leader wanted to unite the Arabian nations in an attempt ro eradicate Western influence from the Middle East?

What did Nasser want to build?

Who offered Egypt money to build the Aswan Dam? (later withdrawn because of deals Nasser made with the USSR)

What term refers to the takeover of the Suez Canal by Nasser?

What Cuban dictator prevented reforms?

Who led an anti-Batista rebellion that eventually turned communist?

What’s the name of the revolt Castro launched against Batista?

What Argentinian revolutionary (who’s face was used as a marketing strategy to sell merchandise) supported Castro?

When did Castro’s forces capture Havana?

What was Cuba’s version of Soviet Gulags?

What Cuban group encouraged gender and racial equality?

What Latin country was inspired by Cuba’s defiance of US influence?