Content Standard 11.8-11.9 Cold War-New Frontier

History final

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The primary religious issue of the 1960 presidential election in the U.S. was __________
Catholic faith of JFK
Which event was the closest the U.S. and U.S.S.R. came to fighting during the Cold War?
Cuban Missile Crisis of 1912
The outstanding record of African Americans serving in the military led Truman to this 1948 decision _______
End segregation in the military
The Truman Doctrine was a pledge on the part of the U.S. to help Greece and Turkey _________________
Resist the spread of communism
Which action by truman would be an example of his containment policy?
Help greece and turkey resist communism
The largest source of labor in California agriculture was ____________
Immigrants from Mexico
One reason labor unions opposed the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 was_______________
Forced AFL/ CFL unions to consolidate
One of the benefits that the GI Bill of Rights offered veterans was ________________
Low interest loans
The federal government initiated the bracero program during WWII in an effort to _______________-
Address need for Agricultural workers
A wave of industrial strikes at the end of WWII contributed to Truman's attempts to _________________
Limit striking unions when natural intest at stike
Which was a formal statement of the U.S. to aid any country threatened by communists?
Truman Doctrine
Since its establishment in 1945, the United Nations have _____________
Provide internations negotiations
Which of these was a cause of the Korean War _____________
North Korea with Soviet approval invaded South Korea
Eisenhower supported the establishment of SEATO as an attempt to ____________
Restrict communism in Asia
The United Nations statement of principles was based on the belief that __________________
Could settle disputes without war