Truman Samenvattingen, Aantekeningen en Examens

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

10th grade World History Final Exam Question and answers already passed 2023 Capitalism/Democracy - correct answer To have the right to vote for your country's leaders and have a free market. Communism - correct answer a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership Containment - correct answer the US trying to "contain" Communism Truman Doctrine - correct answer President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communi...

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...