Truman Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Which of the following best completes the chart? Cause: Technology allows the transfer of goods and services through the use of computers Effect: B) E-commerce is a large and growing sector of the global economy Which of the following best completes the chart? Cause: G.I Bill of Rights gave benefits... Effect: A) Inequality grew, and the middle class... Drag the descriptions of parts of the Truman Doctrine to match the correct categories. Each choice will be used once. Definit...

WW2 CORRECT ANSWER The Department of Defense, the national Security Council, and the Central Intelligence Agency arose as a result of conclusions drawn by policy makers in the aftermath of: Laws enacted by elected legislators CORRECT ANSWER In the United States, there are primarily two levels of law: 1) the U.S. Constitution and 2): Congressional Representative CORRECT ANSWER The military academies at West Point and Annapolis require candidates to obtain a nomination for admission from wha...

US History II CLEP EXAM QUESTIONS 2024. Where 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 Vie...

Cold War After World War II, the long period of intense rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States. Truman Doctrine President Truman's policy of giving American aid to nations threatened by communist expansion. Berlin Wall A wall built by the communist East German government in 1961 to seal off East Berlin from West Berlin. North Atlantic Treaty Organization An alliance formed in 1949 by the United States and Western European nations to fight Soviet aggressi...

Media "text" - 1. a construction- representation of reality based on values and assumptions 2. can be "read"- analysis and interpretation Aesthetic Value VS Social-ideological - 1. Aesthetic value: film as "art" 2. Social-ideological value: cultural studies approach Auteur Theory - Film is "work of a highly individual artist" -director as all important artist, more so the "author" of a movie than the writer of the screen play celebrates the technological innovation...

Winston Churchill British prime minister during WWII who worked with the US to help defend democracy. Adolf Hitler Antisemitic leader of Germany and the Nazi Party during WIII. Called for Germany to expand and not abide by the treaty of Versailles. Responsible for the murder of six million Jews in the Holocaust. Japanese Americans US government re-located them into interment camps starting in 1942 out of fear. Douglas MacArthur US commander in the Philippines during WWII...

Big Three allies during WWII; Soviet Union - Stalin, United Kingdom - Churchill, United States - Roosevelt/Truman Tehran Conference First major meeting between the Big Three (United States, Britain, Russia) at which they planned the 1944 assault on France and agreed to divide Germany into zones of occupation after the war Yalta Conference FDR, Churchill and Stalin met at Yalta. Russia agreed to declare war on Japan after the surrender of Germany and in return FDR and Churchill promised the...

GI Bill Provided for college or vocational training for returning WWII veterens as well as one year of unemployment compensation. Also provided for loans for returning veterens to buy homes and start businesses. 22nd amendment Passed in 1951, the amendment that limits presidents to two terms of office. Taft-Hartley Act 1. outlawed closed shops and required union leaders to sign loyalty oath 2. required 80 day cooling off period before strike Fair Deal An economic extensi...

amcult 374 exam 1 questions & answers 2023-24 Fallout Shelter - ANSWER-Who: Americans What: Built at US homes When: became really popular in late 50's Where: all over the country Why: built in case of an atomic bomb launched by the USSR Historical Significance- showed the paranoia of the time, everyone thought there would be a nuclear conflict w/ USSR. "Atomic Age" NSC-68 - ANSWER-Who: given to Truman What: National Security Council Report 68 When: early 50's Why: give Truman...