Truman Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

EM1 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Which agency became the "face of emergency management" in the 1950's? United States Civil Defense The National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 lead to the creation of what program? National Flood Insurance Program Under the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, which Federal agency had the greatest authority? Department of Housing Which act created the United States Department of Homeland Security and is still described as the greatest federal re...

Dorthea Dix correct answer: Started state hospitals to reform mental health treatments; wanted to make things more therapeutic Linda Richards correct answer: Pioneer of psychiatric nursing (late 1800s), first nurse in America When did the term "lunatic" emerge? correct answer: During the renaissance; related to the word moon How was mental health viewed during early civilization? correct answer: Seen as related to demons and magic (witchcraft) How was mental health viewed durin...

US History II ClepWhere did Tammany Hall (political machine) get most of its support? - correct answer 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 answer Jazz Tet Offensive - correct answer 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 t...

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...

What was agreed at Yalta? : 4th-11th Feb 1945 > Division of Germany > UN Ratified > USSR and Polish land > Declaration of liberated europe What was agreed at Potsdam? : 17th July - 11th August 1945 > Denazification > Free speech, press, religious tolerance > Decentralisation of political system > Reparations to US How did the Soviets take power in Bulgaria? : Gradualisation, manipulation, forced removal 2 How did the Soviets take power in Poland? : > Pr...

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...

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...

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 ...

Praxis 5004 Red Notes Questions and Answers Already Passed Where is Machu Picchu? Peru In what mountain range can Mount Everest be found? Himalayas What was the final battle of the Revolutionary War? The Battle of Yorktown What battle ended the War of 1812? Treaty of Ghent What is an example of perceptual location? south What is absolute location? longitude and latitude Who invented terrace farming? Incas Who invented structures such as arches and roads? Romans Where did the idea of a de...

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...